10 Unhealthy Behavior Strategies That Might Be Hiding Behind Your Anxiety

If you think anxiety is a damaging force all on its own, then here’s a deeper revelation. Unhealthy behavior strategies are born from the desire to control anxiety. Unhealthy behavior strategies started off as survival tactics derived from anxiety. These neurotic responses were originally meant to help the suffering cope with…

10 Psychological Complexes That May Be Secretly Poisoning Your Life

Psychological complexes are distorted sensory and thought patterns that lead to unnatural behavior and are typically deep-rooted in a person’s psyche. Psychological complexes affect how a person sees themselves, how they behave towards others and can have a huge impact on that person’s life. It is not known how a…

What Is a Shadow Self and Why It’s Important to Embrace It

Carl Jung was the first psychiatrist to propose the theory that our minds are split into two very different archetypes: the persona and the shadow self. The persona is derived from a Latin word that means ‘mask’ and it means the person we present to the world, the person we…

How to Help Someone with Depression Using These Simple Words and Actions

If someone in your life is struggling with depression and you want to help, consider the words you say and things you do. Choose these wisely. Understanding how to help someone with depression takes time. When I get depressed, there are words that help and words that do not. Phrases…

What Is Introverted Intuition and How to Use Its Power to the Fullest

If your dominant cognitive function is Introverted Intuition, you have gifts and powers that can improve your life and make a difference in the world. What is introverted intuition? The “N” in INFJ, INFP, INTP, and INTJ personality types stands for iNtuition. This means that these personality types gather and process information primarily…