Comparing yourself to others is an inevitable evil in life and yet an avoidable one. And, for our own sake, we must avoid it. It’s easy to be a big fish in a small pond. A moderately attractive young woman in an 18th-century hamlet could think herself a goddess. In…
Self-acceptance is the key to feeling more confident, valuable, acceptable and whole just as you are. We all feel the hot rush of shame from time to time, that flash of discomfort that makes us want to hide away and never face the world again. But when these thoughts keep…
Do you like being alone? Not many people do. A lot of people get scared of being alone or living on their own, but in reality, it can develop you as a person in a lot of different ways, as well as remove a lot of the worries that many…
High self-esteem, especially in the modern culture, is not a purely good thing as you might believe. A lot of things have to change. Take a ride in a glass elevator, from ground level to rooftop in a single ride. How do you feel? If you’re like most people, you…
Are you guilty of saying these psychologically damaging things to your children? Most parents are. As children grow, they need to be nurtured in such a careful way, since their minds are so delicate. As a child, our deep-rooted perceptual foundations are built by the influence of the adults in…
Do you feel angry all the time? There may be some hidden reasons for that. Is your anger getting out of control? Is it getting harder and harder to stop flaring up at people? Do you wonder why you always tend to use anger instead of other emotions in stressful…
Self-absorption may be responsible for most mental health issues, psychological research suggests. My heart was never wounded so badly, as by the words of my enemy. Of course, I had no idea that she was my enemy until months later, hence the sudden hurt. It seems I was self-absorbed, and…
Narcissistic parents can have a really negative impact on their children. As children are growing into adulthood, our parents are there to provide role models to enable us to develop into well-functioning human beings. The problem occurs when these very parents have problems of their own. Being a child of…
