Psychosomatic disorders are proof of the power that the mind can have over the body. In a psychosomatic episode, the patient experiences a series of real physical symptoms that relate to an invisible disease. The condition doesn't exist organically. Rather,...
Trying to control everything is one of our modern day fantasies. Human history is a story of the progressive conquest over the forces of nature. Our race began with a powerless mammal. Since then, we have made a huge leap forward...
First of all, in order to understand what exactly circular thoughts are, we'll need to define them. Circular thoughts are ideas that appear in our minds that don't lead to a solution but instead just stay there, going over the...
Thomas Hobbes said that when he was born, his mother gave birth to twins: himself and his own fear. Few emotions define us as much as fear, which is stubborn and recurrent. Not only does it guarantee our survival,...
Parenting can be complicated at times, especially when your child's feelings are out of control. If you have a nervous child, you see them suffer and want to do whatever you can to calm them down. To that end, here...
Cognitive-behavioral techniques can be very useful for taking power away from intrusive thoughts. These are the thoughts that invade our mind, immersing us in their toxic mist. But before our anxiety gets worse and leads to greater cognitive decline,...
We all have a phobia or know someone who has one. Some phobias can be about things which don't condition our daily lives, so we can simply ignore them completely. For example, having a phobia about snakes or rats...
You wouldn't believe it, but people have been talking about anxiety since back in the times of Seneca, at the dawn of Christianity. They didn't call it that, and they didn't study psychology as a science like we do now....
Play is an integral part of a child's development. Children have to run, jump, dance, move, and get into things. That being said, sometimes they need to relax and be calm. In this article, we will share with you...
Experiencing memory loss from stress is much more common than you might think. It usually leads to quite a lot of worrying and anxiety: you forget appointments, conversations, names, things on your shopping list. It gets hard to retain...