by rulamo | Jan 15, 2025 | Anxiety, Guilt
Sometimes in life we say things or do things that we later find is wrong. One common response to this is to experience guilt. Guilt tells us we violated some code of morality or decent behavior and that we need to make up for it, apologize, or receive some kind of...
by rulamo | Mar 27, 2022 | Anxiety, Shame
Does Your Life Feel Disingenuous? Sometimes in therapy I come across clients who report they don’t really know what they truly want or who they really are. They have been so used to adapting to others or trying to be who they think they should be that they have lost...
by rulamo | Dec 26, 2020 | Anxiety
The human organism is designed to protect us from danger to ensure our survival. One way it does this is to make us afraid of things that can cause us harm or death. Unfortunately sometimes this built in alarm and detection system is a little too sensitive and can...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression
Questions You Should Ask Yourself about Psychiatric Drugs: Psychiatry is in fashion these days. Increasingly people are choosing to “pop a pill” to rid themselves of their depression or their anxiety. Statistics show that every 10th adult in the United...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Anxiety, Psychological Issues
The concept of Borderline Personality Disorder is often understood as being synonymous with an impossible individual who acts out in the most ostentatious ways. The concept conjures up images of suicidal threats and acts, as well as intense anger and aggression....
by rulamo | Nov 8, 2020 | Anxiety
Social Anxiety, like so many other “anxiety disorders”, is not really about anxiety. If we look a little deeper there is almost always something else at stake… Anxiety as Substitute Emotion Quite frequently, anxiety acts as a substitute emotion that takes the...
