You Spot It, You Got It

January 21, 2014 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 13 tags
One indirect way that fears rear their ugly head is to take the form of projection – we believe others ...
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rewriting history

November 30, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 14 tags
Rewriting history We all come with baggage Things that happened to us as children; as teenagers and as adults Maybe ...
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Thanksgiving syndrome

March 10, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 12 tags
Thanksgiving is long gone right now, but it’s a good a time as any to discuss this ‘syndrome’.  Basically, Thanksgiving Syndrome ...
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pass the scalpel, please

February 26, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 10 tags
If you are contemplating going into therapy for the first time, chances are you are not in a good place ...
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making changes

February 19, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 13 tags
Anaïs Nin: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the ...
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alone again, naturally

February 15, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 13 tags
This is not a post adressing suicidal thoughts.  If you feel like you are going to hurt yourself, please talk ...
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i will survive

February 15, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 11 tags
This song is the mantra for many people who grew up in that era and thereafter.  I remember being on ...
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practice makes progress

February 12, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 12 tags
Practice makes progress.  You can aspire to perfect, possibly, but only if this aspiration does not leave you feeling like ...
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shame and isolation

February 2, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 3 tags
Shame and Isolation:  these two states exacerbate mental unwellness.  Shame is essentially, believing in your own low self-worth; your ‘wrongness’; ...
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