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How acquiring more information backfires in OCD
How work is used to sustain self-esteem.
Exploring the "hero" and "distressed" dynamic in codependent relationships.
The harmful effects of a tendency to personalize.
How the preoccupation with being special hinders our lives.
Social anxiety disorder entails the belief that others can't think well of you.
How negative thinking hinders our relationships.
Treatment should be a mixture of change and acceptance.
Why therapy should challenge while helping you develop a deeper understanding.
Shame and forgiveness help make us better.
How limerence interacts with psychological disorders.
Competing interests fuel anxiety in perfectionists.
Why no amount of reassurance seems to be enough to eliminate anxiety.
Constantly avoiding the feeling of anxiousness makes us unhappy.
Cyclothymia often goes unnoticed because it's less severe than bipolar disorder
Anxiety is fueled by the need to be perfect.
How lacking passion contributes to depression in perfectionists.
Answering parents' common questions about depression in gifted children.
Extremely high standards can make decision-making impossible.
Why you can't accept your personal flaws.
Why limerence isn't really love.
We may misunderstand the degree of choice involved in narcissism.
Shame about how we cope can deter the use of strategies that actually help.
Personal Perspective: The underlying issues of whether to make a mental health diagnosis.
How therapists may use psychological concepts to disavow blame.
Crippling self-doubt can lead to a chronic need for reassurance.
Why less means more in parenthood.
Why being good is often less than it seems.
Why being in love means being humble.
Why we may not actually want what we can't have.
Fixing your problems may not actually solve them.
OCD and self-doubt: Why you can still be a perfectionist.
Why security and status are often antithetical.
Why some people prefer authenticity to change.
How believing in free will may actually hinder therapy's progress.
Why maturity requires us to accept our flaws.