Health - Mental

Now, think of a specific person, place, or thing in your life that you wish were different, that you want to change. Could you welcome whatever feeling is engendered by it as it is? Allow it fully. Could you let go of wanting to change it? Would you? When? Now how do you feel? Is there any more of the feeling of wanting to change the way this

Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. Being frightened means that you live in a body that is always on guard.

Being in a one-sided relationship means we don’t have to be truly vulnerable with anyone, and we don’t run the risk of being laughed at or misunderstood. We can securely play our role of constant listener, the person who always understands and never judges, and we know that the other person will almost always approve of us, as long as we don’t

In contrast, a number of studies suggest that the various forms of insecurity of attachment can be associated with emotional rigidity, difficulty in social relationships, impairments in attention, difficulty in understanding the minds of others, and risk in the face of stressful situations.19