Emily sat at her desk, staring at the email she didn’t want to send. Her job had been draining her for months, but the thought of leaving terrified her. What if she failed elsewhere? And isn’t it really hard to get a job now? Instead of confronting her unhappiness, she’d been saying yes to every… continue reading.
Intimacy and Connection
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Lily and Emma had been friends for years, meeting every weekend for brunch. Their connection was built on shared interests—both loved hiking, trying new foods, and binge-watching the same shows. They’d laugh for hours, feeling comfortable and at ease with each other, enjoying the simple act of spending time together. This connection felt effortless, as… continue reading.
Self-esteem and self-trust go hand-in-hand. Self-trust is the belief in your own judgement, abilities, and capacity to make sound decisions. Without self-trust, building self-esteem or sustaining it is virtually impossible, because self-esteem rests on the foundation of believing that you are capable, competent and deserving. What does not trusting myself look like? If you do… continue reading.
Depersonalization and derealization (abbreviated as D-D or DD) can be an extremely overwhelming and distressing experience, where you feel disconnected or detached from yourself and the world around you (Yang et al., 2023). It’s as though you are observing your own life from a distance, and the world outside seems unreal or distorted, leaving you… continue reading.
Introduction to Self-Esteem
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We often wonder why a person, including ourselves, may have low self-esteem. But what is self-esteem? Self esteem is an individuals overall sense of personal worth and self value as a human being (see Orth & Robins, 2022). Self-esteem is a multi-faceted construct that allows us the ability to reflect how we feel about ourselves,… continue reading.
