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"So, what are your goals for therapy?"... Been there before?? ![]()
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Goals aren't always helpful.![]()
Sometimes we just want to talk and be seen, heard and understood. ![]()
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It may take a minute to leave a relationship...it may take years to have that relationship leave you.![]()
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Relationship endings can feel torturous. Talk to friends and family but recognise this may be confusing because people may give unsolicited advice that's not helpful. Reach out for professional help if you need it.![]()
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You know the saying "time heals all wounds"... Well maybe it doesn't. Maybe our emotional wounds need more than time. ![]()
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Just as some physical wounds need a helping hand, so too do our emotional wounds, our trauma wounds. ![]()
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Maybe we need to learn how to rehabilitate ourselves, and maybe we'll walk with our scars...but learning how to keep walking with our scars gives us a better future than pretending they don't exist. ![]()
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Learn to how to heal from the past and accept the scars.![]()
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The statistics are stark. Men are more likely to self medicate their emotional pain through addiction and take their life. Men are less likely to reach out for help and support. ![]()
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Managing the challenges life throws at us isn't easy. It's important to know when you need help and some support to get through. Being brave and stepping out, asking for help can be difficult. Therapy is a good way to quietly reach out and know you can talk without criticism, judgement or comparison. Therapy gives you privacy whilst you work through things that hurt you. NHS or private practice therapist. We are here f#talkingtherapyi#suicidey#counsellingo#Addiction##selfmedicatel#supporte#depressiond#anxietyn#stresst#panicattacksn#onlinetherapyi#relationshipsa#mentalhealthn#mensmentalhealthn#Wellbeing##Christmas##traumaa#attachmenta#buxtonn#highpeak #derbyshired#bravei#Statisticss#treet#decorationse#Christmas##lightsas #lights
Gentle expectations and self care.![]()
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As the festive season gains momentum it has it's challenges. Burn out, grief and loneliness can make those expectations of Christmas seem impossible.![]()
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The expectations for a perfect or a good festive season are ramped up now more than ever by advertisements, social media and culture. The failure to reach those expectations is more painful than ever. ![]()
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Gentle expectations of yourself at Christmas will help your emotional wellbeing and make Christmas the time for you that you need...![]()
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You can make a difference.![]()
Loneliness is on the rise. With loneliness comes feelings of depression, stress and anxiety. We've never been so connected, and yet it seems never so alone.![]()
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Belonging disrupts our feelings of isolation, but belonging isn't just being part of an organisation, "turning up" or being liked.![]()
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Belonging is being accepted for who you are, your ideas, perspectives, good behaviours and not so...Belonging means feeling safe to say how you feel, and not be judged. ![]()
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Who can you encourage to belong this week...![]()
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Create social time for someone else.![]()
Make helpfulness your value.![]()
Tell someone how their life improves other people's.![]()
Take genuine interest in someone.![]()
Be a safe space. ![]()
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You can make people feel like they belong, and when you do, you may feel more like you belong too. ![]()
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Technology's brilliant...AI, fantastic, ask it a question and there's your answer. But what if we expect our relationships to work like that? ![]()
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AI or AI companions.... Always there for you, always know how to comfort you, make you feel better and AI companions even display empathy, confidence in you and make you feel better every time you reach out to it. AI never gets angry, it soothes you with exactly what you need, educates and nurtures you... ![]()
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What about your relationships...do you prefer AI and tech to soothe those relationship pains....![]()
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Technology may comfort but perhaps we get bound tighter to it, till we use it to regulate ourselves, fix our problems, replace real people...![]()
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What do you do when you feel lonely, stressed, sad, have a problem...do you reach for AI or something else....?![]()
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Two top encouraging feedback phrases to promote dopamine, reduce cortisol and create a healthy relationship dynamic.![]()
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"Do more of that..."![]()
"I love it when you...." Rather than fixing people or focusing on what they do wrong... encouraging people creates a win for everyone.![]()
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Are you really living now? Or are you waiting till "later"?![]()
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The greatest time thief is "I'll start enjoying life when I..." get that promotion....get more money...get a partner...go on holiday... I'll have time to really live later... But later never arrives. ![]()
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Finding enjoyable things to do each day is important. Small treats, something to reward you in the tough times. Don't save them all for later... because later never arrives.![]()
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