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Bipolar Disorder and Depression

Bipolar disorder and depression

A revolutionary medicine tells that an easy way to distinguish between severe depression and bipolar disorder can easily be done by electrocardiogram (a display of a person’s heartbeat by electrocardiography). He did his BS (Hon) in Psychology from Virtual University Lahore. After completing his education he worked as a Personality Grooming and Development Trainer in[…]

Learning & Maintaining Your Structure is a Way For Long Life

Learning and maintaining your structure is a way for long life

Obesity and getting fat is an increasing problem people are facing nowadays. Many of the people don’t have good eating habits, some eat loads of junk food, some people eat a lot and some don’t go to walk and exercise regularly to maintain their weight. Exercise and walking are not only for obese people it’s[…]

Discover Your True Authentic Self

Discover Your True Authentic Self

Codependents often wonder what is normal. They feel insecure and wonder how others perceive them. Many tell me they don’t really know themselves. They’ve become people-pleasers, editing what they say and adapting their behavior to the feelings and needs of others. Some sacrifice themselves―their values, needs, wants, and feelings―to someone they care about. For other[…]

Do I have to Lose Me to Love You?

Do I have to Lose Me to Love You

As codependents, we lose ourselves in relationships, unaware that losing our Self is the greatest despair. When the relationship inevitably ends, it’s devastating, because we are lost. We lack autonomy because that task wasn’t completed by adulthood. Avoidance of intimacy, and the vulnerability that occurs when we open up, is a way to maintain control[…]

Are Your Parents Toxic?

Are Your Parents Toxic

Toxic relationships include relationships with toxic parents. Typically, they do not treat their children with respect as individuals. They won’t compromise, take responsibility for their behavior, or apologize. Often these parents have a mental disorder or have a serious addiction. We all live with the consequences of poor parenting. However, if our childhoods were traumatic,[…]

Deprogramming Codependent Brainwashing

Deprogramming Codependent Brainwashing

Codependency is based on false, dysfunctional beliefs that are learned from our parents and environment. Recovery entails changing those beliefs, the most damaging of which is that we’re not worthy of love and respect – that we’re somehow inadequate, inferior, or just not enough. This is internalized shame. Last year, I published a blog, “Codependency[…]

Love Bombing as a Narcissistic Attachment Style

Love Bombing as a Narcissistic Attachment Style

Getting hit by a love bomb feels glorious! The lavish attention and affection seem to answer our prayers. We’ve found Mr. or Ms. Right―our soul mate; unsuspecting that we’ve been targeted by a narcissist. The bomber abruptly changes colors and loses interest, and our dream comes crashing down. The rejection is excruciating, especially at the[…]