How do you know if you need to see a therapist?
If you break your leg, you see a doctor. If your tooth aches, you visit the dentist. Why isn’t it the same when we struggle with our mental health?
Understanding the Inner Critic
Our Inner Critic is often directly involved in anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, addictions, self- destructive behaviours, and dysfunctional relationships.
What’s it like to feel ‘dead inside’?
The common perception of depression is that you are sad all the time. Some people don’t feel sad, per se, they just feel nothing; they feel dead inside.
Trauma & Addiction
Even though they might be aware that their behaviour brings about significant problems for them, someone who has an addiction may find it difficult to reduce or stop what it is they are addicted to.
Eating our Emotions
We now know the gut can respond strongly to our emotional states. However, what is also interesting to know is the gut also contributes strongly to our emotional state via the bacteria inside it.
Understanding Toxic/Chronic Shame
Shame, when toxic, is a paralysing global assessment of oneself as a person. Paralysing shame can close us off from accepting positive regard from others or ourselves.