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Why Avoiding Emotions Doesn’t Work When strong, uncomfortable emotions show up, it can feel natural to avoid, ignore, or try to fix them. After all, that’s how we deal with many challenges in our environment, and those strategies often work. You might avoid a traffic jam, ignore a rude comment, or fix a broken chair. It makes sense that we want to move away from uncomfortable feelings too. But here’s the problem: Emotions aren’t external events to dodge or repair—they live wi

Have you seen this trend on social media? People creating an image of themselves hugging their younger self? I couldn’t resist, because...

As a psychologist, it’s not uncommon for clients or potential clients to ask me: “Do I need therapy?” It’s such a human question, and...

When something today pulls you back into the past, how do you return to the here and now? Image AI generated Trauma can leave the body...