Personality

Somatic Experience: How the Body Stores Trauma and What to Do About It

Somatic Experience: How the Body Stores Trauma and What to Do About It

Your body remembers trauma not with words, but with bodily clamps and interrupted breathing. Somatic experiencing teaches how to complete interrupted stress cycles, returning the nervous system to a state of rest — try to feel what is happening in the body.

⋄5 min read
Jung's 16 Associations Method

Jung's 16 Associations Method: A Journey into the Depths of the Subconscious

What if the subconscious begins to speak through Jung's 16 associative words? Write down the first thing that comes to mind, and you will see recurring motifs and hidden fears that drive your decisions.

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Narcissistic personality type

Narcissistic Personality Type: Self-Love That Destroys

We explore how self-love turns into a fear of criticism and ruins close relationships. We consider the causes and signs of narcissistic personality disorder.

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Anhedonia: when joy stops being felt

Anhedonia: when joy stops being felt

Why do favorite little things suddenly stop delighting, as if the light is off inside? Anhedonia is not laziness, but a disruption of the brain's reward system, and understanding the causes is the first step to returning feelings.

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Derealization: symptoms, causes, and ways to overcome

Derealization: symptoms, causes, and ways to overcome

Derealization is not a loss of sanity, but a protective brain response to overload, restoring connection with oneself and reality if you learn to recognize triggers and steps to regain control.

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child separation

Separation of Parents. How to Properly Separate Children from Themselves?

How to separate children from yourself so that anxiety does not become their companion, and trust — a support for life? We will analyze how to go through the stages of separation — from the first no to the adolescent voice and healthy boundaries, so that parents and children grow together.

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Regulation of the Nervous System: Why Everyone is Talking About the Vagus Nerve

Regulation of the Nervous System: Why Everyone is Talking About the Vagus Nerve

Between facial yoga and cold plunges, a new wellness trend has sneaked in, which actually has a scientific basis. We explore why the vagus nerve has become the main character of TikTok and what to do about it.

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How is your temperament connected to the reptilian brain?

How is your temperament connected to the reptilian brain?

The reptilian brain plays a role in how a person responds to stress and threats, which is expressed in physiological and behavioral reactions. In this article, we will consider the system of influence on temperaments.

⋄4 min read

Personality

Personality is the most populated part of our psychology section. It covers what character is made of, how stable traits really are and what lies behind them: temperament, early experience, environment. It also covers states that are easier to recognise once they have a name — derealisation, anhedonia, the narcissistic personality type.

We try not to turn terms into labels. A "narcissist" in everyday conversation and narcissistic personality disorder are different things, and that difference matters more than a catchy headline. Where a condition requires diagnosis, we say plainly that no article can provide one.

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