Managing Low Self-Worth When You’re Also a Perfectionist If you struggle with both low self-worth and perfectionism, you may feel like you’re constantly chasing a standard you can never quite reach—while quietly believing you’re not enough as you are. It’s an exhausting loop: “If I...
Introduction: The Struggle with Unwanted Thoughts and Feelings We’ve all experienced them—those thoughts and feelings we wish we could push away. Whether it’s anxiety about the future, guilt about the past, or uncomfortable emotions like anger, sadness, or fear, our instinct is often to resist...
Anxious attachment is one of the four main attachment styles in attachment theory, a psychological framework developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth to understand how people form emotional bonds and attachments with others, especially in infancy and early childhood. The other three attachment styles...
The concept that “you are not your thoughts and feelings” is fundamental in many forms of psychotherapy and mindfulness practices. It emphasizes the idea that individuals are separate from their thoughts and emotions, which can help in managing mental health issues like anxiety, depression, and...