Are You ‘Intellectualizing’ To Avoid Distress? Here’s How To Tell.
Justin Paget via Getty Images It’s important for the coping process that you find a balance between emotional and logical responses to traumatic events. After a traumatic event, people often unknowingly turn to defense mechanisms as a response to stress and uncomfortable emotions, rather than genuinely processing what happened. One such common response is a […]
There’s A Name For The Heavy Feelings You’re Carrying At Work Right Now
If you feel like you are at the breaking point right now at your job, you are not alone. Americans are coping with what is known as “cascading collective trauma,” as termed by Roxane Cohen Silver, a University of California at Irvine psychologist who has researched trauma for decades. In an article published in the […]
Why Does a Covert Narcissist Discard You? Signs, Examples
Covert narcissists discard you as a coping mechanism when things become too much for them or if they are uncomfortable with their situation. Covert narcissists discard you as a coping mechanism when things become too much for them or if they are uncomfortable with their situation. If a covert narcissist decides to leave you, they […]