Identifying your schemas
The idea is to identify situations in everyday life that are repeated and make us feel suffering in order to unpack them to find the common thread. What was the…
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Working on your schemas
A schema is a kind of unconscious rule, a learned behaviour, which we acquire very early in childhood, and which will accompany us throughout our lives. There are simple, conscious…
Working on your schemas
The idea is to continue to identify the situations that make you suffer on a daily basis, to study the influence of your schemas on the way you think and…
Understanding the origin of your schemas
Once the main schemas have been identified, a biographical review is essential. It can be done alone or with the help of a therapist. It aims to better understand the…
The dangers of self-medication and self-prescription
Managing your treatment yourself by removing or adding drugs, changing the daily dose can be harmful to your health and complicate the chances of successful healing. Self-medication: This is when…
Treatment-related metabolic diseases
Is there an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in patients on antidepressants? What exactly is the situation? It does not appear that antidepressants can be the direct cause…
Be diligent about your treatment
Rest assured, your treatment is on your side; it helps you to improve or maintain your quality of life! You must therefore be diligent about it. Here are the basic…
What is psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a treatment based on discussion and relationship between two or more people (a mental health professional, a patient with or without family members). The mental health professional may…
The evolving risks of stress
Stress can lead to several types of reactions with associated risks: Physical reactions : in case of intense, repeated, or prolonged stress, including cardiovascular risks. Psychological reactions: exhaustion, burn-out and depression.…
How does stress manifest itself?
Here are some possible symptoms: Physical symptoms Headache - Muscle pain - Joint pain - Nausea - Dizziness - Sweating - Tremors - Accelerated heart rate - Sleep disturbances -…