The Soul Booster

24/12/2022

■ X-MAS SPECIAL ■ 📣 IT'S OK if you're struggling now and can't find it in you to be happy and celebrating about anything...
Don't let all these merry merry Xmas displays of happiness and success make you feel a failure: You must NEVER compare yourself to others, nor believe your personal worth & life achievements are to be measured on the scale of these "cultural constructions": The true meaning of your life IS NOT about showing off a perfect family portrait, or showing off your wealth on a huge dinner table, or with loads of gifting...
Just because these cultural, consumerist constructions have everyone raise the same colours and lightings at this date like "they all got it", MUST NOT make you feel that "you don't", or that you're "unfit" or failing... It's just a f*king date on the calendar, just a day like any other day. Nothing about YOUR journey.
Don't let yourself be pressured by those fake displays, this toxic positivity and hypocrite show of appearances everywhere: NO ONE is entitled to measure your worth or happiness right now. Not even you.
Don't let societal "norms" dictate if you "have it together" or not, if they're not your norms, your values.
No one is in your shoes, with your own past, your own present struggles, and your own life goals for the future.
Only you. Let them be what they want,
and you be REAL, be WHO YOU ARE NOW... Your feelings don't have to be dictated or ordered by anyone.
Even if you don't have a "perfect family", if you can't afford a luxurious meal, or gifting anyone, you're fine, and you'll make it through these days just like any other day. Keep going, don't let a stupid calendar date disrupt your sense of worth. See you tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and so on... We're all here, even if you don't see us. YOU'RE NOT ALONE, YOU'RE NOT UNFIT. It's just society, that is BLIND to human struggles, and full of superficial b*sh*t. If you're in the dark now, you'll see your own light, in your own time. I promise you. 🖤
LOVE TO YOU ALL IN YOUR DARK MOMENTS. 🖤
- B.
The Soul Booster - Psychotherapist

26/11/2021

Despite the imprecise use of the word ' ' *, this brave testimony is a must-read for those who want to understand better how this kind of can be so mentally destructive and constitutes .
As this woman mentions in the end, there is an analytic work you can do to rebuild yourself afterwards, understand what happened, overcome the trauma, and regain your better, confident self for a brighter, healthier future! In this article, they call him 'a narcissist' as a shortcut, to actually describe someone with a 'Narcissistic Personality Disorder' (NPD), a specific pathological condition where the individual scores extremely high in narcissism, at the expense of anyone else's fair consideration, and shows the perverted, manipulative behaviours that go with the condition. What she describes in this article is a particular and rare type of diagnosis, not just 'anyone showing narcissist traits' in a usual measure.

Narcissists have a complete disregard for the thoughts and feelings of others, and this enables them to manipulate the people around them.

23/05/2021

22/05/2021

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I listed this topic in addition to the 'trauma issues' and 'relationship issues' already listed before, because this is a very specific type of psychological assistance I specialise in. If you are suffering in a relationship with a toxic, manipulative, controlling, abusive or violent partner, or if you have managed to end it but still feel your ex-partner has a hold on you, or if you feel ‘destroyed’ by this past experience and unable to rebuild yourself or a healthy love life: this is a very specific trauma field I'm expert in.

> Images sometimes speak louder than words... Here's the last of our 8 expressionist artworks created for this month: to illustrate the main fields of we treat in .

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21/05/2021

7/8: ISSUES

Struggle with self-love, problems of self-acceptance, with your physical appearance or your personality, self-doubts, self-sabotage, imposter syndrome, lack of confidence, problematic shyness, insecurities, problems with your femininity or masculinity, race or gender-related issues, s*xual identity issues, lack of s*xual desire or hyper-s*xuality… all these identity questions that can damage your self-perception and complicate your interactions with the world.

> Because Images sometimes speak louder than words, check our series of expressionist artworks created for this month: to illustrate the main fields of that we treat in .

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20/05/2021

6/8: , &

O.C.D. (obsessive compulsive disorders), obsessive phases that disrupt your life, all types of regular addictions that you can’t beat (smoking, drugs, alcohol, love, s*x, social media, etc.), self-appearance obsession, excessive perfectionism, procrastination, eating disorders (compulsive eating or anorexia)… are all excessive behaviours that become toxic and prevent you from a healthy, peaceful and balanced existence.

> Because Images sometimes speak louder than words, check our series of expressionist artworks created for this month: to illustrate the main fields of that we treat in .

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19/05/2021

5/8: 'RELATIONSHIP & LOVE ISSUES'

Couple crisis, family issues, relationship problems, all types of suffering in your interpersonal relations, love life issues, fear of commitment, trust issues, jealousy, anger problems, loneliness, single life problems, inability to feel satisfied in your romantic or s*xual life, love obsession, s*x obsession, post-breakup depression, single life anxiety… are all emotional issues related to our ‘attachment style’: the way we project ourselves with the idea of love and in intimate bonding.

> Because Images sometimes speak louder than words, check our series of expressionist artworks created for this month: to illustrate the main fields of that we treat in .

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18/05/2021

4/8:

Post-traumatic stress disorder, depressive state or emotional difficulties to process your feelings following a traumatic event, such as: the death of a loved one, an accident, a situation of abuse, harassment, toxic relationship (with a partner or relative), exposure to physical or psychological violence (punctually, or lasting over time), a painful break-up or a divorce… It’s the inability to cope and get over a painful experience, which will remain as a negative influence over your every action in life, limiting your wellbeing potential, and affecting your interpersonal relations.

> Because Images sometimes speak louder than words, check our series of expressionist artworks created for this month, to illustrate the main fields of that we treat in .

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17/05/2021

It’s Month:
Because Images sometimes speak louder than words, here’s a new expressionist artwork from our series, created to illustrate the main fields of that we treat in :

3/8:

Constant anxiety and stress about your personal problems, family life or work life, accompanied by exhaustion, disturbed breathing, digestion or sleep… all refer to an excessive physiological reaction from your brain to pressure or to ‘threatening’ situations, that really puts your health and life balance at risk.

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16/05/2021

It’s Month:
Because Images sometimes speak louder than words, here’s a new expressionist artwork from our series, created to illustrate the main fields of that we treat in :

2/8:

Anxious thoughts, fears, phobias, social anxiety, chronic anxiety, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts… are all negative patterns we have developed in our cognition mode (the way we perceive things and process thoughts). They are ‘dark shadows’ that can deeply affect many situations of your everyday life and make them really problematic.

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15/05/2021

It's Month:
Because images sometimes speak louder than words, here’s the 1st of a series of expressionist artworks, created to illustrate the main fields of that we treat in :

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Depressive episodes, chronic depression or severe depression, existential crisis, burnout… are all psychological conditions where we have lost the ability to feel, think and act in positive and constructive ways for our personal and social wellbeing. With loss of motivation, loss of empathy and interest, they keep us ‘stuck’ in various fields of our life, and deeply affect our physical health, relationships and personal accomplishments.

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