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18/09/2022

Anger is healthy, and natural. Don't fall prey to media portrayal of anger. Remember that the usual media portrayal represents only the unhealthy expression of unresolved anger. We all need ANGER, and healthy expression of it.

03/07/2021

Is there any better way to put this?

The stigma that "therapy" is nothing but a "friendly" conversation arises from the fact that we have reduced the meaning of psychotherapy to "talk" therapy. And, by talking, we all mean the words that come out of our mouths, and in therapy only some empathetic statements and some reflective responses that therapists have crammed.

Therapy is about providing a safe space so we can open up, be vulnerable, get in touch with our hidden selves, it's about confrontation, denial, embarrassment, shame, guilt, and eventually acceptance, growth, healing, evolving. The crucial factor that determines the success of a therapy session is whether we are provided with a "safe space" or not. And, that communication is non-verbal.

03/07/2021

Often clients enter a therapy room expecting to "feel" better. It is not always the case. Sometimes you leave the therapy room more confused, anxious, or even scared. It's all part of the process. If you experience such negative emotions at the end of the therapy session, your therapists will tell you why you are feeling so. If they don't it might be that they know you will figure it out by yourself.
In such a scenario what you have learned inside the therapy room to "get" better will be helpful. You will get a chance to work on yourself one step further. I know you might have never thought that the skills you are learning to apply in your real life will help you to cope in this way.
Take this as a challenge, make sure, to be honest with your therapist. What you feel or think about your therapist is much more crucial than you think.
Remember to not enter therapy to just "feel" better if this is your aim call a friend, get dressed up, watch guilty pleasure videos, shoot a TikTok video, eat chocolates. Only when you wish to "get" better search for a therapist.

02/07/2021

Expectations are not purposeless only unrealistic and irrational ones are.
Irrespective of it's the direction the consequence is always unhealthy emotion.
It is essential to challenge your unrealistic expectations and to replace them with realistic ones.

23/06/2021

Self-taught therapists are those who opine that the profession doesn't need any sort of professional training, but sound marketing skills, and confidence to speak. They also think that it is just learning to be a "friend". Therapy is much more than that. It is often painful, hard for both the therapist and the client. Even after completing my license, I often feel inadequate about being an average therapist. And, I wonder how people after just completing a "master's" degree in psychology are confident to treat "clinical disorders".

A Master's degree in psychology in India is a course that basically teaches the theories of psychology. Some universities do go beyond just teaching theories. I did my master's degree from Utkal University, and I will not dare to say that I was eligible to treat any sort of clinical disorders. We had just a single paper on " Abnormal psychology" not even "clinical psychology". We were not taught to assess, diagnose, or treat clinical disorders. But my friend did her Masters's from another university and her experience was quite different. They were taught to diagnose cases from DSM, and ICD (these are followed by mental health professionals to diagnoses clinical disorders in mental health). Still, it was not enough. So, the problem with a Masters's degree in psychology is its diverse, and inadequate course. A license is required to treat " clinical" disorders not just an "educational qualification". And, a Master's degree doesn't provide that.

Self-taught therapists claim to treat " depression", and "anxiety" for obvious reasons. Because pop-psychology has made these two terms so in-demand. Clinical disorders are not just these "two". This is such a redundant approach. Often the result is more harmful.

These people also popularise the notion that psychology is just a " life experience". Having 10 years of experience in counseling/therapy without adequate training, or license doesn't make one eligible. When you don't possess the basic knowledge, training, and professional experience those years are just "life experiences" nothing else.

14/04/2021

You can never be sure who is the light house and who is the storm 🍂

10/04/2021

This person strikes the right chord. And, the way he analyses value is unbelievable. I am quite impressed with his intellectualism. Excited to read his book "The structure of Value"
~ Robert Hartman
A little secret: Albert Ellis is a great fan of him.

08/04/2021

I am not done yet.
In fact, I am just getting started.
I and goals.
I and ideas.
I had so many plans for my life.
And they all changed.
Over and over again.
And, sometimes that's a challenge.
But most of the time it's a gift.

Because sometimes the place
Where you really needed to go in
Life was somewhere you would
Have never planned on your own.
~ unknown

07/04/2021

Your body doesn't need to want what your mind does, and your mind doesn't need to want what your soul does.

06/04/2021

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. And, when it comes to "awareness", I think we have somehow reached a stage where we all acknowledge that sexual awareness exists, and to a large extent inside the family.
It's not the statistics that this book addresses but the reaction of sexual abuse when it happened, and its aftermath.
Here are some takeaway points:
1. Children might participate or co-operate in the act of sexual abuse. That doesn't mean they consent. Because children do not have the cognitive capacity to understand what sexual abuse is so to reach an informed decision to consent.

2. Rather terrified, shocked, or horror most children might feel "confused" (because of their lack of understanding)

3. Most children know that something is wrong but fail to comprehend "why".

4. Children fall prey to confusion, underdeveloped cognitive functioning, along with " you must listen to adults. Do as they say. You don't know it yet. Bit adults always want good for you. They know better. And, you must obey them".

5. Most children do not feel haunted by the abuse itself but by their reactions to abuse. (For example, how could I let that happen? It is so wrong)

6. The reason why they rarely find the guts to share the story with others is "sexual abuse" is seen as a "trauma", which it is not. It rarely creates a traumatic experience in children (especially when it happened).

And, many more.

This a must-read before any other books on child sexual abuse. Even before the book" The courage to heal" (which I have not read yet!)

05/04/2021

Just because you strongly want success, approval, or safety, and it would be beneficial for you to have them, you mustn't absolutely have them. Because I and you obviously don't run the universe, so whatever we desire, no matter how strongly we prefer it, doesn't have to exist.

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