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organising your experiences

Organising Your Experiences

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  • 07 Aug

Life can be difficult, presenting us with problems that we can find hard to master, and can leave us feeling confused and frustrated. It’s natural for us to try and

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Book Review: Understanding Troubled Minds

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  • 03 Aug

Bloch S, (2011) ‘Understanding Troubled Minds: A Guide to Mental Illness and its Treatment’, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Australia from SANE Australia /  from Amazon This is a book that

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the unconscious

The Unconscious: Making Sense of the Hidden

by Tim Hill
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  • The self
  • 16 Jul

We all seem to instinctively know that there are some things in our minds that we are conscious of, and other things that we are unconscious of. Knowing this, you

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beyond the quick fix.

Therapy: Going Beyond the Quick Fix

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / The self
  • 01 Jul

Many people these days seek out professional psychological help for their difficulties. They hope that by seeing a mental health professional they will change the things that they see as

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Do Bad Experiences Build Our Character?

by Tim Hill
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  • Anxiety / Change / The self
  • 22 Jun

We have all heard the expression that experiences are character building; the implication is that the worse the experience is, the better the character built. The idea seems to have

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illusions of the mind

Three Illusions of the Mind

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / The self
  • 04 Jun

Our minds are fascinating things, allowing us to perform all sorts of everyday amazing feats of deduction and interpretation, but they are also the source of the most puzzling, infuriating

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Recovery

Addiction Recovery: The Slow Fix

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions / The self
  • 13 Apr

If you have an addiction, you have many good reasons to want to quickly have it dealt with and behind you so you can get on with life. This is

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Keep Your Secrets Until You’re Ready

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / The self
  • 02 Apr

We all have secrets. At our core, there are things that we just don’t want other people to know and we hold on to these private  things for all we

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the cycle of trauma

How to Stop the Cycle of Trauma

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions / The self
  • 30 Jan

If you are in the middle of dealing with your own difficulties, then it can be harder to focus on the difficulties of others. It seems that you need all

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Beyond Psychological First Aid To Healing

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / The self
  • 19 Jan

People seek counselling / psychotherapy for all sorts of reasons. For many people who seek help, the reason is pretty straightforward; they are in distress, they don’t know what to

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the Unconscious

The Three Types of the Unconscious

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / The self
  • 20 Nov

We all understand that we have a conscious and an unconscious part of our mind. This distinction goes back to the earliest days of psychoanalysis. Similarly, we all know that

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compulsion to comply

Our Compulsion to Comply: How to Break Free

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / Emotions / The self
  • 06 Nov

Many of us know the feeling – the pull to do what another person wants and to let our own needs take a back seat. Whilst to put another person

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divided brain

Research: The New Left and Right Brain

by Tim Hill
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  • The self
  • 30 Oct

We all know the popular theory about left and right brain; being left brained means being more logical and structured, being right brained means being more creative and emotional. However,

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boredom

The Simple Mistake We Make about Boredom

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions / The self
  • 17 Oct

You can frequently hear people in our social circles or in the media talk about being bored. They can be bored by other people’s opinions, bored with their lives, bored

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spoiling a child

Spoiling a Child: Arid Plenty and Indulged Deprivation

by Tim Hill
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  • Relationships / The self
  • 11 Oct

A question that often comes up for parents is the notion of spoiling a child. ‘How can I give my child all that I want to give them, to ease

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The Pitfalls of Making a Deal with Your Partner

The Pitfalls of Making a Deal with Your Partner

by Tim Hill
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  • Relationships / The self
  • 22 Aug

In popular culture we sometimes told that couples should solve their problems through making a deal. I’ll agree to do this, if you agree to do that. It’s seen as

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the main game

Keeping Score: The Main Game

by Tim Hill
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  • 18 Mar

What is it about the addition of pressure that makes things so much harder? Some friends were recently telling me about their young son, who likes to play tennis with

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safe for others

Making Yourself Safe for Others

by Tim Hill
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  • 14 Jul

Sometimes we fear we are so dangerous that we can’t bear to risk hurting another. Fortunately, there is someone trained to help us become more safe for others. Repeating the

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What Makes Us

What Makes Us: Our Uniqueness

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions / The self
  • 28 Jun

It’s a common perception that our thoughts make us who we are. I believe that we are a lot more that that. The idea that we are our thoughts is a

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superiority of thinking

Can You Be Too Rational?

by Tim Hill
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  • The self
  • 25 May

We are taught to use our thinking to decide things, but it isn’t always the best tool for the job. If you asked them, most people would say that the best

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