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wired to feel bad

Our Brains: Wired to Feel Bad

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 11 Aug

Why do we feel bad so often? It certainly seems that there are many more emotions that people don’t want to feel – anger, sadness, fear, shame, guilt, disgust –

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Moods versus emotions

Moods and Emotions: What’s The Difference?

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / Emotions
  • 04 Aug

When we are trying to deal with the world of emotion, we can often forget or be confused about the differences between moods and emotions. Knowing what are moods and

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understand me

Understand Me and I’ll Understand You

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions / Relationships
  • 31 Jul

One of the things that people are seeking when they start the process of psychotherapy or counselling is to be understood. Often they feel that they are misunderstood by family

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negative emotions

Negative Emotions: How the Myth Persists

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 29 Jul

We’ve all been given the advice that we should get rid of our negative emotions. We feel that if we only have positive emotions, we’ll have better lives. However, in

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the Unknown

More Frightening than the Unknown

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / Emotions
  • 08 Jul

It is very common for people to have a fear of the unknown. We don’t know is ahead of us, and we can sometimes doubt our ability to handle it

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burden of guilt

Unloading Our Impossible Burden of Guilt

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 26 Jun

Many of us live with impossible burdens. We need to carry on, even when we are faced with difficult circumstances, failing relationships, feelings of deep loss, crushing disappointment, pessimism about

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unbearable feelings

Coping with Your Feelings: How Do You Do It?

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 28 May

For many people, their feelings give them trouble. Strong emotions arise all the time and people can find them very hard to deal with. For people in this situation, there

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the behaviour trap

The Behaviour Trap

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 23 May

I often get asked the question – “how can I control my feelings?”. It’s a sign that the person is in an uncomfortable time of their life, where they wish

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these crazy feelings

“These Crazy Feelings Are Making Me Crazy!”

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 20 May

We can sometimes have the sensation that our feelings are out of control – so out of control that we will be driven crazy by them. They seem to always

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compulsory happiness

Living in a Tyranny of Compulsory Happiness

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 16 May

I was recently asked by a friend to comment on a quote from a TV show; “Hi Tim, I am curious for your comments on this quote…”Not everybody has to

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the Messages on Our Faces

Reading the Messages on Our Faces

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / Emotions
  • 10 May

For many of us, our feelings are private; we can feel embarrassment or shame when others see us experience them. Our feelings often seem so hard to hide from people

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ANZAC Day

ANZAC Day: They Were So Very Young

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions / Grief and Loss
  • 24 Apr

We all have our difficulties; at times they overwhelm us and leave us feeling hopeless and in despair. These difficulties are very real, and consume us. And yet on a

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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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a sense of self

Golf , Relationships and a Sense of Self

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions / Relationships
  • 11 Apr

Watching the U.S. Masters golf on TV on Monday, I was struck by a couple of things. One of the most powerful was about a sense of self. Persisting without

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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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the anxious one

The Anxious One, The Calm One

by Tim Hill
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  • Anxiety / Emotions
  • 25 Jan

Sometimes in a couple – let’s call them Sam and Lee – you might find one of them seems quite calm and the other might seem quite anxious. It would

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what would make you happy

What Would Make You Happy?

by Tim Hill
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  • Change / Emotions
  • 28 Nov

Ask anyone ‘what would make you happy?’ and you’re likely to get an answer in terms of money. We can often think in terms of how much money it would

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strong opinions

Politics and People: Strong Opinions

by Tim Hill
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  • 13 Nov

Mention climate change, immigration or the Occupy movement and you’ll hear a lot of strong opinions both for and against. People take up passionate positions on these and many other

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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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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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anger-rage

The Affects (5): Anger – Rage

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 23 Sep

In a previous post, I have discussed affects in general. Today, in the fifth of an occasional series, I look at ‘Anger-Rage’. Affects are normal body responses If you are

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Vulnerability and The Paradox of Defence

by Tim Hill
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  • Anxiety / Emotions
  • 14 Aug

It’s very common for us to want to change our thought patterns or behaviours. We can be uncomfortable with the things we think and do, and find that other people

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the Unknown

The Affects (4) Fear – Terror

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions
  • 30 Mar

In a previous post, I have discussed the Affects System. Today, in the fourth of a series, I look at ‘Fear- Terror’ (i.e. the range from fear through to terror).

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Giving

The Gift of Giving

by Tim Hill
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  • Emotions / Relationships
  • 22 Dec

In an article in the New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope has said that the giving of gifts “is a surprisingly complex and important part of human interaction, helping to define

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