Cynicism: Humour in Ill Health

When someone is messing with you and you feel a discomfort, a “twinge” inside of you, an internal anger, then they are probably making a cynical joke in order to convey to you a harsh -but always indirect- message. Of course, these types of “jokes” are not funny, although they are camouflaged as being such. […]

Codependency in personal relationships

Trigger warning: references to addiction, drugs Codependency is an insecure attachment style, in which the partners form very close connections to one another in an, arguably, very unhealthy way. It functions like an “invisible drug,” and the codependent person suffers in the same way a drug addict does. They may feel the withdrawal from the […]

4+1 Common “innocent” phrases to avoid.

TW: anxiety, eating disorders There are some seemingly innocent phrases, found in every little corner of our everyday life, which in reality are quite the opposite, even managing to make us furious. Phrases that are on the loose, whereas they must be forbidden by law. What makes those common expressions completely unnecessary and boring, is […]

Others’ opinions are simply others’ opinions!

Plentiful potential personalities coexist inside us. How have they been created? Who has implanted them? What problems do they cause? How can we gradually discover and reconcile them so as not to obstruct our daily routine? Since the moment we were born we receive stimuli from our close environment. Obviously, our family is the most […]