What Is Codependency? Why We Lose Ourselves in Relationships
Codependency is a pattern of relating in which one person consistently puts another’s needs, feelings and wants ahead of their own, until they start to lose touch with what they...
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Codependency is a pattern of relating in which one person consistently puts another’s needs, feelings and wants ahead of their own, until they start to lose touch with what they need themselves. It is the word people often reach for when a relationship feels one-sided, draining, or somehow off, without quite being able to say […]
Codependency is a pattern of relating in which one person consistently puts another’s needs, feelings and wants ahead of their own, until they start to lose touch with what they...
Meditation is a set of techniques for training your attention and calming your mind and body, and you can begin in a few minutes with nothing more than a quiet...
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation where someone tries to make you doubt your own memory, your judgement, and even your grip on reality, usually so they can gain...
ADHD paralysis is one of the most debilitating aspects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It can affect one’s capacity to show up in their daily life and, as a...
Exposure and Response Prevention, usually shortened to ERP, is the most effective psychological treatment we have for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is a specialised form of exposure therapy, built specifically...
Exposure therapy is a type of psychological treatment that helps people overcome anxiety by facing the situations they have been avoiding, rather than continuing to escape them. It sits within...
Your ADHD brain isn’t broken. It’s wired differently. It runs on interest, novelty and urgency rather than on importance and routine, and that single difference explains a huge amount about...
Most people who search for the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath are not writing an essay. They have someone in mind. A partner whose charm never quite reached...
Autism scripting is when an autistic person uses repeated phrases, lines of dialogue, or longer passages they’ve heard before as a way of communicating. It’s a form of echolalia. And...
Around a third of adults in Ireland and the UK now use AI for emotional or relationship questions. It is convenient, available at 2am, and almost always tells you what...