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Globally, around 40% of the population plays video games with some regularity. In some age brackets, it’s estimated to be as high as 85%. That’s a huge proportion, and it’s a big reason why discussions about video games, mental health, and addiction are often heated ones.
Most mental health conditions vary to some degree in terms of their prevalence across sex and gender. However, I’d wager that eating disorders carry with them a perception of gender disparity that far outstrips most other mental health conditions.
Are you becoming caught up in your thoughts? Thoughts are powerful. Your thoughts can change the way you feel, lead you to different actions, and dictate the course of your day.
Every time I write a blog about the dangers of social media use, I can feel myself age in real-time. I’m well aware that social media is disproportionately used by young people, and disproportionately complained about by people, like myself, who aren’t deemed young anymore.
If you’ve ever gone to a dog training class, you’ve likely heard the terms reinforcement and punishment before. Reinforcement is a pleasant outcome that makes a behaviour more likely, while punishment is an unpleasant outcome that makes a behaviour less likely.
For readers of the other blog I have written on sleep, you may have heard me use the term Sleep Hygiene as a treatment for some types of sleep disturbance. Today, I’ll be discussing what sleep hygiene is and how we can make use of it to achieve a more restful night’s sleep!
Sleep is one of the few universal human experiences – we all need it, we all do it, and most of us wish we did it a bit more often than we do.
We all have needs, not just for basic survival but for quality living. These needs range from basic physiological needs like food, water, and shelter to more complex psychological needs like belongingness, self-esteem, and self-actualization. Everything else, like love, connection, intimacy, recognition, social and emotional security, employment, health, freedom, etc., comes in between.
Chairwork is a so-called “experiential” therapy technique. Chairwork can be used as one element of therapy, but there are also therapists who use it as a stand-alone approach.
In our last blog post, we learnt more about Schema Therapy and some of the tools schema-trained therapists may use to help you to heal ‘maladaptive’ (unhelpful) schema. If you haven’t read that post, then it might be worthwhile, as it will help to make sense of the rest of this post by giving you the background information you need.
Everyone Needs.
Everyone, including you and me, have basic needs. The need to connect, the need to feel loved, the need to feel cared for, the need to feel “normal”, and a sense of belonging with others.
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