What Is A Victim Mentality? Or Emotional Martyrdom? SelfWork #153
The victim mentality or emotional martyrdom are personality traits that are very difficult to handle in relationships. It's when someone people pleases to the point of intense self-sacrifice, which le...
1 Nov 201923min
Six Beginning Exercises To Motivate Growth and Change: SelfWork #152
As I wrote the book Perfectly Hidden Depression, I included over sixty specific exercises that would make reading it more of an emotional challenge, rather than one more chance to analyze. They are bo...
25 Okt 201926min
Your Questions My Answers SelfWork #151
This month has been full of questions from all of you! So I'm taking today to answer even more of them! The topics are diverse. The first is from a man whose dreams haven’t been fulfilled and he’s al...
18 Okt 201926min
When Depression And A Need To Escape Become Self-Destructive: SelfWork #150
Happy 150th Episode!! This is the last of the series on aspects of depression and today, we're talking about self-destructive habits and patterns. Depression is innately painful. It’s lonely. It’s dar...
11 Okt 201927min
Depression and Anxiety Combined: Could It Be Bipolar Disorder II? SelfWork #149
Depression and anxiety turn up in several mental illnesses. Yet when there's a definite mood cycle -- when one energy level of mood becomes apparent, either a too up or too down, and then another even...
4 Okt 201927min
Love Boundaries and Manipulation: When Love Is Conditional SelfWork #148
We're talking about love today on SelfWork. Unconditional love often gets the thumbs up as the best or most selfless kind of love to have. Parents certainly want to welcome their children into the wo...
27 Sep 201927min
147 SelfWork: "I'm Better Off Alone": Challenging Seven Distorted Beliefs That Lead To Depression and Loneliness
Depression is going to be the topic of SelfWork for the coming weeks. And today, let's look into seven distorted beliefs that are going to justify or support you staying isolated, and even convince yo...
20 Sep 201927min
146 SelfWork: Your Questions About Perfectly Hidden Depression
It's been Suicide Awareness Week here in the US so I wanted to feature your questions about the well-researched but still largely unrecognized signal for potential suicide risk -- what I term perfectl...
13 Sep 201925min
