For many, there’s asense of emotional numbing, too—just feeling kind of “meh” about things that should be emotionally intense. Needless to say, it can be a worrying experience if it feels profound and uncontrollable. You may even be able to induce some depersonalization by staring intentl...
Becoming responsible for someone else at a young age can make us overly attentive to survival needs. When I started caring for my mom and brother at eight years old, I learned that if I didn’t keep up with meals and laundry, my family wouldn’t eat or have clean clothes. Our HSP mi...
“I was on my phone,” she says, “completely dissociating. I was like, I really don’t like what we’re doing, but I’m going to let everyone feel out what they’re working on.” Cook sensed her discomfort and sent the other players home. The two decided to stick to their ...
Constitution, Identity, Persistence A good theory may have some way of identifying itself to us and dissociating itself from the rest of the literature, thus facilitating talking about it and contrasting it with other accounts. As such, we may explore the separability of a the- ory from the ...
If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him. —Hippocrates Metaphysics is a philosophy that methodically investigates the nature of first principles and problems of ultimate real...
Had to work so hard to find a way to limit my exposure by dissociating and suppressing, however, this led to difficulty creating healthy relationships, self team, insecurity, and impostor syndrome it held me back for most of my life until I decided to take control of my destiny, Therapy ...
Every story has to have conflict. A story without conflict is boring. I don't want to read about how someone has it all together. How do you write a good conflict of a story? What is conflict, anyway? And why do you even need it in your story? You probably hate fighting. So why...
Google it. Ask someone who knows. The more information you know about a situation, a person, or a setting, the more you will be able to render it realistically on the page. 3 Consider structure. Sometimes, the best way to write a story is “Linear Structure”: Beginning, Climax, and...
Google it. Ask someone who knows. The more information you know about a situation, a person, or a setting, the more you will be able to render it realistically on the page. 3 Consider structure. Sometimes, the best way to write a story is “Linear Structure”: Beginning, Climax, and...
Google it. Ask someone who knows. The more information you know about a situation, a person, or a setting, the more you will be able to render it realistically on the page. 3 Consider structure. Sometimes, the best way to write a story is “Linear Structure”: Beginning, Climax, and...