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Pain & Gain
“Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop." - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach |
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IN THIS SECTION
ADDICTED Addiction, Unresolved Trauma, Rat Park, Escape Behaviours, Coping Mechanisms, Role Of Shame, Relapse, Recovery
Visit This Section >> ADVERSITY Post-Traumatic Growth, The Upsides Of Adversity, Pain As Fuel For Growth, The Gifts In Struggle, "Supersurviving"
Visit This Section >> BACK-STORY Personal Narrative, Being Defined By Our Past Issues, "Woundology", Stuck In The Past, Editing Our Stories
Visit This Section >> BAGGAGE Trauma, Trapped Emotions, Toxic Emotions, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Somatic Experiencing
Visit This Section >> CHANGE OF IDENTITY Personality Change, Life Transitions, Individuation, The Camel, Lion & Child, Positive Disintegration
Visit This Section >> CRACKING UP Spiritual Crisis, Psychosis, "Crazywise", Breakdowns, Altered States, Hypersanity, Identity Shifts, "Madness"
Visit This Section >> DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL Depression, "The Dark Night", Chaos Cycles, Feeling Directionless, Lost, Loss Of Meaning, Falling Into A Slump
Visit This Section >> DAZED & CONFUSED Drifting, Aimlessness, Lost, Liminality, Lack of Direction, Navigating Unknown, Being Between "No Longer" & "Not Yet"
Visit This Section >> FACING PAIN Processing Pain, Emotional Healing, Releasing Buried Feelings, Crying, "Permission To Feel", Trapped Emotions
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THE FALL Life Falling Apart, Feeling Broken, Endings, Hitting Rock Bottom, Being "Broken Open", Heartbreak
Visit This Section >> FAMILY TIES Family Dynamics, Early Pain, The First 3 Years, The Still Face Experiment, Inner Child Work, Re-Parenting
Visit This Section >> FLYING SOLO Loneliness, Isolation, Lack Of Connection, Inner Bonding, Being Able To Be Alone, Self-Sufficiency
Visit This Section >> HERO(INE)'S JOURNEY Rite Of Passage, Rebirth Via Crisis, Growth Via Struggle, "Finding Joe", The Work Of Joseph Campbell
Visit This Section >> IF LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS Alive Vs Dead Time, Silver Linings, Making The Best Out Of A Bad Situation, Obstacles Vs Opportunities
Visit This Section >> "IF ONLY..." Regret, Rumination, Brooding, Dwelling, "Bittersweet" Longing, Counterfactual Thinking, Constructive Wallowing
Visit This Section >> LETTING GO Forgiveness, Resentment, Moving On, The 12 Principles, The "Pain-Body", How To Let Go & Find Peace
Visit This Section >> LIVE (& LET DIE) Death Denial, Memento Mori, Fear Of Death, Meditating On Mortality, Terror Management Theory
Visit This Section >> LOST HOPE Hope Theory, Grounded Hope, Learned Hopefulness, Polarised Thinking, Cognitive Distortions
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PAIN & GAIN Physical Pain, The Work Of Dr. John Sarno, TMS, Psychology Of Physical Ailments, "All The Rage"
Visit This Section >> PARADISE LOST Grief & Grieving, 5 Stages Of Grief, Ambiguous Loss, Complicated Grief, How To Recover From Loss
Visit This Section >> RADICAL ACCEPTANCE Accepting Pain, DBT, Intense Realism, Stockdale Paradox, Amor Fati, Expectations Vs Reality
Visit This Section >> RESILIENCE Weathering Storms, Ability To Bounce Bank, "Super-Surviving", Overcoming Pain, Thinking Traps
Visit This Section >> SPIRAL Shame, Shame Cycles, Self-Worth, Shame & Addiction, Shame Vs Guilt, Inner Voices, Shame & The Body
Visit This Section >> STOIC Stoicism, Realism, Amor Fati, Memento Mori, Handling Setbacks, Practical Pessimism, Detachment
Visit This Section >> THE VOID Feeling Empty, Dissociation, Fragmentation, Being In A State of Lack, Self-Alienation, Unmet Needs
Visit This Section >> YESTERDAY Living In The Past, Regret, Nostalgia, "The Good Old Days", Time Perspectives, The Past As Therapy
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