Pain & Gain
- Main Sections -
  • ALL
  • A-B
  • C-D
  • E-G
  • H-L
  • M-R
  • S-Z
[ "AB" ]


ADDICTED


Addiction, Unresolved Trauma, Rat Park, Escape Behaviours, Coping Mechanisms,  Role Of Shame, Relapse, Recovery


ADVERSITY


Post-Traumatic Growth, The Upsides Of Adversity, Pain As Fuel For Growth, The Gifts In Struggle, "Supersurviving"


BACK-STORY


Personal Narrative, Being Defined By Our Past Issues,  "Woundology", Stuck In The Past, Editing Our Stories


BAGGAGE


Trauma, Trapped / Toxic Emotions, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Somatic Experiencing
[ "CD" ]


CHANGE OF IDENTITY


Personality Change, Life Transitions, Individuation, The Camel, Lion & Child, Positive Disintegration


CRACKING UP


Spiritual Crisis, Psychosis, "Crazywise", Breakdowns, Altered States, Hypersanity, Identity Shifts, "Madness"


DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL


Depression, "The Dark Night", Chaos Cycles, Feeling Directionless, Lost, Loss Of Meaning, Falling Into A Slump


DAZED & CONFUSED


Drifting, Aimlessness, Lost, Liminality, Lack of Direction, Navigating Unknown, Being Between "No Longer" & "Not Yet"
[ "EG" ]


FACING PAIN


Processing Pain, Emotional Healing, Buried Feelings, Crying, "Permission To Feel", Trapped Emotions


THE FALL


Life Falling Apart, Feeling Broken, Endings, Hitting Rock Bottom, Being "Broken Open", Heartbreak


FAMILY TIES


Family Dynamics, Early Pain, The First 3 Years, The Still Face Experiment, Inner Child Work, Re-Parenting


FLYING SOLO


Loneliness, Isolation, Lack Of Connection, Inner Bonding, Being Able To Be Alone, Self-Sufficiency
[ "HL" ]


HERO(INE)'S JOURNEY


Rite Of Passage, Rebirth Via Crisis, Growth Via Struggle, "Finding Joe", The Work Of Joseph Campbell


IF LIFE GIVES YOU

LEMONS


Alive Vs Dead Time, Silver Linings, Making The Best Out Of A Bad Situation, Obstacles Vs Opportunities


LETTING GO


Forgiveness, Resentment, Moving On, The 12 Principles, The "Pain-Body", How To Let Go & Find Peace


LIVE (& LET DIE)


Death Denial, Memento Mori, Fear Of Death, Meditating On Mortality, Terror Management Theory


LOST HOPE


Hope Theory, Grounded Hope, Learned Hopefulness, Polarised Thinking, Cognitive Distortions
[ "MR" ]


PAIN & GAIN


Physical Pain, The Work Of Dr. John Sarno, TMS, Psychology Of Physical Ailments, "All The Rage"


PARADISE LOST


Grief & Grieving, 5 Stages Of Grief, Ambiguous Loss, Complicated Grief, How To Recover From Loss


RADICAL ACCEPTANCE


Accepting Pain, DBT, Intense Realism, Stockdale Paradox, Amor Fati, Expectations Vs Reality


RESILIENCE


Weathering Storms, Ability To Bounce Bank, "Super-Surviving", Overcoming Pain, Thinking Traps
[ "SZ" ]


SPIRAL


Shame, Shame Cycles, Self-Worth, Shame & Addiction, Shame Vs Guilt, Inner Voices, Shame & The Body


STOIC


Stoicism, Realism, Amor Fati, Memento Mori, Handling Setbacks, Practical Pessimism, Detachment


THE VOID


Feeling Empty, Dissociation, Fragmentation, Being In A State of Lack, Self-Alienation, Unmet Needs


YESTERDAY


Living In The Past, Regret, Nostalgia, "The Good Old Days", Time Perspectives, The Past As Therapy
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