Tag: South Africa
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Feeling Like A Fraud: Imposter Syndrome
If you answered “yes” to most of these questions, or all of them, chances are you might have be suffering from what is known as “Imposter Syndrome“. It also goes by other names: Imposter Phenomenon or Perceived Fraudulence. Even though, it is not an official mental disorder, it’s effects can lead to one or help…
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Self-Talk and its Complexities
Self-Talk: It is one’s internal dialogue. When we talk to ourselves, which can happen out loud (when we mumble something to ourselves), or inside our heads. We all talk to ourselves. It is something that is very normal, and because it is something that we do automatically, we do not consider its effects on our…
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How Do You Show Love To Yourself?
Let us start off with a small exercise: Please make a list of people that you love. No matter how long that list is, hopefully you have also included yourself to it. A lot of the time when asked to mention people we love, we have a tendency to mention everyone else but ourselves; the…
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Do You Really Know Who You Are?
If you were to be asked to tell the other person who you are, you would probably think it is the easiest thing for you to do because you know yourself, right? I mean, you have been you for the longest time, so it shouldn’t be such a difficult thing for you to do, right?…
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The Devious Trickster That Is High Functioning Depression
What comes to mind when one mentions “depression?” I imagine a lot of us would think, “sad”, “low energy”, “suicidality”, “no appetite”, and all other typical symptoms of a Major Depressive Disorder, also known as Clinical Depression. And so, when one is presenting with high energy, euthymic mood, a healthy appetite and/or other presentations that…
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Why Social Comparison Can Be To Our Self-Concept’s Detriment
Have you ever looked at someone and thought: OR thought: OR even thought: If you have, then, in that moment, you were socially comparing yourself to others, and as a result, it had an impact on how you feel about or view yourself. We tend to do so with others who are similar to us…
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How Our Upbringing Shapes Us
Human beings are social beings who need to be around others in order to learn about themselves, to understand the world around them and/or to give and get support during trying times. Our experiences, especially those from our infancy and childhood, can contribute to how we view ourselves, those around us and the world around…
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What Kind of Communicator Are You?
How many times have we told ourselves that we are not going to talk to someone after they had done something we are not happy about? How many times have we ignored someone just to teach them a lesson after they had done us wrong? How many times have we said “We are currently not…
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Grieving After A Loss
For a lot of people, one only goes through grief after losing a loved one through death. For the longest time, grieving was only reserved for those who are bereaved. However, in essence, grief is a normal process that one goes through after a loss of something or someone, which can be physical, financial, social,…
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The Black Man’s Mental Health
Recently, there has been a lot of reports of people in the limelight committing suicide, be it internationally or locally (South Africa). To name a few, it was unfortunate that the likes of Cheslie Kryat (former Miss USA), Ian Alexander (Regina King’s son), Patrick Shai (Lengendary South African actor), and most recently, Rikhado “Ricky Rick”…
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