Psychology 214

 

Distancing Avoidant Personality Disorder

Avoidant Personality Disorder is a mental health condition that can affect a patient in all aspects of life, from self-perception to perception of other people. It includes having intense anxiety, embarrassment, fear of rejection, distress at work, home and community, little or no feeling of pleasure and social withdrawal, among others. This is not the […]

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Conflicted Avoidant Personality Disorder

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders handbook, avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) affects persons who display a pattern of social inhibition, often considering themselves to be socially inept, which is why they avoid social interaction for fear of being rejected, ridiculed or humiliated. They are also extremely sensitive to negative feedback and […]

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People With Trust Issues

There is no question that trusting people can be difficult. Almost all of us experience certain difficulties in trusting people at one time or another. Furthermore, almost all of us can imagine scenarios in which trusting certain types of people (for example, many of us have a hard time trusting a lawyer). None of these […]

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Limiting Beliefs

While limiting beliefs is the sort of thing that can sound simplistic, the truth of the matter is that the repercussions can be enormous and complex in the life of the individual. For this reason alone, it is important to understand that in truth, defining limiting beliefs is not as simplistic as one might first […]

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Chinese Physiognomy

Chinese physiognomy can be seen as an elaborate personality test. These techniques date back centuries, and they do not require the person to actually say or do anything. Physiognomy is a process that endeavors to reveal a lot about a person by the features that define their face. However, this is far from the only […]

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Face Reading Techniques

Taken as a whole, face reading techniques may strike you as an odd concept. However, taken as a whole, they are indeed a legitimate means of understanding someone. There is a long-standing science behind the notion that our faces reveal a lot about our personalities. In order to achieve this understanding, certain techniques are in […]

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Examples of Emotional Intelligence

Examples of emotional intelligence are important, as they serve to help us understand something that is considered to be a very broad topic. That is to say that there are a number of ways in which you can define the concept of emotional intelligence. However, it is possible to create a more concrete definition, using […]

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Ignoring A Narcissist

Believe it or not, but ignoring a narcissist is something that can in fact be done. While you may be someone who strives to bring a positive, empathetic attitude, having a narcissist in your life can certainly make it difficult to maintain that mindset. Whether you find yourself dealing with a narcissist at work, dealing […]

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Waking Up Depressed

Waking up depressed once in a great while is probably not cause for alarm. The problem occurs when you find yourself waking up in a depressed mood across concurrent days. If the problem occurs for a prolonged period, then it might be time to take a proactive approach to the problem. Waking up depressed is […]

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Exogenous Depression

Exogenous depression can also be defined as situational depression or reaction-based depression. While many understand that when a person goes through a traumatic experience, there are consequences, we do not necessarily understand exactly what those consequences can entail. This form of depression is considered to be one of the potential consequences of experiencing an event […]

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