Being listened to is a need and a necessity, while knowing how to listen is a skill and a foundation of our social relationships. Although listening is a natural skill, it must be cultivated and developed. This fundamental ability to communicate with others is complementary to another one: empathy. In this article, we will look …
“Men practice stress as if it were a sport” – Madeleine Ferron“Chronic” stress Excessive stress follows a distressing event that is too intense, prolonged or to which we are repeatedly confronted. It is therefore an intense stress or one that lasts over time and leads to the exhaustion of the body’s energy reserves. In contrast …
“Resilience is the art of navigating torrents” – Boris Cyrulnik A ‘wonderful adversity’. Resilience represents both the capacity of an individual to cope with everyday life, but also his or her mental capacity to get back on track, to open up new perspectives and to make a new start. It is therefore a psychological phenomenon …
“Any disappointment causes frustration, and if it is too intense, then it is difficult to deal with this emotional reaction, which can cause a freeze in the ability to think, analyse and be creative” – VS Preventing mental health disorders Often misunderstood and criticised, mental health disorders are however experienced by around 450 million people worldwide …
What is a language immersion? Language immersion generally refers to a stay in a foreign country with the aim of reinforcing or maintaining a command of a language. More precisely, it is the fact of being immersed in a more natural linguistic environment, which allows for a more authentic practice of the language, at the …
“Increscunt animi, virescit volere virtus” the spirit grows and strength is restored by the wound – outlined Nietzsche, in the 19th century. Others, such as Grigori Rasputin who, through the process of hormesis, became immune to cyanide by gradually taking large doses, experienced it during their lifetime. This is antifragility. This concept, almost straight up …
Borderline personality disorder affects an average of 1.6% of the population and severely disables the lives of those who suffer from it. The overrepresentation of this personality disorder in the clinical population is the reason for our focus today. Moreover, existing many fantasies and clichés around this disorder, it seems important to us to clarify …
” I want to stay a little boy forever and have fun. ” – Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie, 1911) Once upon a time there was a little boy who refused to grow up… That child was Peter Pan, wanting to remain a child forever and living in Neverland. In J.M. Barrie’s original story, he even has a …
It has been a year since the health crisis totally changed our way of life. Faced with the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the government’s decision was none other than to confine the country on several occasions, causing a break in our routine. Each individual had to adapt to the changes he was confronted with …
Today, according to French government figures, there are 14 million daily smokers or 1.5 million regular cannabis users in France. There are also about 41,000 deaths per year attributable to alcohol. When we talk about addiction or dependence, we tend to think of so-called “hard” drugs such as cocaine and heroin, but addictions are not …
