“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 …
Aujourd’hui, d’après les chiffres du gouvernement français, il y aurait 14 millions de fumeurs quotidiens ou encore 1,5 millions de consommateurs réguliers de cannabis en France. Il y aurait aussi environ 41 000 décès par an attribuables à l’alcool. Quand on parle d’addiction ou de dépendance, on a tendance à penser à des drogues dites « dures » comme la …
« Aujourd’hui je me sens complètement dépassée. J’ai l’impression de jouer dans le fameux film « un jour sans fin ». Les journées se répètent avec comme seule différence qui nous change les idées , une demie journée de cours le mercredi . Est-ce suffisant ? Clairement non. Face à une situation nouvelle, le gouvernement …
« L’échec scolaire n’est pas un échec de vie. » – M-H Montès D’une manière générale, le nombre d’échecs scolaires a plutôt tendance à augmenter ces derniers temps. Ils peuvent être la conséquence de troubles de l’apprentissage non pris en charge, mais il existe également un nombre important de facteurs culturels ou socio-économiques. Habituée à travailler avec …
