“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 …
” If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion ” – Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama). The theory based on compassion has been growing within psychotherapeutic practices for a few years and is getting a lot of attention. That’s why this article offers you a zoom on this new …
” 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 …
The plan to consult a psychologist can be confronted with the diversity of orientations of psychologists, with terms that are often obscure for those who are not from the field. What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychoanalyst, a psychiatrist? What are the theoretical orientations of psychologists, and what do they mean? Here …
OCD is a very disabling mental disorder: it involves obsessions, compulsions, avoidance of certain situations, loss of time in our daily lives… On top of all that, we tend to think that OCD is stronger than we are, that we can “do nothing about it”. Well, if you suffer from OCD, you should know that …
Si je vous dis anorexie, peut-être saurez-vous m’expliquer approximativement ce que c’est. Cependant, si je vous parle d’anorexie mentale, en sauriez-vous autant ? L’anorexie mentale est catégorisée dans les troubles du comportements alimentaires, et affecte à la fois la sphère psychique et la santé physique. 0,4% des femmes chaque année sont touchées par cette maladie et …
« Toute culture naît du mélange, de la rencontre, des chocs. A l’inverse, c’est de l’isolement que meurent les civilisations. » – Octavio Paz Les moments d’isolement ou de solitude peuvent survenir tout au long de la vie, par exemple à la suite d’une rupture, d’un deuil, d’une perte d’emploi mais également lors d’un départ à l’étranger …
Vous-êtes-vous déjà demandé ce que voulait dire le moment présent ? Sa signification est évidente me diriez-vous. Mais avez-vous déjà pris le temps d’y penser réellement, de prendre ce mot, le retourner, en chercher l’essence et surtout d’essayer de le vivre ? Aujourd’hui, nous assistons à un temps où la notion du présent a été déshabillée de ses …
