Sublime

Despite the well-documented effects of anger, fear, and anxiety on the ability to reason, many programs continue to ignore the need to engage the safety system of the brain before trying to promote new ways of thinking.

The test’s numerous detractors charge that the Rorschach—originally designed for use with psychiatric patients but now frequently given to normal people—“overpathologizes,”

We fall into patterns of psychological rigidity, where we try to run from or fight off the mental challenges we face, and we disappear into rumination, worry, distraction, self-stimulation, work without end, or other forms of mindlessness, all in the attempt to evade the pain we’re feeling. Psychological rigidity is at its core an attempt to avoid

Generally speaking, the brain is divided into two “hemispheres”—right and left. The left hemisphere is typically associated with analytic and reasoned thoughts. Often it’s the part of the brain that guides conscious awareness. The other parts of the brain, including the right hemisphere, support emotional responses and what we refer to as the uncon

Neurotic fear engages the flight/fight pattern but never follows through on it. This can be simply good sense for smooth living in society or it can be a personal block and thus self-limiting.