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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
19 hours ago

Multi-Determinism in Eating Disorders

Eating disorders result from complex interactions of childhood experiences, biological factors, and social influences requiring individualized, multifaceted treatment approaches rather than single-cause solutions.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Double Bind and Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder is organized around paradoxical, double-bind interpersonal patterns that create inescapable, contradictory demands and relational instability.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Feel like your mind and body are separate? Here's how life changes when we become whole

I don't think I've respected my body, not deep down. I've valued it only for its functions and the purposes it served me: trying to attract others; avoiding feelings; running a faster (or, rather, a slightly less slow) 5km. Until today, I've not understood that my body is me, it is my life, rather than something that produces results. The unconscious uses the body to express some pain or rage or whatever emotion the mind cannot tolerate
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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Letting Each Other In: Vulnerability and Relationships

Early caregiving shapes internalized relational templates and unconscious defenses that make vulnerability in adult intimate relationships feel risky, prompting withdrawal and protective behaviors.
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