Life Skills
Skills To Make Life Better.
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The Cost Of Jumping To Conclusions
Jumping to conclusions can cost people more than they will ever be aware of. This entry looks at an example of this.
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Pessimism, Paranoia And Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
A trojan horse on my computer triggers pessimism and paranoia. These activate my PTSD and my reactions cause more harm than the trojan itself!
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Communication Formula
The first rule of good communication is this: The Only Person You Can Change Is Yourself! This does not mean other people can’t change — it just means you can’t change them! All you can do is communicate with them and see if they are willing to try and change. Good communication involves more than just telling someone you don’t like what they are doing. You need to be precise about three things for good communication. Good communication makes change possible so let the other person know: What they are doing wrong — be specific. How they are making you feel — be specific. What you would like them to…
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Abuse, Self-Harm And An Umbrella.
In this entry I explore my theory that abuse is like rain. It falls on everyone. Life skills such as knowledge, assertiveness, and help-seeking create an umbrella to help protect us from it.
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Love And The Stages Of Change
This entry looks at the "stages of change" and how I am using them to try and get over my obsession with a man I haven't seen for six years. A man who doesn't want me and never did.
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Addiction
Some information about addiction and how I handled my lapse back into my gambling addiction. The difference between a lapse and a relapse and the use of positive self-talk to prevent relapse.
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Trust, Self-Talk and Support.
The situation at work turns out to be due to a mistake I have made. This entry describes how I trusted my co-worker to be supportive of me and used positive self-talk to work through it.
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Weighty Issues
Paranoia, Panic, Self-Talk and Persistence.
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Paranoia, Panic, Self-Talk and Persistence.
Another incident at work triggers paranoia, pessimism and panic in me. This is the story of how I used positive self-talk to cope with my feelings and reactions to the situation.
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Pessimism, Anxiety and Self-Talk
The details of how I used several life-skills to cope with an incident at work. The incident caused anxiety, fired up my habitual pessimism and created panic in me.
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Problem Solving
Even psychologists have problems. Here's an insight into how I tackled pessimism and procrastination when I had to take my computer in to be fixed.
