For me this post feels roughly equivalent to what I would imagine an overworked parent feels like when they only have enough time and energy to pop a frozen TV dinner in the microwave for their child. I’d like to thank ChatGPT for once again spitting out a fairly coherent (perhaps even nutritious?) summary for […]
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When does our concern for world events become counterproductive? Does preoccupation with the suffering of people portrayed in the news made it harder to recognize the suffering of people in our lives, and our own suffering? As I was preparing for this topic two relevant pieces of content serendipitously crossed my digital feed and I
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The first thing that popped into my head as I was reading through a few lists of Cognitive Distortions for our discussion was this meme! 😅 But honestly, it became immediately apparent how I regularly engage in and wrestle with this distortions on a daily basis. I’m curious to see if there are naturally more
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Happy New Year to All! I’m excited to start this new year with optimism and a renewed sense of potential. Among the many mental tools and spiritual/holistic practices I strive to develop, like gratitude exercises and regularly journaling, I also want to be more intentional about the practice of “cultivating joy” in my life. I
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Non sequitur intro for context: As someone with both an OCPD & ADHD diagnosis, I’m constantly contending with mental paralysis in one form (perfectionism) or another (inability to focus or prioritize). Consequently, I’m regularly in search of support tools that can help me overcome my struggles around the starting and completion of tasks. I also
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Last meeting we talked about OCPD & Judgments and for this week OCPD & Expectations feels like a natural continuation of that discussion. Much of judgment is about evaluating the outcome of experiences and deciding whether or not they we find them to be good, bad, or neutral. One factor that strongly influences if we
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When it comes to the 8 diagnostic criteria for OCPD, I feel like it doesn’t take me much effort to find a common thread of “judgment” within each of them. The act of judging feels so pervasive and effortless, so it’s somewhat relieving to know that I’m not alone in this human experience, even if
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If self-reflection were ever a competitive Olympic sport, I’d like to think that I’d probably take gold! 😝 However, it wasn’t until I started prepping for this topic that I fully realized how it can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, I’ve greatly benefited from self-reflection in the context of regular journaling and talk
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I’ve noticed a few patterns have developed whenever I get around to writing these discussion topic blog posts. Inevitably, the first thought is some form of the question, “Well, what do we mean when we say (insert topic)?” And it’s not just about defining the specific term but also about all of the synonyms, the
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It brings me a certain level of ironic amusement by choosing to start off a post about “fun” with the Oxford Dictionary definition. 😋 My first big assumption about the topic of “fun” was that it would be synonymous with other positive words/feelings like: happiness, joy, and play. After a searching “Atlas of the Heart”
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