There are two strong emotions getting in each other way in an emotional blockage, on one hand you have the desire to make things happen and acquire new experiences, but simultaneously you experience

Negativity is simply a self preservation instinct, part of your fight or flight response design to help you survive. There are a lot of philosophies out there in the self help community or some religious

Denial seems to be a pretty negative self destructive thing to do to yourself, it is strange to think that we develop such a self harmful behaviour as a self preservation strategy. To think that you can

One of the symptom of being sick is feeling like you have to isolate yourself. Like for example when you have the flu you don't really feel like going out and spending time with other people. probably

Bliss is not ignorance, it is actually the opposite of it. Is an intense and constant state of happiness with the presence of knowledge. As children we are innocent because we are ignorant by nature, as

There is a huge misconception when it comes to self discipline, there is this idea that you have to be very controlling about what you do. For example a person that want's to follow any specific diet stays

I am sure you heard the old Jerry Seinfeld routine about people being more afraid of public speaking than they are afraid of dying. There is a seemingly paradox, that we are trapped in we are to afraid

Is recovery a choice? Someone who is debilitated by a mental illness and is suffering from self sabotaging behaviour. Does he have the choice to stop at any point or there is a much stronger force acting

According to the XIX century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: "God is dead". As we progress and evolved we became more objective, empirical and scientific. For a lot of us the concept of a deity

Ignorance and innocence are perceived by many as almost synonymous as the old saying: "ignorance is bliss" which is a great indicator that most of us didn't found yet a way to be happy or contempt

It is not your responsibility to change your mind, as most of the functions of your mind are involuntary and you have limited to no control over them, like thoughts or emotions for example. The world

If you are a victim of long term abuse, it is safe to assume that there weren't a lot of people around you that cared, otherwise you wouldn't be in the situation that you are today. The past is the past

A pretty good comparison for your mind is a computer, that has two components hardware and software. The hardware being the physical component that you can touch but it doesn't do anything without the

There are two types of pain physical and emotional pain, as far pain acting inside the brain it was shown on mri scans that the same areas of the brain light up regardless if you are talking about physical

When you are doing an activity that requires you to be creative. Avoiding failure is like attempting to go for a swim without getting wet. Creativity is combining already existing concept and ideas in

No matter what you chose, and what the outcome of that decision is, it also means that you are not doing all the other available options that you could do instead of what you chose. As the purpose of emotional

Are you a good person? And if you are how do you know? According to Socrates all vices happen because people don't realise the full negative effect of their actions. There is always a certain degree of