From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to search Self-efficacy is, according to psychologist Albert Bandura who originally proposed the concept, a personal judgment of how well or poorly a person is able to cope with a given situation based on the skills they have and the circumstances they face.[1] Self-efficacy affects every area of human endeavor. By… Read More Self-efficacy
… that no man is hurt but by himself. Diogenes said that, and he was right. Every person’s experience is created internally, by him or herself. No one outside of you can tell you what anything means, or whether you are “hurt” or not. If you feel hurt by something or someone, it is the… Read More No man is hurt but by himself
… that it is not necessary for you to report everyone’smistakes to them, much less to give them corrections. It can be difficult, when you think you know a better wayto say something, to keep that to yourself. But try.Unless someone’s life or safety depends on it, do try. You would not welcome someone else… Read More Mistakes
What do you look forward to? What friendships make you smile and feel more positive? What hobbies bring out the best in you? What do you deliberately do when you are down in order to feel better? What music tends to lift your spirits? What do your friends and family do that lifts your spirits?… Read More A few questions to get you thinking!
“The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault. The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of this world, think about misfortune in the opposite way. They tend to believe that defeat… Read More “father of positive psychology”
There are a lot of ways to seek a 3-to-1 positivity ratio in your life. Here are 10 tips on how you can bring more positivity into your life to balance out the negativity bias: 1. Rewrite the story your negativity bias tells you. 2. Look for the opportunity in the difficulty. 3. Broaden your scope. 4. Flip Mother Nature’s… Read More Ways to Apply the 3-to-1 Positivity Ratio
The overall effect of trauma can be described as “loss of sense of aliveness, motivation, excitement, and purpose.” In brain scans of 18 chronic PTSD patients (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), the researchers discovered something startling: there was almost no activation of the “self-perceiving” areas of the brain compared to non-traumatized subjects: the medial prefrontal cortex, anterior… Read More The effect of trauma
The memory of the trauma acts like a splinter in the mind – it is the body’s reaction to the foreign body that becomes the problem, not the object itself. From a neuroscience perspective, imaging studies of the brains of trauma patients usually show abnormal activation of the insula. The insula integrates and interprets information… Read More The Memory of the Trauma
When your caregivers regularly ignore your needs, you learn to expect rejection and withdrawal. You cope by tuning out their hostility or neglect and pretending it doesn’t matter. But the body keeps score: it remains in a state of high alert, ready to ward off blows, deprivation, or abandonment. One of the most devastating effects… Read More The Body Keeps The Score
Linda C J Turner | Trauma Therapist & Emotional Healing Specialist 