Monthly Archives: January 2012

Internally and Externally based Self-schema’s

Posted on January 30, 2012 by edwards87

Internal or External Self-schema Concepts in the self-schema may refer to things internal or external to the self. Examples of things internal to the self are my values, my goals, my views and my preferences. Examples of concepts external to … Continue reading →

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Self-Verification & Self-Enhancement

Posted on January 27, 2012 by edwards87

Self-Verification: the re-enforcing nature of beliefs With the concepts in our minds, we create beliefs about the world. More specifically, with the concepts in our self-schema, we form beliefs about ourselves. Like I stated earlier, concepts and schemas determine what … Continue reading →

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Selective Attention & the Self-schema

Posted on January 25, 2012 by edwards87

Selective attention (or attention bias) In reality, there are a lot of different things we could be paying attention to at any given time. Because we can never focus on everything that’s out there, a selection has to be made … Continue reading →

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Healthy Boundaries, Concepts & Cognitive Dissonance

Posted on January 23, 2012 by edwards87

Part III: The Dynamic Self-schema “The motivating force behind the forming of shared illusions in a group is identical to that in the self: to minimize anxiety.” ~ Daniel Goleman ~ Introduction In the first two parts, I covered two … Continue reading →

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Summary, Completion and the Capacity for Challenge

Posted on January 20, 2012 by edwards87

The incomplete needs company In a state of unprocessed past hurts, the wounded individual doesn’t feel whole. Like I wrote earlier: Deep down, the child knows that something just isn’t right. This intuitive feel is spot on as the child’s … Continue reading →

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Fear, the Autonomic Nervous System & the narrowing of our Range of Behaviour

Posted on January 18, 2012 by edwards87

Fear versus anxiety Aside from the negative impact of unprocessed hurt from abuse I already mentioned, there is another detrimental factor to uncompleted past pain that I want to write about. That is, the underlying sense of threat a person … Continue reading →

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Pain & Hurt

Posted on January 16, 2012 by edwards87

Pain and hurt Most people don’t like pain, they want to feel good and be happy. Unfortunately, painting on a happy smile when you feel like shit does not work. No amount of joyous masks or putting on a happy … Continue reading →

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Mood Alterations & Addiction

Posted on January 13, 2012 by edwards87

Where there is emotional pain, addiction tends to follow The repression of emotions does not go without sacrifice; with it a degree of capacity for positive emotion is lost as well. Deep down, below the level of consciousness, the child … Continue reading →

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The parent/child Trust Bridge and Trauma/Abuse

Posted on January 11, 2012 by edwards87

Defenceless child It is quite paradoxical that the child is usually more eager to explore new things than the adult, as the child is much more vulnerable. The child is physically small and not very strong, yet seems unfazed by … Continue reading →

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The Need for Preditability & the Need for Exploration

Posted on January 9, 2012 by edwards87

Part II: Carefree Child “There are vaults in your nervous system, where you store whatever pain, stress and bad memories you have. You have to dive back into that trauma, go back and do the same tricks that hurt you, … Continue reading →

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