Posts Tagged ‘projection’

Depressed: No Friends, No Life

Written by John on November 23rd, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by Ashley_Rose at Flickr Lately, I’ve come across a number of questions online by plainly anguished people, asking: Why do I have no friends, no life? The first time I saw one this blunt, I reacted almost defensively, laughing as I recalled an old film in which a man hires a private [...]

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Tags: assumptions, change, emotion, friends, isolation, judgment, life, men, projection
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The Risk of Change in Recovery

Written by John on April 22nd, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by Idol at Flickr The risk of being changed is one of the most frightening experiences we can face. — Carl Rogers: Breakdowns in Communication in On Becoming a Person Accepting the risk of change has been a big step in recovery: risks are hard to take because of the fear they [...]

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Tags: Carl Rogers, change, depression, experience, feelings, life, people, prison, projection, reality, risk
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Working Depressed: Mind Trap

Written by John on December 2nd, 2007
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Photo Credit: Yakobchuk – Stockxpert It can be so hard to get work done when a depressed mind is guiding you into a maze of mirrors. At each moment you seem to see clearly, but what you see is only your own image staring right back at you. I remember an incident, from quite a [...]

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Tags: depression, mind, obsession, projection, shame, work
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