Stress

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YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT!

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YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT!

Do you still squirm when someone says, "you can't do that!?" Granted, you probably hear it much less often as an adult than you did as a child, but I still have pretty vivid memories of what it was like to constantly worry about getting in trouble for something I wasn't allowed to do.

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STOP TRYING TO BE HAPPY AND LEARN TO BE CONTENT INSTEAD

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STOP TRYING TO BE HAPPY AND LEARN TO BE CONTENT INSTEAD

Being content doesn’t sound very sexy. Why should anyone strive to be “just” content?

Because being happy all the time is not realistic. Happiness is an emotion. Just like anxiety, sadness, excitement, anger, etc. All emotions are transient. Meaning, they fluctuate, they become more and less intense. They are manageable and tolerable, even when they feel extremely distressing, unpleasant, uncomfortable, or even unbearable. The truth is, if it’s an emotion, you can bear it.

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WHAT AND WHO IS THERAPY FOR?

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WHAT AND WHO IS THERAPY FOR?

What do you do in therapy? Who is therapy for? Is therapy for everyone? Read on to learn what you can get out of therapy, if now is the time to start, and what you can expect out of it (as well as what’s expected of you).

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WHAT IS TOXIC POSITIVITY?

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WHAT IS TOXIC POSITIVITY?

“Toxic positivity contributes to ‘all or nothing’ thinking, which is a type of distorted assumption that things have to be either all good or all bad,” said Alice Rizzi, a NYC therapist and MyWellbeing community member. “No one is happy 100% of the time, nor should they be. Humans are multi-faceted and experience complex emotional states.”