Psychology and emotional health

One of man’s concerns was based onhuman behaviorand focused his effort on understanding those behaviors derived frompsychological disordersand how to correct them. To do this, he devised techniques, procedures and strategies in the belief of helping individuals solve thosebehavioral problems. Among them, a strategy calledcognitive restructuring emerged. This strategy consists of a psychological intervention aimed …

Nature is sometimes great, sometimes unfair. But in its own way it gives us special touches, whether to face life with our own disabilities or even to be better people despite certain differences. In this sense, mental retardation is a delicate but extremely special subject, because beyond the different qualities and the people who suffer …

We know that the physiological and natural activities of our body usually occur and organize through periods of time that have determined as a biological clock. They unfold, producing a rhythmic phenomenon that are considered biological rhythms. In addition, they determine our needs and allow us to create habits and regulate them. In the following …

If you’ve ever felt that your behavior and that of your partner or someone close to you were completely the same, chances areyou’veexperienced a symbiosis in that relationship. Symbiosis is abiological interaction, that is, a close and persistent relationship that occurs between different organisms. In the case of humans, it occurs when one or more …

In opportunities, our parental and even school upbringing, instill rules ofbehavior in societyand many of them are related to truth, honesty, sincerity, not to tell lies, but rarely do not tell us how to transmit it. This is how we believe thatbeing sincere, has to do with telling the truth, but that raw truth, seeking attention …

The acquisition of healthy habits is of vital importance for both physical and mental health. Without realizing it, we let ourselves be wrapped up by the speed at which the environment walks, and we do not understand that this environment travels faster than us, causing pathologies, many of them unconsciously. One of those cases is …

Talking in asleep or even walking is part of the elements that make up sleep disorders. They tend to be more recurrent in childhood (most commonly up to ten years of age) and the presence or persistence in adulthood, results in complications due to decreased ability to rest properly. In this sense is sleepwalking, which …

Psychoanalystsdefinesuppression(1) as a maturedefense mechanism. In addition, it is the conscious or semi-conscious decision not to act on impulse. It is the opposite of inhibition, which is a merely unconscious decision. In other words, suppression meanskeeping unwanted thoughts hiddenin our unconscious. However, that does not mean that it does not affect us, but quite the opposite, …

It is a reality: human beingsare gregarious animals. It is no accident that Aristotle referred to our species as political animals. The natural desire to live with others and participate in society is inherent in us. It seems that the coronavirus pandemic comes to question this condition that, as social beings, categorically defines our behavior. Note: More than …

Vigorexiais a disorder described in 1993 by Dr.Harrison Pope. It is anemotional disorder, characterized by gaining muscle mass excessively affecting mainly young men and women to a lesser extent. In its beginnings it was named as reverse anorexia, since it is the opposite ofanorexia, here the patient looks less large than he really is, it …