83 Shocking Psychological Warning Signs You’re Ignoring Right Now—And What They Could Cost You
These processes apply easily to a wide range of learning experiences. For example, a beginner sees someone with their desired physique doing an exercise at the gym. They take a mental note of the proper form and technique. They assess their abilities and experience to adapt the exercise to their skill level. They replicate it and feel motivated to keep using it in their gym routine to achieve the physique, strength, or stamina they are aiming for.
Research psychologist checking in:
If your toddler is doing socially unusual behaviors such as:
Not responding to name
Not responding to a social smile
Not pointing/ using gestures
Using your hands/arms as if they were a tool or extension of their body
Engaging in repetitive behaviors
Not responding to your use of gaze to direct their attention to distal objects
Check with the pediatrician about getting assessed for autism spectrum disorder.
People normalize a*****e behaviors by loved ones all the time. Being able to identify your own personal boundaries and then enforce them with others for your own wellbeing is, unfortunately, not innate.
The need for some parents to speak with their children about adult problems. No, your young child does not need to be aware that you are struggling financially or that ‘daddy slept with the lady next door’.
The parents that tell their children that they are going to ‘go and speed my car into a tree purposely’, ‘k**l myself while you are at school’, or ‘slit my wrist when I shower tonight’.
And, parents that feel they need their children ‘fixed’ as it’s the child and not the family unit as the whole that needs support and/or assistance.
Just a few recent ones I’ve heard.
Edit: sorry about format – commenting via mobile phone.
Edit: thanks for the gold! My first one 🙂
Edit: in regards to financial comments (taken from a previous comment of mine as I’ve been getting asked to answer this). I’m talking more on the extreme side and towards children that have been extremely hurt and ‘money talk’ was used as a tool to make the child feel at fault and guilt to some degree.
I’m currently working with a child now that is triggered whenever he hears talk about finances and feels it’s his fault they will eventually become homeless. They won’t, but this is what he is told. If only he didn’t eat so much, if only he didn’t have so many school fee’s. Not to mention the arguing between carers over finances – this must be his fault to though, they’re yelling and shouting because of this.
Levine says this reinforcement of one’s beliefs can lead to various problems. First, it can make an individual more susceptible to misinformation. If they see sources they agree with as more trustworthy, it becomes easy to sell them something that isn’t entirely true, distorting their view of reality.
Perfectionism. While a spectrum and everyone wants to do good work, an obsession with perfection is not something to be proud of and definitely not healthy. Healthy work ethic is doing your best, and then letting go, as in recognizing no matter how much effort you put in, the result is, to some extent, out of your control, and that’s ok. The intent and effort counts more than the end result, if you get obsessed with the end result only you will hurt yourself because you never have full control over your end result, but you do have full control over the intensity and dedication you will put in (even if that doesn’t translate well). It is a fact of life sometimes things don’t work out, so people who never, and I mean never, have anything less than flawless work all the time are paying for it somehow, burnout or mental stress or overtime or medication/d***s to keep going or etc. It is pathological to want, or to think you can realistically have, such control that your work is flawless all the time.
Rage and anger outbursts. I’m shocked by how much bad behavior during an adult tantrum is written off with little or no concern. “Oh that’s just how he gets when he gets mad. He’ll calm down.” No, adults should be able to regulate their anger anger handle it appropriately.
Everyone gets angry. That is totally normal. But we shouldn’t find ourselves escalating so easily and responding in ways we later regret.
Breaking things when you are mad!
Stop. It.
You don’t end up feeling any better. You just have to buy the whatever-you-broke twice. And if your reason is “well it’s better than hitting someone” it still isn’t better than talking like a growna*s adult who can manage their feelings. You are terrifying the people around you because you are smashing them in effigy. Stop. It.
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