83 Shocking Psychological Warning Signs You’re Ignoring Right Now—And What They Could Cost You
A narrow perspective can isolate individuals and lower self-esteem, causing more tense arguments with friends and family and feelings of loneliness. This can lead people to seek more confirmation in their media sources, creating a negative feedback loop.
The best ways to counteract the information bubble effect are to diversify media sources, be more curious, less judgmental, and open to dialogue. Engaging with varied viewpoints and opinions builds a more objective, open-minded view of the world. This helps align what people perceive as normal with reality.
Self-sabotaging behavior can ruin your life quickly. If you have an event in your life that has affected you negatively and you seem to find yourself exhibiting irrational or incongruent behaviors- see a counselor.
You don’t have to have any certain pathology to seek mental wellness counseling.
Edit: a word.
Coping with stress in your relationships by walking away from conversations, saying you’ve had enough, or going silent.
Coping with feelings of insecurity and anxiety by lashing out at your partner. Eg asking a bunch of questions about one of their acquaintances instead of saying “I feel insecure for these reasons, please talk through it with me”
Been a couples therapist for 10 years, now clinical director of a private practice. So many more but those are two of the most prevalent in couples work.
I am a very specific psychologist (I am a research psychologist and my area is maternal-infant health) so I am not sure how helpful this is but:
We truly do NOT have a great understanding about what a physiologically normal postpartum mental health experience is versus a pathological one, except on the extreme end (so, if you are having thoughts of harming yourself or others, including your baby, that is a pathological postpartum experience).
I’ve met with women who went told they had PPD because they were looking forward to going back to work, or were suggested to take medication because they reported feeling “overwhelmed”; I’ve also had women who were told it was normal to feel unmotivated, detached from the world, or isolated for months after giving birth because that was “just adjusting to motherhood.” Perceptions of normal/not normal postpartum wellbeing vary wildly and this makes promoting postpartum wellbeing really difficult.
So my advice is this:
Some about of distress probably is normal (it’s a huge life change, a huge physical toll, and a huge shift in hormones), but if that distress is DISTRESSING to you, there are likely many, many different strategies for helping alleviate it, including medication when indicated.
I would also say that postpartum anxiety is something that I actually tend to see are more commonly normalized/not diagnosed; chronic, persistent, debilitating worry about your infant is not normal, but frankly we have socialized it to be an indicator of “good” mothering, even if it decreases overall quality of life.
If you get weak in the knees, all your face muscles relax or your neck goes limp or you feel like you can’t support your body weight for a split second when you are laughing or experiencing other strong emotions. This is called cataplexy. It is a symptom of narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder where you randomly fall asleep during the day and generally feel excessively sleepy all the time.
I had a client tell me he had a normal amount of panic attacks a day… 15. I got him to describe them, they were full on panic attacks, had to explain that was not normal.
Beeing a man and been told all your life not to cry because thats not what man do.
Having nightmares pretty often. Or stuff that you wake up in a cold sweat/wake up shouting from. It’s usually a symptom of anxiety, or could be a manifestation of PTSD from something traumatic. My mom has had night terrors her ENTIRE LIFE and thinks it’s normal. She refuses to see the doctor because she says “What for? I’m going to d*e soon anyway.” 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️.
Joke? My professor once told us about jokes. Sometimes people use it to hide their mental state. Agreassive or depressed person may use this quite often…
Being super focussed on eating and being healthy. Obviously it’s fine and important to look after your health, eat a balanced diet, get exercise, etc.
But if it’s starting to take over your life and is shaping your days, it’s worth getting help.
Orthorexia is a term that describes the obsessive pursuit of a healthy diet, and is very much fuelled by the “wellness” industry. It’s increasingly being viewed as a form of eating disorder.
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