In one of our earlier blogs this month, Clinical Psychologist Dr Kellie Cassidy discussed how common traumatic events are and how they may continue to affect us long after the traumatic event is over. For example, people may try to avoid anything that reminds them of...
Traumatic events are common, and most people will experience at least one during their lives.Trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatters your sense of security, making you feel helpless in a dangerous world.Psychological trauma can leave you...
Being harsh and critical on ourselves is hurtful and isn’t workable in the long run. Be curious of the difficult thoughts and feelings that surface after your “I’m not good enough” story plays. Are you feeling hurt, guilty, disappointed, or something else? Ironically,...
I have been working as a clinical psychologist at Prosper Health Collective for a month now and I have this recurring thought that I’m going to get into trouble, that I’m going to make a mistake and that I’m not going to be as good as they think I am. Fundamentally...
I am a bad mum. Ok. I I said it. And I can tell you a million and one reasons why that statement is 100% true.My mind has stored away every single time I messed up as a mum. The times I have yelled and lost my temper, the times if have forgotten to pack the lunch box,...
Sometimes our inner critic bubbles away in the background, largely unnoticed. Sometimes it is very loud and clear, like a referee on a football field. It may sound something like:You’re not good enoughI’m a horrible parentYou can’t do thisI’m such a failureI’m too...
