Categoria: International
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IMPOSTOR SYNDROME: the phenomenon of today’s society
Reading time: 5 minutes Have you ever felt that you are not good enough or deserving enough to be in the position you are in? Whether it is the university that you got in, or a job position, for which you worked so hard for, or even just your presence among a new group of…
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MENTAL ILLNESS STIGMA: POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS NOWADAYS
Reading time: 8 minutes The term “stigma” comes from the ancient Greek verb stizo, which literally means “to carve by night”, “to cause a mark with an incandescent seal for shame or punishment”, “to carve the skin as a mark of dishonor”. In ancient Greece the stigmata was a mark carved or impressed by burning…
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THE FORER EFFECT: WHY HOROSCOPES ALWAYS HAVE IT
Reading time: 4 minutes The Forer effect (also called subjective validation effect, or Barnum effect) is a phenomenon according to which everyone, faced with any profile that he believes refers to him, tends to identify with it, considering it precise and accurate, without realizing that that profile is vague and generic enough to fit a…
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Graphology
Have you ever heard of graphology? Graphology is the science that studies the individual’s personality and character traits from their spontaneous handwriting. It is a mistake to think of it as an esoteric practice in which one “guesses” something about a person or in which paranormal abilities are required; in fact, writing is a neurophysiological…
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UNDERSTAND DISORDERS TO OVERCOME PREJUDICES: BORDERLINE DISORDER, BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA.
How many times have you used these terms to label someone without really knowing these disorders? Have you ever called someone Schizophrenic just because they had a moment of “madness” or Bipolar because they quickly changed their mood? Could you tell what the difference between Borderline disorder and bipolar disorder? With this article we try…
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People Pleaser
“What if I haven’t done enough?” “Can I really trust my judgment?” “What if I’m unfair and I don’t see things from another point of view?” “What if it’s my fault?” People pleasers always have a compulsive need to please other, regardless of their health and well-being. Unlike altruists, people pleasers have a constant need…
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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:A relational or social problem?
Violence against women exists, and it is one of the main social problems. It assumes various forms: from the most serious, such as murder, to those more mundane. In fact, violence against women is not only seen on the tortured body of a wife beaten by her husband, or on the face disfigured by the…
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PETER PAN SYNDROME
Peter Pan syndrome is a psychological situation in which the individual refuses to grow up and take full responsibility, assuming a typically child-like attitude. This term was coined by the American psychologist Dan Kiley, who belonged to the Jungian school. He defined these men as “men who did not want to grow up”. This condition…
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PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME: PROBLEMATIC KID, MANIPULATIVE PARENT OR DYSFUNCTIONAL PARENTING?
In the psychological-forensic area, the topic of Parental Alienation is one of the most debated in the last few years. There are a lot of international scientific publications on it and, even today, there is much confusion about this topic, especially for the use of the term that is made by the population. When a…
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Pennebaker method and the beneficial effects of creative writing
Something torments us… that’s normal, everybody experiences moments of discouragement, but how can we cope with them?Write it off!Putting onto paper our feeling about a painful experience is therapeutic.It is proven by James Pennebaker’s studies, which have confirmed how creative writing, meant as giving written expression to our thoughts and emotions regarding grievous or traumatic…
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