Mental Health and Healing

Matching Your Emotions With Your Feelings

Matching Your Emotions With Your Feelings Understanding and expressing emotions correctly is an essential skill, but it can be challenging. Have you ever felt sad but expressed anger instead? Or been scared but appeared frustrated? Learning to match your emotions with your feelings—and making sure your facial expressions align—can take practice, but it’s an important… Continue reading Matching Your Emotions With Your Feelings

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Let’s Learn About Psychogenic Itching

Let's Learn About Psychogenic Itching Today's Term: Psychogenic Itching My First Encounter with Psychogenic Itching That’s a fun one, right? I first experienced psychogenic itching about three years ago. At the time, I was seeing a new therapist and starting EMDR (that’s a whole other post for another day). My goal was to get trained… Continue reading Let’s Learn About Psychogenic Itching

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Psychogenic Itching

  Psychogenic Itching: What It Is and How It Affects Us Yes, Psychogenic itching is a real thing, and I didn’t even realize that was what was happening to me until recently. As a therapist, I am constantly learning—whether through trainings, observing other therapists, from clients, or personal experiences. A few years ago, I tried… Continue reading Psychogenic Itching

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What is and is Not in My Control

What is and is Not in My Control What is and is Not in My Control. I am a work in progress. Without hesitation, I can tell you that trying to control everything is 99.9% of my problem. Well, that and lack of trusting anyone...maybe that goes hand in hand, I don't know. It's a… Continue reading What is and is Not in My Control