Knowing yourself… Peeling the onion
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January 25, 2023
Current Themes
ACT: Experienced avoidance and acceptance
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an approach to understanding human functioning and psychological intervention. The central objective of the interventions proposed by the approach is to generate psychological flexibility from the application of acceptance processes and behavioral change....
January 12, 2023New Year's Eve parties and substance use disorder (TUS): synonymous with more attention to relapse prevention
New Year's Eve parties are approaching, a period of the year that usually leads us to reflect and take stock of what we do all over. For some people is a very sensitive time And hard, especially when there are not so good memories of this time. For some it is time to be with the family and from the people who love each other, finally, for each person the holidays have a baggage of meanings. Thinking of people who live with the disorder due to use of substances (TUS) this period also has a very important meaning of special “care”. At this time of year the dangers of relapses increase, as we have an increase the supply of alcohol and other drugs, it is a time when emotions are sometimes to Skin flower increasing the risks to those who They seek to live in sobriety. Relapse prevention is a fundamental strategy for this moment of the year, as in this period the minimization of the notion of risks increases, as it is a period of meeting with The people we like, for having been in withdrawal for some time, the meetings and gifts seem very normal and proper to these parties, can produce false security. However, it should be prevented: 1- Make a map of the places you want to attend and 2- be aware of the basic rules of a good relapse prevention, which comprises the places and people you will Finding these holidays in these holidays, 3- Choose first and calmly and calmly for the holidays, so that you really can identify the risks that can affect your sobriety. Another important point for relapse prevention, is 4- Take care of your emotions, sometimes so long without finding family and friends, tend to bring the things of the past, remembering facts of Time of illness, and in Consequence generates feeling of guilt, discussions, regrets, revolts that shake the emotional to justify possible reasons for falling....
December 22, 2022Which direction do you choose to follow in your life?
For a long time, I realized disconnected from things that were important to me, to be specific since I was 13 years old did not feel close to the things that made sense in my life. Some experiences experienced in my childhood and adolescence generated in me insecurity, fear, disability and uncertainty of who I really were. For a moment I felt capable and at other times I was catching for thoughts of disability, defeat and uncertainty. And it's okay to come across these thoughts, but the only way I dealt with them was fusing me to them and letting them say who I really was. Given this, I often left these thoughts to guide me and move to the opposite side of what was really important to me, letting them paralyze me and see me lost in which direction to go....
December 21, 2022Choices for her
Make choices. Know what is best for me. What is more important. These are exercises we are doing throughout our lives. Choosing is challenging because when we choose one way, we leave another. Also because when we choose a path we can frustrate our expectation and that of someone we love. As an adult I am, I was experiencing different challenges along the way of making choices....
December 15, 2022Looking at the difficult experiences that emerge at the end of the year
So it's Christmas, and what did you do?...
December 08, 2022Self -pity and self -care in romantic relationships
In the context in which we still live the old idea that one will only be happy if he has a relationship, or worse, a happy relationship. We know that what exists are partnership relationships, affection, discussions, differences, and yes, happy moments. An essential aspect is to know that the other person is not responsible for our happiness, one cannot depend on another to be well in life. Given this, Casal Integrative Behavioral Therapy (IBCT) has organized tolerance strategies, among which are self -care as a way for each person to organize moments of life that bring them satisfaction and fulfillment, so as not to overwhelm with many expectations (unreal) expectations The marital relationship, not to be in the relationship as in a posture of a child or daughter who depends totally on mother or father to survive. This destroys relationships....
December 02, 2022Grape juice
I recently followed a family member in a surgical procedure and its complications, resulting in 12 days of ICU and 15 to the total hospitalization. It was a difficult process, suffered and continues to have consequences as such. But above all it made me reflect on what is really important and valuable in this life, how we react when we are vulnerable and how much the context influences these situations....
November 29, 2022Participate without planning
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November 09, 2022For relationships: Presence
Life brings us the possibility of living different relationships. Relationships with family members: father, mother, brothers, the most distant family members, friendship relationships, interactions with people of our daily lives, co -workers or study and so many others who are built throughout life. To start relationships or for us to have close friendships or intimacy relationships we must be present: to be available for what each interaction brings us....
November 03, 2022