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SHERVAN K SHAHHIAN
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The Internal Critic is the part of your Inner Dialogue:
The internal critic is the part of your inner dialogue that judges, evaluates, or criticizes you, often focusing on perceived mistakes, weaknesses, failures, or shortcomings. What does the internal critic sound like? It may produce thoughts such as: “I'm not good enough.” “I should have done better.” “Everyone else is more successful than I am.” “I always mess things up.” “What will people think of me?” “I don't deserve this.” The internal critic may be subtle or extremely h
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4 hours ago2 min read
Parapsychology; Dimensions or Realities Beyond Ordinary Human Perception:
“Dimensions or realities beyond ordinary human perception” refers to the idea that there may be aspects of reality that humans may not normally detect through their five senses or ordinary waking consciousness. 1. “Dimensions” In this context, dimension may mean more than the mathematical dimensions of physics. It may refer to a proposed level, domain, or aspect of reality that may not directly accessible to ordinary human perception. Examples sometimes discussed include: Add
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4 hours ago2 min read
Parapsychology: Non-Human Intelligence:
Non-human (NHI) intelligence refers to an intelligence or apparently intelligent agency that is not human in origin or nature. The term is broad and may not automatically mean extraterrestrial beings. Depending on the context, NHI may refer to: Extraterrestrial intelligence: hypothetical intelligent life originating elsewhere in the universe. Interdimensional or trans dimensional intelligence: proposed entities associated with dimensions or realities beyond ordinary human pe
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4 hours ago1 min read
Psychological Flexibility; staying connected to what matters to you:
Psychological Flexibility is the ability to adapt your thoughts and behavior to a situation while staying connected to what matters to you. In psychology, especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), it means being able to experience difficult thoughts, emotions, or sensations without automatically avoiding them or letting them control your actions. For example, someone might think, “I’m going to embarrass myself,” before giving a presentation. Psychological flexibilit
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5 hours ago1 min read
Releasing the Past: so that the past no longer has to control your present:
“Releasing the Past” may not mean forgetting it, denying it, or pretending that it did not matter. It may mean changing your relationship with what happened so that the past no longer has to control your present. Psychologically, it may involve: Accepting reality: “This happened, and I cannot change the event itself.” Processing the emotions: allowing grief, anger, guilt, hurt, or disappointment to be acknowledged rather than continually suppressed. Learning from the experien
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5 hours ago2 min read
Parapsychology, Purported Memories:
Purported Memories are memories that someone claims to have, but whose accuracy or factual basis has not been independently established. Simple definition Purported: claimed or reported to be true, but not necessarily proven. So, a purported memory may mean: “A person reports remembering something, but we may not yet know whether the memory accurately represents an actual past event.” Examples Childhood: “She has a purported memory of being left alone as a young child.” Past
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5 hours ago1 min read
Parapsychology: Phenomenological Facts, like the person's own point of view:
Phenomenological Facts are facts about a person's directly experienced subjective experience what the experience is like from the person's own point of view. Simple definition Phenomenological Facts: facts about how an experience is experienced, rather than claims about what objectively caused it. For example, someone reports: “I felt a presence in the room.” “I heard a voice.” “I experienced intense fear.” “I saw a bright light.” “I felt as though I left my body.” “The expe
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6 hours ago1 min read
Parapsychology: Past Life Memory refers to an experience in which a person reports having memories of a life lived before:
Past Life memory refers to an experience in which a person reports having memories, images, emotions, sensations, or knowledge that they believe come from a life lived before their present life. It is most commonly discussed in connection with Reincarnation and Parapsychology. There are several ways to understand these experiences: Reincarnation interpretation In many religious and spiritual traditions, past life memories are considered possible memories of a previous incarna
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6 hours ago2 min read
Present Focused living means deliberately directing your attention toward what is happening now:
Present focused living means deliberately directing your attention toward what is happening now, rather than becoming excessively absorbed in the past or preoccupied with an imagined future. It may not mean ignoring the past or refusing to plan for the future. It may mean using the past for learning and the future for planning, while recognizing that your actual ability to act exists in the present moment. A simple way to understand it The past is for learning. The future is
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21 hours ago2 min read
Pay Attention to your Present, The Rear View Mirror (the past) is Small for a Good Reason:
"The past is a teacher, not a place to live" The idea behind that saying is a useful metaphor for present focused living: “Pay attention to your present. The rearview mirror is small for a good reason.” The rearview mirror represents the past. It is important to look back occasionally, to learn from mistakes, recognize patterns, appreciate accomplishments, and understand where you came from. But you may not safely drive forward while staring constantly into the rearview mirro
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22 hours ago2 min read
Toxic Stress is a prolonged, intense activation of the body’s stress response system:
Toxic stress is a prolonged, intense activation of the body’s stress response system, especially when someone faces serious or repeated adversity without enough supportive, protective relationships or resources. Examples could include ongoing abuse or neglect, exposure to violence, severe family instability, or other persistent hardships. Over time, toxic stress may affect mind development, learning, emotional regulation, immune function, and may be physical health: please c
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23 hours ago1 min read
Fear of Heights is commonly called Acrophobia:
Fear of Heights is commonly called acrophobia when the fear is excessive, persistent, and causes significant avoidance or distress. It may be treated effectively, particularly when treatment targets the fear and avoidance cycle Certain Fears Could Be A Life Saver, Keep You Away From Danger? but excessive fear could be debilitating. Possible Evidence based treatments Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Identifies catastrophic thoughts such as “I will lose my balance,” “I will f
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2 days ago2 min read
Superstitions and Mental Illness may overlap:
Superstitions and mental illness may overlap, but superstition itself may not be a mental illness. The key clinical issue may be usually how strongly the belief is held, how flexible it is, what function it serves, and whether it causes impairment or danger. 1. What is superstition? A superstition could be a belief that certain actions, objects, events, or rituals have a special causal or superstitions relationship for example: “If I don't perform this ritual, something bad
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2 days ago4 min read
Mental Illness: The “Evil Eye”, Paranoia, and Superstition:
The evil eye is a widespread cultural mental illness and superstitious belief that: a person will be harmed through another person's envious, jealous, or malevolent gaze or intention. Variations of the evil eye paranoia may exist in the third world, even among some highly educated individuals. For example: A man commits a serious crime and is subsequently arrested. Rather than attributing responsibility for the behavior to the individual, his family attributed both the crime
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4 days ago11 min read
Prompt professional or emergency evaluation may be appropriate for worsening Psychosis symptoms:
If someone is experiencing rapidly worsening psychosis, dangerous behavior, inability to care for themselves, or thoughts of harming themselves or someone else, prompt professional or emergency evaluation is appropriate. A mental health emergency is a situation in which a person's psychological or behavioral state has deteriorated to the point that there may be an immediate risk of harm, severe impairment, or inability to care for basic needs. The priority is safety, stabiliz
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Sep 103 min read
What to Do if Someone Has a Psychotic Episode: Family Support Options
https://neurishwellness.com/what-to-do-someone-having-psychotic-episode/
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Sep 101 min read
https://mentalhealthhotline.org/helping-someone/psychosis/
Helping someone with psychosis starts with staying calm, listening without judgment and letting them lead the pace. Don’t argue with hallucinations or delusions, but don’t pretend to share them either; focus on how the person feels and on keeping them safe. You can’t force treatment, but you can stay connected and help them find support. If you’re not sure where to start, call the Mental Health Hotline at 866-903-3787 to get connected with resources for your loved one or for
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Sep 101 min read
AI-Induced Psychosis is not yet a formally established diagnosis:
If someone is experiencing rapidly worsening psychosis, dangerous behavior, inability to care for themselves, or thoughts of harming themselves or someone else, prompt professional or emergency evaluation is appropriate. AI-induced psychosis is not yet a formally established diagnosis. The term is increasingly used to describe situations in which interaction with an AI system may contribute to, amplify, or reinforce psychotic like thinking or severe loss of reality testing, p
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Sep 103 min read
Parapsychology, the Informational Field Hypothesis:
In Parapsychology, the Informational Field Hypothesis is the idea that information may exist in a nonlocal field that extends beyond the individual mind and ordinary sensory channels. According to this concept, consciousness may be able to access information that is not limited by distance, time, or conventional physical communication. This hypothesis has been proposed to explain phenomena reported in parapsychological research, such as: Telepathy: the apparent transfer of th
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Sep 91 min read
Free Floating Anxiety (FFA), refers to a persistent, generalized feeling of fear, apprehension, nervousness:
Free floating anxiety refers to a persistent, generalized feeling of fear, apprehension, nervousness, or uneasiness that does not seem to be tied to one specific situation or identifiable threat. Instead of thinking, “I am anxious because of this particular event,” a person may experience a more diffuse sense that something is wrong or something bad might happen, even when there is no obvious immediate danger. Common features A person experiencing free floating anxiety may ha
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Sep 92 min read
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