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SHERVAN K SHAHHIAN
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Mental Reviewing is the process of repeatedly going over thoughts,...
Mental reviewing is the process of repeatedly going over thoughts, memories, conversations, mistakes, worries, or imagined scenarios in your mind. It maybe intentional and useful, or repetitive and distressing. There could be different forms of mental reviewing: Healthy reflection: thinking through an experience to learn from it, solve a problem, or prepare for the future. Rumination: repeatedly replaying upsetting thoughts or events without reaching resolution. Often linked
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1 day ago1 min read
Avoidance Behaviors are actions people use to escape or prevent uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, or situations:
Avoidance behaviors are actions people use to escape or prevent uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, or situations. They may provide short-term relief but tend to make anxiety, stress, or underlying issues worse over time. Common types of avoidance behaviors Situational avoidance: Staying away from places or events (skipping social gatherings, avoiding work tasks) Cognitive avoidance: Pushing away thoughts or distracting yourself constantly (overusing your phone, binge watching
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2 days ago1 min read
Ego-dystonic refers to thoughts, feelings, or behaviors,...
Ego-dystonic refers to thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that may feel inconsistent with a person’s self-image, values, or identity. In simple terms: “This doesn’t feel like me.” Examples: Someone with OCD having intrusive thoughts they find disturbing or unacceptable A person feeling urges or impulses that clash with their moral beliefs Anxiety-driven thoughts that the person knows are irrational but still distressing Opposite: Ego-syntonic: feels consistent with who you are
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2 days ago1 min read
Obsessive Intrusive thoughts are unwanted, repetitive thoughts, images, urges,...
Obsessive intrusive thoughts are unwanted, repetitive thoughts, images, urges, or mental “what if” scenarios that enter a person’s mind and feel difficult to dismiss. They maybe distressing, disturbing, or inconsistent with the person’s values and intentions. Examples may include: Fear of harming someone accidentally or intentionally Repeated doubts (“Did I lock the door?”) Intrusive sexual or violent images Fear of contamination or illness Religious or moral fears (“What if
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2 days ago2 min read
Ego-dystonic refers to thoughts, feelings, or behaviors,...
Ego-dystonic refers to thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that feel inconsistent with a person’s self-image, values, or identity. In simple terms: “This doesn’t feel like me.” Examples: Someone with OCD having intrusive thoughts they find disturbing or unacceptable A person feeling urges or impulses that clash with their moral beliefs Anxiety driven thoughts that the person knows are irrational but still distressing Opposite: Ego-syntonic: May feel consistent with who you are
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2 days ago1 min read
Obsessive Intrusive thoughts are unwanted, repetitive thoughts, images, urges,...
Obsessive intrusive thoughts are unwanted, repetitive thoughts, images, urges, or mental “what if” scenarios that enter a person’s mind and feel difficult to dismiss. They are often distressing, disturbing, or inconsistent with the person’s values and intentions. Examples may include: Fear of harming someone accidentally or intentionally Repeated doubts (“Did I lock the door?”) Intrusive sexual or violent images Fear of contamination or illness Religious or moral fears (“What
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2 days ago2 min read
Compulsive behaviors are actions you feel driven to do, often repeatedly,...
Compulsive behaviors are actions you feel driven to do, often repeatedly, even when you know they don’t really make sense or aren’t helpful. The key feature is that it feels hard, or almost impossible, to resist the urge. They might usually show up in a few common ways: Repetitive actions: like checking, cleaning, counting, or arranging things over and over Relief-seeking: you do the behavior to reduce anxiety, tension, or intrusive thoughts Loss of control: you want to stop
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2 days ago1 min read
“Flashbacks” are moments when someone suddenly and vividly re-experiences a past event:
Fashbacks are moments when someone suddenly and vividly re-experiences a past event, almost as if it’s happening again in the present. They’re not just memories, you may feel immersed in them, with sights, sounds, emotions, or even physical sensations coming back strongly. They’re could be commonly associated with trauma-related conditions, especially Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but they may happen in other contexts too. What they feel like A flashback may vary in intensi
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2 days ago1 min read
Postpartum Psychosis is a rare but serious mental health emergency that can occur after giving birth:
When to get help: If you (or someone you know) has recently given birth and shows sudden changes in thinking, behavior, or perception, especially involving confusion, hallucinations, or fear about the baby, seek urgent medical help immediately (emergency services or a doctor). "Get Help Immediately" If you think your friend may be in danger, stay with them if possible. Do not leave a suicidal person alone. Reach out to trusted friends, family members, or other supportive adul
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2 days ago2 min read
Postpartum Mental Health refers to the emotional, psychological, and social well-being of a woman after childbirth:
"Get Help Immediately" If you think your friend may be in danger, stay with them if possible. Do not leave a suicidal person alone. Reach out to trusted friends, family members, or other supportive adults even if your friend asks you not to tell anyone. The situation is too serious to handle alone, and keeping them safe is the priority. If your friend is already seeing a mental health professional (such as a therapist, counselor, psychologist, social worker, or psychiatrist a
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3 days ago3 min read
Hebbian Theory, could be a foundational idea:
Hebbian theory (maybe summarized as “cells that fire together, wire together”) it could be a foundational idea in neuroscience: consult with a Neurologist, and psychology about how learning happens in the mind. Core Idea When two neurons: (Consult with a Neurologist), are activated at the same time, the connection between them becomes stronger. Over time, this makes it easier for one neuron to activate the other. If neuron A repeatedly helps activate neuron B, the synapse be
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3 days ago1 min read
Memory Associations are the mental links your mind forms,...
Memory associations are the mental links your mind forms between ideas, experiences, emotions, people, places, sounds, or sensations. One memory can trigger another because they are connected in your neural network. For example: Smelling a certain perfume may remind you of a childhood relative. Hearing a song may bring back memories of a relationship or a specific year of your life. A hospital setting may trigger anxiety because your brain associates it with past stress or lo
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5 days ago2 min read
Music may have powerful effects on the mind:
Music may have powerful effects on the mind because it engages emotion, memory, attention, movement, and even physiology all at once. Research in psychology, neuroscience: consult with a neurologist, and music therapy shows that music can influence mood, cognition, stress levels, and social connection in measurable ways. Here are some of the major ways music affects the mind: Emotional Regulation Music may help people: calm anxiety process grief elevate mood reduce emotional
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5 days ago2 min read
Mental Health Consulting is a broad professional service:
Mental Health Consulting could be a broad professional service where a trained expert helps individuals, organizations, schools, healthcare systems, or businesses understand and improve psychological well-being, emotional functioning, and mental health practices. Unlike psychotherapy, consulting is usually more focused on guidance, assessment, strategy, education, problem solving, and systems improvement rather than ongoing clinical treatment. Common forms include: Individual
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6 days ago1 min read
Tolerance for Uncertainty is your psychological capacity,...
Tolerance for uncertainty it maybe your psychological capacity to handle situations where the outcome is unknown, ambiguous, or unpredictable, without becoming overwhelmed, avoidant, or overly reactive. At its core, it’s about how your mind responds to “I don’t know what’s going to happen.” What it looks like in real life People with high tolerance for uncertainty tend to: Stay relatively calm when things aren’t clear Make decisions even without perfect information Adapt when
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6 days ago2 min read
Psychological Insight, explained:
Psychological insight it maybe the ability to understand the deeper causes, patterns, motives, emotions, and meanings behind thoughts, behaviors, and relationships, in yourself or others. It may go beyond simply noticing behavior. It asks: Why is this happening? What unconscious or emotional forces are involved? What patterns are repeating? What does this reveal about personality, trauma, needs, fears, or identity? Core Elements of Psychological Insight 1. Self-Awareness Reco
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6 days ago2 min read
Emotional intelligence (EI), explained:
Emotional intelligence (EI) maybe the ability to recognize, understand, manage, and respond effectively to emotions, both your own and other people’s. It involves more than “being emotional.” It’s about using emotional awareness in a balanced, thoughtful way. Some psychologists describe emotional intelligence as including five main abilities: Self-awareness Recognizing what you’re feeling and understanding why. Example: noticing that irritability is actually stress or disappo
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6 days ago2 min read
Dialectical Thinking is a way of understanding the world:
Dialectical thinking is a way of understanding the world through tension, contradiction, and change. Instead of seeing things as fixed or either, or, it looks at how opposing ideas interact and evolve into something new. Core idea At its simplest, dialectical thinking follows a pattern often described as: Thesis: an idea or position Antithesis: a conflicting or opposing idea Synthesis: a new understanding that resolves or integrates both Key features 1. Embracing contradict
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6 days ago1 min read
Cognitive Complexity, explained:
Cognitive complexity is a concept in software engineering that measures how difficult a piece of code is for a human to understand. It goes beyond traditional metrics like cyclomatic complexity by focusing specifically on readability and mental effort, not just the number of possible execution paths. What it actually measures Cognitive complexity looks at how much mental effort is required to follow code. It increases when code: Has nested structures (loops inside conditiona
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6 days ago1 min read
Integrative Thinking is a way of solving problems:
Integrative thinking is a way of solving problems by combining ideas from different perspectives, often ones that seem to conflict, to create a better, more complete solution. Instead of choosing between Option A or Option B, integrative thinking asks: How can we design Option C that captures the best of both? Core Idea At its heart, integrative thinking maybe about holding opposing ideas in tension and using that tension to generate something new, not just compromising, but
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6 days ago1 min read
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