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This post “Increase your self-esteem by managing fear” is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by managing fear: This post continues with fear. As mentioned in the last post, fear is a powerful, primitive and lifesaving emotion. Fear makes us aware of dangers and entails important…

This post “Increase your self-esteem by using the strategy ‘escape reality’  ” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. There are several mature defense mechanisms that are helpful strategies for: -Managing unwanted impulses and anxiety -Resolving underlying issues or problems -Getting a more peaceful mind and relationships   Increase…

This post “Increase your self-esteem by using generosity to manage strong feelings” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by using generosity to manage strong feelings: Altruism is when one’s behaviors and actions are aimed to benefit someone else for that person’s sake rather than for…

This post  “Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear” is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear: This post continues with fear. Exposure is the main technique to constructively handle fears, i.e. with the aim to living the life you would like and not avoiding…

This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how feelings can become opposite – Reversal” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by understanding how feelings can become opposite – Reversal Reversal is an immature defense mechanism described already by Freud. It includes transforming something into its opposite….

This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear” starts with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear: Feelings can be real as when they are signaling our inner needs and desires. They can also be used as defense mechanisms in order to cover other feelings….