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1. Joy in itself is not welcomed in Russian culture. Especially those who demonstrate spontaneously, noisily and brightly their high spirits look down on us. Even at the state celebrations, the participants are not happy at all. And this ban is often introduced from childhood, when parents, so that the child did not irritate, did not allow him to loudly express his feelings. And since it is always difficult for a child to distinguish between feelings and their manifestations, he or she learns with this internal mechanism and looks for what is called, "quiet joys", such as reading books...

Wrath We often hold our anger in check and consider it an emotion to hide from others. It accumulates, torments and gnaws at us from the inside, which affects our mood and well-being. And life is one, and it is extremely offensive to live it as a container for your own anger. There are many ways to work with this feeling - we offer you to try art therapy and techniques from the arsenal of body-oriented psychotherapy. Draw this You will need two sheets of heavy A3 paper (watercolour paper, drawing...

What if you're worried? Of course, try to relax and calm down. But, it turns out, this is not the only way to combat anxiety. To be more precise, one of the six possible ways to fight anxiety is, as Michael Apter, the creator of the reversible theory of motivation, claims. It turns out that the state of mind of each of us can be described as a combination of four pairs of opposites marked on the scheme. Only one state of the pair can be active at any given moment (for example, now you can be self-centred, and later - think more about others)...

Aspiring to be the first "always and always" is a neurotic need, and the main danger is not the prospect of failing to have a heart attack. A carrier of the "virus" can withstand a blow, provide a decent living for his family and hold solid positions, but victories caused not so much by his own interests and inclinations as by the desire to "prove to them all" do not bring moral satisfaction, which sooner or later leads to emotional burnout. This is another half-breakdown, and sometimes it happens...