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Boek | Emotioneel hooggevoelig - Karyn D. Hall
Emotioneel hooggevoelige personen ervaren intense emoties vaker en langer dan de meeste andere mensen. Dat kan een troef zijn, maar deze hooggevoeligheid kan u ook kwetsbaar maken. Dit boek biedt cognitieve gedrags- en mindfulnesstechnieken die u helpen om met uw intense gevoelens om te gaan. U leert in het heden te blijven, uw emoties in evenwicht te brengen en triggers te herkennen, zodat u de relatie met uzelf en met anderen kunt verbeteren.
Yes, You Matter
By Psychology Today Contributors published January 5, 2021 - last reviewed on January 12, 2021 Jennifer Tapias Derch, used with permission Everyone wants to feel validated. Who doesn't want to be seen and heard? Yet, much of the time, you may well feel just the opposite—you may feel judged, denied, or completely ignored. You want to matter.
Coping during the Pandemic If You Are Undercontrolled
The pandemic has changed lives all over the world. Some of you are coping with tragic losses, including loss of loved ones and/or family members. Some of you are coping with loss of the life you lived every day and expected to continue. The givens of daily life are no longer givens. The world is no longer as it was. That assumption that you could wake up and the world would continue as it has for most of your life is no longer true.
There's No Place Like Restaurants For The Holidays?
by Karyn Hall , Op-Ed Contributor, December 17, 2014 The holiday season is in full swing, which means office parties, time with family, and food -- lots of it. Traditionally, consumers have spent much of their time in December in the kitchen, transforming fresh ingredients into delicious, homemade food. But 46% of consumers today eat out when they want better food that is healthier and tastier, according to a recent study from The Hartman Group.
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Do you believe that other people/events are responsible for the way you feel? I mean, when people do things that really upset you, do you see it as their fault that you react the way you do? That girl in high school who stole your boyfriend? Do you believe it’s her fault that you’re still single? Your boss not giving you credit for work you did? Maybe you see him as responsible for your angry outburst to his boss. Your friend saying you embarrass her by talking too loudly in restaurants?
The Radically Open DBT Workbook for Eating Disorders
Description Praise A groundbreaking workbook to help you develop healthy coping strategies, build a solid support network, and stay on the path to recovery. If you’ve been in therapy for an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, your past treatment may have focused on helping you control your emotions and contain your behaviors. However, research now shows that many people with eating disorders actually suffer from emotional .
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By Karyn Hall, PhD Last updated: 11 Dec 2019 ~ 3 min read Part of psychological health is being able to respond flexibly, in context. It means you can do what is needed in the moment. For example, what life calls for when you are at work is different than your best responses when you are home or on vacation. That’s an easy distinction. But if you’re a rule follower you may sometimes find that you are sticking to routines and rules when it doesn’t fit the context or serve you well.
Louder Than Words: Brand Integrity And The New Age Of Marketing
by Karyn Hall , Op-Ed Contributor, April 15, 2015 Brand integrity is a nuanced, important topic for any company. How consumers perceive a company through its products, image, and reputation has a huge impact on the ultimate value of their brand. When a brand loses integrity, its meaning and value to consumers is diminished.
The Limits Of A Brand: Is Innovation Right For Everyone?
by Karyn Hall , Op-Ed Contributor, June 17, 2015 No matter the industry, people like to talk about innovation. That’s because innovation is about positive change, and change is often a key component of growth for any business. In the competitive CPG space, innovation is a lofty word and is often confused with introducing any new item to a category. While simple extensions with new varieties are important to staying fresh in consumers’ minds, they are not true innovation.
The Star Wars Factor: What Can A License Do For Your Brand?
by Karyn Hall , Op-Ed Contributor, December 16, 2015 You would have to be living on another planet not to know about the new Star Wars movie. Not only has there been substantial buzz on social media and in the news, but Star Wars-themed products are practically spilling out of the aisles in every major retailer in the country. By the time “The Force Awakens” is released in theaters, Walmart will carry more than 500 individual Star Wars products in its stores, and thousands more online.
Going Back To School: Nutrition Labels And Allergies
by Karyn Hall , Op-Ed Contributor, August 19, 2015 I have a mini-battle in my house at the beginning of every school week over how many times my son can buy lunch in the cafeteria. He loves to buy lunch and would do it every day if I allowed it. I always assumed it was the experience that drove his interest: standing in line with friends, making choices, charging his account. One week I got the real scoop: “Mom, I’m not allowed to eat with my friend because he has allergies,” he told me.
Go for a Walk
Sometimes the simple things, activities that have been part of people’s lives for many years, are also the most important. It’s like choosing to eat dessert last, you know? I can remember as a child thinking that when I grew up I would eat dessert all the time. For a while I did eat dessert frequently and chose it instead of veggies and whole grains. Ice cream, chocolate pie, and cheesecake all sounded so much more appealing than green beans.
Never Let Them See You Sweat? Rethinking an Old Concept
Among the people you know, who would you say shows all his emotions on his face? You know exactly what he’s thinking, how he feels about what you just suggested and whether he agrees with you. He smiles, laughs, frowns, looks skeptical, roll his eyes and more. He shares his thoughts too. He tells you when he disagrees with you, when you hurt his feelings, and when he thinks you’ve being ridiculous. His facial expressions and body language match what he feels and thinks.
Defensive Attribution: Getting in Your Own Way
Home » Blogs » The Emotionally Sensitive Person » Defensive Attribution: Getting in Your Own Way By Karyn Hall, PhD Last updated: 11 May 2019 ~ 1 min read Perceptual bias is an experience that we all have. It means that we are biased against or for something based on what we see, touch, smell, taste or hear. It’s the lens that we automatically filter all our experiences through. Rarely do we see just the facts. Our beliefs, history and fears influence the way we see the world.
Overly Serious Coping
Are you a serious person? Do you have overly-serious coping? What does that even mean? A dictionary definition of serious is showing deep thought, not joking, or a situation that requires careful thought. An example of serious is wearing a full suit to a casual dinner; serious attire. An example of serious is a person who doesn’t smile or laugh easily; serious person. Of course there’s a time to be serious. But there are also times to be playful and teasing. It’s all about context and being flexible.
When Envy Erupts
The definition of envy is a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. To put it more personally, you really resent the heck out of someone else because you want what they have. Sometimes it seems so completely unfair that someone got a promotion, inheritance, recognition, has great hair, or possesses another desirable trait, gift, or thing that would mean a lot to you.
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Perfectionism is defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary as “a disposition to regard anything short of perfection as unacceptable especially : the setting of unrealistically demanding goals accompanied by a disposition to regard failure to achieve them as unacceptable and a sign of personal worthlessness. Me, a perfectionist? No way. I don’t even come close. You’ve seen the unfinished sentences and typos in my posts.
Over-Apologizing and Your Self Confidence
Are you the person who apologizes multiple times a day or even before your second cup of coffee? Do you apologize to a chair if you bump into it (I’ve done that!) or apologize for winning a race or getting a promotion? Do you apologize because you bought the last copy of a book someone else wanted or because someone bumped into you (Excuse me for being in the way of your mad dash to get to the coffee) ? Apologizing can be a dialectic. It can be great and it can be not so great.
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In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness has both How Skills and What Skills. The What Skills are what you do to be mindful and the How Skills are how you do the What Skills. One of the DBT What Skills is Describe. When you describe mindfully, you apply accurate words to events actions of others. This means that you learn to not take thoughts and emotions as necessarily being accurate. You can have many thoughts and interpretations that turn out to not be accurate at all.
The Problem of Comparing Yourself to Others
Amy’s just got a promotion, Jill is going to Europe for a month, and Larry just lost 20 pounds and looks so fit he could be a trainer. When you look at what is happening for your friends, do you congratulate them and feel happy for them? Or do you use their good news to feel bad about yourself? Social comparisons are a sure way for many emotionally sensitive people to judge themselves negatively and be in a funk. Your life is unique.
Letting People Know You
Many emotionally sensitive people find varied ways to protect themselves from hurt. You may become an expert in not letting people get close to you or in avoiding any interactions that could be difficult. You find a way to keep your guard up. There are many different ways you might do that. One way emotionally sensitive people keep their guard up is by not letting anyone really get to know them. You lock who you are up really tight.
The Importance of Smiling
Are you smiling? Have you smiled at anyone today? I’m smiling right now because it’s a beautiful day outside. Also, I just sent a email to the wrong person. Smiling at my mistakes means I smile a lot. So what about you? Maybe you are sleepy from adjusting to daylight saving time or maybe you haven’t had enough coffee yet. Maybe you don’t feel like smiling for whatever reason. Did you know smiling can help improve your mood?
The Importance of Smiling
Are you smiling? Have you smiled at anyone today? I’m smiling right now because it’s a beautiful day outside. Also, I just sent a email to the wrong person. Smiling at my mistakes means I smile a lot. So what about you? Maybe you are sleepy from adjusting to daylight saving time or maybe you haven’t had enough coffee yet. Maybe you don’t feel like smiling for whatever reason. Did you know smiling can help improve your mood?
Trusting Others
When you are an emotionally sensitive person, it’s important who you have in your life. When you have intense feelings and are easily hurt, harsh people can be difficult for you to be around. When you’ve had difficult experiences with others you may struggle to trust your judgment and decide to not get close to others. While understandable, that decision can lead to loneliness and depression.
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In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), FAST is the skill for maintaining your self-respect. The T in FAST stands for Tell the Truth. When you are maintaining your self-respect, it’s important to tell the truth. This means to tell the truth about yourself, about others, and about events even when you are upset with that other person. Or yourself. How skill-full are you about telling the truth about yourself? When you are talented at something, are you able to own it?
Looking for Someone to Fill the Emptiness
Sometimes people feel an emptiness inside, like their heart has a big hole in it. It’s a painful feeling. Trying to fill that hole often leads you to search for someone to love you. You believe that having someone love you will fill the hole and you will be complete. You find someone and this person seems perfect for you. When you are with this person, the hole is gone. You feel complete and content. The agony of emptiness and desperation is gone.
When You Hold On Too Tightly
Emotionally sensitive people often struggle with trusting their internal experience. They have been told so often, “You’re too sensitive,” or “You are such a drama queen, ” or “You always over-react,” that they believe there is something wrong with them. Others frequently don’t understand the intense emotions that the emotionally sensitive experience. In my experience, this leads many emotionally sensitive people to look to others for how they are supposed to feel, think, and act.
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Emotionally sensitive people often struggle with trusting their internal experience. They have likely been told, “You’re too sensitive,” or “You are such a drama queen, ” or “You always over-react.” so often that they believe there is something wrong with them. Others often don’t understand the intense emotions that the emotionally sensitive experience. This leads many emotionally sensitive people, in my experience, to look to others for how they are supposed to feel, think, and act.
Emotional Sensitivity: Are You Controlled By Your Emotions?
There are many ways that emotionally sensitive people are controlled by their emotions. Consider the following two situations. Jen, an emotionally sensitive person, is a dentist who works hard and cares about her clients. She also has the personality characteristics of being overly agreeable. This means that she fears alienating others, to the point that she may not express her opinion when she knows others won’t agree.
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Emotionally sensitive people often struggle with anger. They don’t want to hurt the feelings of others. But not expressing anger even in constructive ways can cause problems. True, anger can be destructive. But even the fiery hot anger that leads some to violent behavior can also motivate people to make a difference. Many of the positive changes in the world have developed from anger and upset about injustices.
Acting Opposite to Your Emotion
We often act consistent with how we feel. If you wake up in the morning and you don’t feel like talking with people, maybe you don’t answer the phone. If you don’t feel like going to the grocery store, then you don’t go. If you don’t feel like networking then you cancel the luncheon. If you don’t feel like being kind, you may talk gruffly to your friends and co-workers.
Emotional Bruising
When you are emotionally sensitive, getting through each day can feel like walking through a carnival full of interesting booths and people but alert to small dangers everywhere. The path is uneven, people are running in the crowds without looking where they are going, some of the games are rigged and mosquitos are buzzing around ready to bite. While most people barely register these issues, they can ruin the day for you.
Letting Go of Judgments
The cost of judging is quite high, particularly for emotionally sensitive people. Think how you would live your life if you weren’t afraid of being judged, either by yourself of others? Judging and fear of being judged often keeps people in a trap – an emotional jail. Instead of living your life the way you would love to, you live safely, doing what is acceptable, so you aren’t labelled as crazy, stupid, worthless, a failure, lazy or some other hateful word.
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