Reception Psychologist

2022-06-24 19:00:10 How to cope with mental exhaustion?

Mental exhaustion is a state of emotional exhaustion as a result of accumulated stress in your personal or professional life.

Emotional exhaustion is one of the signs of burnout. People who experience mental exhaustion often feel that they have no power or control over what happens in their lives.

Make fewer decisions: postpone crucial ones for at least a couple of weeks, try to cut down on smaller ones: eat the same meal every day for lunch, order the same kind of coffee, etc.

"Unplug" some of your senses: a lot of sensory load: light, sound, talking, tactile sensations can be very exhausting. Try to eliminate some of the stimuli and spend at least a few minutes in silence and darkness. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-24 17:00:10 4 tips on how to set goals

Don't do something just to tick a box
Instead of achieving a goal, you can earn burnout and anxiety disorders. Pursue what means something to you, not what others think is cool.

Be clear about what is important to you. Better yet, write it down on paper and prioritise it

Build a system of action
So you've identified your priorities. Now focus on the system of actions needed to achieve them. Because a goal only sets a direction, but a system helps you move forward.

Focus on small steps
To feel happy and accomplished, it's important to see your own progress. Big goals do little to help with this: they're either too far in the future or bring with them post-marathon syndrome. Focus on small actions. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-23 19:00:11 The story about the Turtle and the Scorpion

One day Scorpio asked the Tortoise to take him across the river. The turtle refused, but Scorpio persuaded him.
- Well, all right," agreed the turtle, "but give me your word that you won't sting me.
Scorpion gave his word. Then the turtle put him on his back and floated across the river. The scorpion sat still all the way, but stung the turtle painfully on the shore.
- Aren't you ashamed, Scorpion? You gave your word! - shouted the turtle.
- So what? - he asked in cold blood. - Tell me, why did you, knowing my temperament, agree to take me across the river?
- I always try to help everyone, it is my nature," replied the turtle.
- Your nature is to help everyone, and mine is to sting everyone. I did exactly what I have always done!

Conclusion: When you approach people who are not honorable and decent, do not be offended or grumble if they unexpectedly let you down. That is their nature, stay away from them. Don't let them into your life. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-23 17:00:08 Take pauses

When we allow ourselves to stop and 'breathe out', the brain starts to organise the information it receives and release the tension.

This is especially helpful when something is not working out. It is better not to force yourself to sit on the task until the last minute, but to switch it up. The solution usually comes quicker.

Even just " staring at the wall" is sometimes very helpful Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-22 19:00:07 Reasons to visit a psychologist.

Difficulty with controlling your own emotions: Namely: frequently crying, angry outbursts, irritability, emotional outbursts that are alarming to others and get in the way of your life.

Problems communicating with people. More specifically: Insecurity, dread of job interviews, public speaking, inability to build relationships, frequent conflicts.

Dependence on a partner: More precisely: Desire for constant control over someone, painful attachment, dissolution in another. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-22 17:00:03 How can you understand that you are envied?

You hear insincere compliments: The first thing people do when they envy you is to shower you with compliments, which can range from sincere to secretly angry. But for example, as soon as you leave the room, such people will immediately start rolling their eyes.

Envious people flaunt their success: People who envy you usually start flaunting their success themselves, and usually to a greater extent than they actually are. These people start bragging even more at the very moment when you are celebrating your achievement. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-21 19:00:04 How this magic number 7 ± 2 helps us in life

There are superpowers when a person remembers large blocks of information, numbers, words.
Of course, you can train it and you will be more effective. No Alzheimer's in old age, because it is the short-term memory that shuts down in this disease.

If you group information and help your brain, it will help you.
You intuitively do this, encode it to remember: numbers as years or timelines, words as images.
You can increase your short-term memory by combining items into blocks.
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By the way, one of the principles of successful and easy language learning is not to memorize words but to combine them in a sentence. Seven sentences the brain holds and seven sentences are more efficient than nine words.
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Check off these blocks of 7 plus/minus 2 for everything you plan.
A to-do list for the day, a list of books and a shopping plan. Birthday guests, psychology group, poems with baby ....
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The principle is simple, and you will be able to memorise and manage much more. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-21 17:00:03 The magic number 7 ± 2

The human brain can't hold more than it can, don't even try. But it loves numbers and blocks.
If you want to cram in more, it will still crush the information into logical groups.

Let's break down the strange number 7+/-2, which is 5 to a maximum of 9 objects easy to hold in memory.

These magic numbers were studied by psychologist George Miller in the 1950s.

You know, the human memory is not one, there are several kinds of memory.
by perception
by time
by type
by form

For example: you remember a telephone number or a surname and run to write it down.
After you have written it, you forget it. This is a short-term memory which contains the same numbers 7+-2.

Thus, short-term memory is a "purse" into which you can "put" seven "coins" at the same time. Moreover, memory does not try to analyze the meaning of information (what "coins" are in the "purse" - a dollar or a cent), the main thing is to have seven of them. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-20 19:00:10 Get rid of unnecessary things

That's one way to say no to things that are eating up your time.

It's long been observed that people who work at a clean desk show better time management and are generally more efficient.

Get in the habit of regularly raking through papers at your desk with the aim of discarding unnecessary items. About a third of your time is often spent looking for the right paper or document. Place a recycling bin closer to your desk.

This is one of the most effective time management tools. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-06-20 18:00:04 You don't need motivation! If you have formed the right habits

— You can do without iron willpower if you bring important things to automatism. In other words, to develop the right habits.

40% of the actions we do out of habit, without thinking and without changing anything. So, you can easily form them and change your life

The most useful habits of successful people are collected here Открыть/Комментировать