Recent research has uncovered a potentially systematic gaslighting mechanism within the NHS, the National Health Service in the UK. This appears to show that NHS may be in breach of the Mental Capacity Act, and is, as such, showing itself to be a potentially narcissistic organisation.
Rogers’ View of the Self-Concept: Carl Rogers described self-concept as the organised set of perceptions and beliefs a person holds about themselves. He believed that the “real self” (the authentic, innate self) often diverges from the “ideal self” (the self shaped by external expectations), and the gap between the two can lead to psychological distress.
SwitchStep Music Therapy is a creative, accessible, and evidence-informed approach that helps children and adults connect with their authentic selves, build resilience, and develop self-regulation through intentional movement and rhythm.
In the Coping Paradox, the paradox lies in the fact that coping is both necessary for resilience and, when unmanaged, a source of vulnerability.
The “Blame Game” is a pattern of behaviour where people avoid taking responsibility for problems, mistakes, or bad feelings by finding someone else to blame. This often happens when something goes wrong and, instead of working together to solve the issue or learn, people start pointing fingers; sometimes to escape punishment, sometimes to protect their ego, or just because that’s the pattern they learned from others.
Incongruent coping; compliance, emotional disengagement, and passive “freezing”, is a trauma-driven survival strategy. Although safer in the short-term, it limits growth and contributes to distress unless recognized and transformed into more adaptive, congruent coping and incongruent coping styles.
Behaviourism can help deepen our understanding of how societal systems of reward and punishment condition individuals, shape ego processes, and ultimately entrench a culture of blame.
In this article, we will look at masks in relation to human psychology as made popular by Erving Goffman, and how they apply to the ego.
Toxicity from one’s local environment can come in many forms. Overall, we can say that toxicity is something that challenges us, something that serves to restrict our true, or desired expression, or intention, in that moment.
In this article, we will provide an introduction to these two concepts and discuss how they relate to each other and to human well-being.
