Whether it’s about Greece’s economic woes or the Socceroos winning football’s Asian Cup, journalists love to bandy around the phrase “inferiority complex” as if it’s catch-all statement to imply doubt and uncertainty. But the term has its origins in the work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and has been used to describe a set
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Understanding Fear – What are Phobias and How Common Are They? by Kyle MacDonald in Fear, Phobias What are phobias? Well, in a psychological context, they are a persistent fear of objects, animals or situations, which a person will go to great lengths to avoid. While some of us dislike spiders, some affected by arachnophobia…
This story is a fictional case, but is made up of REAL clinical experiences from my 15+ years treating people with Social Anxiety Disorder. To read previous therapy sessions with John, see the links below: Session 1: Do I Have Social Anxiety? Meet John. Session 2: Help, My Boss Scares Me (more from John) Today’s session…
How To Have a Frightfully Good Time At a Party (When You’re Anxious) by Kyle MacDonald in in Public When fear becomes part of your daily routine it might seem strange that a festival based on being frightened can actually help. Halloween has its roots in pagan and religious festivals – but for all intents…
How to have a good day by Kyle on January 20, 2016 In this, the first episode of The Confident Mind of 2016, I talk about how to have a good day and how to do a series of small things that help to keep our mood on track and not leave space for anxiety….
REPOSTED: Freedom by Kyle MacDonald on June 8, 2016 How to be free? That’s what I talk about this week on The Confident Mind podcast. True freedom comes from feeling free to think and feel what ever we like, or need to. We are not our thoughts, as the saying goes. I explore how to…
Out From The Shadows by Kyle MacDonald in Social Anxiety “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” … so what exactly does the Declaration of Independence mean by happiness? And why’s it so vital that it’s right up there next to freedom and, well, being? When Thomas Jefferson gathered those gentlemen together in Philadelphia in…