The Power of Negative Thinking

the prime need in our culture is to be loved and valued

protecting themselves from further hurt.

conditional interactions the unsafety that is created is due to the sad fact that you do not feel loved for yourself, and the only way you can gain love is by meeting certain conditions.

Because the prime need of people in our culture is to be loved, recognised, valued and accepted.

These emotional perils that children and adults face every day are, in many ways, an even greater threat to well-being than physical perils.

Living in the past can also involve introjec

These parents are terrified of failure and of mistakes,

When you are vulnerable, you tend to live in the future or in the past, or both.

protect you from having to take any risks.

Avoidance behaviours, severe phobias, emotional and physical withdrawal are all revelations of a child’s emotional insecurities.