Journal
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What happens when a hero must confront the Shadow within himself before he can become a King? This Jungian analysis traces Shivudu/Mahendra Baahubali’s archetypal journey through the Hero, Innocent, Seeker, Lover, Warrior and King, exploring how identity, inheritance, Shadow and individuation shape his transformation.
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People often ask why insight does not translate into change. “I understood it once. Why did I repeat it again?”The answer is not moral weakness or lack of intelligence. It is neurobiology. The Mind Learns. The System Defaults. Cognitive learning occurs in the prefrontal cortex—slow, reflective, language-based.But under stress, this system goes offline. Control shifts…
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Some children grow up not under neglect, but under brilliance. Parents are accomplished, respected, visible. The home is materially secure, intellectually rich—and psychologically crowded. The child is not abandoned; they are overshadowed. This produces a specific pattern: success driven by distress rather than choice. Overshadowing: the invisible pressure When parents are highly successful, three silent…
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Most feeding anxiety comes from a false frame:“How do I somehow get calories inside this child?” That is not nutrition. That is force management. The correct frame Baby nutrition is the art of cultivating interest, regulation, and trust in the body–food relationship. Calories are a by-product, not the goal. If calories were the main driver,…
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In emotionally strained families, attention often turns toward the toddler’s reactions— This is a mistake. These responses are not defects, delays, or disorders. They are signals. Signals that the caregiving system itself is operating under continuous strain.A toddler’s nervous system is designed to borrow regulation from the adult. When the adult is overwhelmed, the child…
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In the session, Sriram (imaginary character) said, “I don’t judge people. I just have standards for myself. I don’t like to be a mediocre. I don’t like failure !. But that doesn’t mean, I judge others who fail. I don’t say anything when a friend of mine fails.” Therapists hear these lines from many clients…
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He said something and she got angry. They didn’t talk for 2 days. After that he tried to initiate talk and make her smile and again they started talking normally! Such events happen between couples, mother & child, father & child, etc. Between any two people who hold relationship. How they started talking normally? Thats…
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Sita and Geeta: (They are imaginary characters in my story. I created these characters by merging stories and qualities of many characters including clients, relatives, friends, etc., that I have seen in my life. These characters do not represent any single individual) Seeta and Geeta are housewives. They feel disappointed about their life. They find it…
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A right career is the one that satisfies ALL four of the following criteria. If a option satisfies only 1 or 2 or 3 of the following criteria, then that means, it is not a good enough option for you to choose it as your career. Criteria 1: The option that you like should be…
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Introduction to Cognitive therapy In previous article i.e., my story of depression, discussed about the signs and symptoms and how its feel like to be depressed. In this article I will discuss key points of cognitive therapy and its component’s part wise. Part – 1: What is Cognitive therapy? What is the philosophy of cognitive therapy?Cognitive…
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What is Learned helplessness? Learned helplessness is not an innate trait, it is learned through due the course of time and experience we face in life through conditioning. it is a phenomenon observed in both humans and other animals when they have been conditioned to expect pain, suffering, or discomfort without a way to escape…
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Chapter- 2 There are 5 stages of grieving process (need not to be experiencing in same order) Let’s understand each one of the stages clearly by asking ourselves these questions; Why this stage is important to experience? Why we undergo these stages? Why we may stick at one of the stages? Why these stages are not in order…
