there are many temptations to organize our life around the experience of earlier trauma. you know this has happened when one day you realize that you don’t like yourself, don’t like your partner, don’t like your life and are just plain unhappy. to those couples i say this – find yourself again and be someone whom you like – find who it is you were when you liked yourself the best, and start being that person again. when you do …

yet, amidst the exciting feeling that love brings, navigating teenage relationship can be challenging – especially for the teenage girl, dating is a delicate subject – particularly between parents and their daughters. there are no two ways about it; involving in a relationship as a teenage girl without the right tools can get you hurt and leave you heartbroken with regrets– for the rest of your life. you see, it’s pretty difficult to succeed in the dating world (or any …

as parents, ensure that your protective instinct doesn’t interfere with the way you deal with your teenager and her relationships. the duo claim that they resorted to the crime because the father disapproved of their romantic relationship. however, the recent news in bangalore has sparked an open discussion on digital platforms and neighborhood gossip, around the topic of romantic relationships among adolescents and how parents struggle to deal and cope with it. and teen love is natural and a part …

romantic relationships are huge developmental milestones for teenagers – ones that tend to come with a lot of emotional ups and downs. as a parent, you can help your child differentiate between toxic teenage relationships and ones that will benefit them in the long run. romantic teenage relationships are impossible to generalise as either ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for adolescent development. here are a few of the positive outcomes of teenage relationships: while typically teenage relationships tend to be shorter and …

childhood emotional trauma has more influence on interpersonal problems in adult patients with depression and anxiety disorders than childhood physical trauma. furthermore, the present study seeks to clarify the specific interpersonal pattern in different types of childhood trauma and neglect in patients with depression and anxiety disorders. childhood abuse and neglect was assessed using the childhood trauma questionnaire (ctq) [37], a 28-item self-report inventory assessing five types of trauma experienced as a child and a teenager: emotional, physical, and sexual …