The Balance of Empathy
Empathy is fundamental for connection. It exists to help us build and maintain relationships, to care for the emotional and physical wellbeing of others, and to learn to keep ourselves safe. If you over or under empathise it can have a negative impact on relationships and our emotional and mental wellbeing. Learn more about empathy and how to make positive changes
Is your use of logic actually a defence mechanism?
When our mental and emotional health is not where we want it to be, it can be helpful to consider the little things we do that we can changed to facilitate our growth and improve our wellbeing. Rationalising is a defence mechanism we all use at some point where we distort or misrepresent reality to ease our emotional discomfort so we can better cope with a situation.