Psyche...Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy doesn’t mean you’re stupid. It doesn’t mean that you’re broken or that you’re blaming everything on your mom and dad (though I do like the joke If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother).
We have issues.
Every one of us.
People who go to use psychotherapy are smart. They’re looking for a fresh perspective, a different way at looking at things, and yes, they want to make their lives just a little bit better. That’s awesome.
Psyche actually comes from the Greek, and it means soul, mind, or spirit. You can find this from Wiktionary, and other places as well, such as … etymonoline.com and more.
Why I’m sharing this is that I see it as the “study of the Soul”, especially when we look at psychology where the ology = study of something
Angr...Anger
Anger
Anger isn’t violence. It’s an emotion.
It can tell us lots of things about ourselves if we let it. It’s not throwing things, keying someone’s car or hitting them. That’s violence.
Violence is the action. Anger is the emotion.
Anger is an incredible doorway into self-understanding. If, of course, we actually take the time to look inward and see it as a doorway. Anger is a secondary emotion and a primary emotion. When it’s acting as a secondary emotion, that’s when it can get ugly, go “viral” and yes, lead to violence.
Most of us conflate (combine two or more separate things) anger and violence and that’s where we get to learn and understand that the two things, anger and violence, aren’t the same.
Anger actually comes from the Norse word “Angr” meaning (from Wikipedia) Grief, pain, trouble…even sorrow). It’s pain. It’s pain to protect ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, even spiritually.