The child you once were still lives within you. Learn how early patterns shape your needs today - and how to respond with awareness and care.

What if social withdrawal isn’t caused by a lack of empathy - but by too much? This article explores the lesser-known side of schizoid personality: hyperawareness of social cues, emotional burnout, and the struggle to stay connected in a noisy world.

Do you get preoccupied with another person’s thoughts and feelings but struggle to understand your own?

Emotional deprivation isn't just about a lack of feeling. It's about the complex role of defences and existential dilemmas, particularly in how they influence cognitive processing.

The distinct characteristic of feeling inadequate is not insecurity or lack of confidence – although we might label this state as such. It is rather, ambivalence and uncertainty about who we are and how to act accordingly to our self-concept.

Self-authoring individuals strive for autonomy and freedom from the automatic and unconscious ways of thinking and behaving. They go above and beyond “I am who I am” and take responsibility for their identity, behaviour and decisions.