Tag: rationalizing

The Agony of Saying No!

Mar 20, 2023

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Dr. Anne Brown

in Abuse, Addiction, Codependency, Mental Health, Rationalization, Relationship, Self-Help

“Don’t give up! The beginning is always the hardest!” What stands in the way of you saying No? For some of us, just having the awareness starts us on a healthy path. We can begin to interrupt the automatic pattern of immediately saying Yes. We find tools to trick our body into saying nothing versus…
Rationalizing

Apr 28, 2014

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Dr. Anne Brown

in Addiction, Codependency, Dr. Anne Brown, Mental Health, News, Rationalization, Relationship, Self-Help

“You are confined only by the walls you build yourself!” Rationalizing is something we do when we don’t want to face the truth. Rationalizing is something we use to make what just happen ok in our eyes. Rationalizing is a tool for survival when things are too bad to survive. Rationalizing helps us cope when…