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January 24, 2020

What happens to the brain when a person has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? (Part 1)

In the blog of last week, I mentioned about people with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) frequently experience feared responses as if he or she is re-experiencing the trauma. What happens to...

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January 17, 2020

Some people are having Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Hong Kong due to the social unrest. What are their experiences?

A recent survey conducted by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong revealed that one in every five adults in Hong Kong suffer from either depression or Post-traumatic...

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January 10, 2020

Hongkongers need more self-compassion in the face of the current social unrest

The Hong Kong College of Psychiatry presented a survey result on 3rd January revealing that about 60% of the young people in Hong Kong suffer from moderate to severe depression in...

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January 03, 2020

Are we addicted to the self in our New Year planning?

One teenage client of mine told me recently that he had no plan for 2020 as he did not have any motivation to work on anything. With deep inquiry, I found...

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December 27, 2019

Everyone needs more love in this city in 2020

2019 is a volatile year for Hong Kong. In the past six months, Hong Kong is going through a turmoil that everyone in this city is affected. In this year end,...

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December 20, 2019

How to create a safe conversation in disagreement?

The creative team of an advertising company worked overnight to complete a project proposal because there will be a meeting with the CEO coming from abroad the next day. However, the...

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December 13, 2019

Are you feeling trapped when being in an argument with loved ones?

A husband initiated to go for a movie after returning home from work. His wife was not motivated to go out and said she just want to stay home.  The husband...

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December 06, 2019

How to enjoy coffee without being addicted? It also applies to other addiction too……

Many people nowadays drink many cups of coffee daily without really tasting or appreciating their drinks. One of my friends drinks up to five cups of coffee each day. One day,...

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November 29, 2019

Do you have inner critics?

One day, a client of mine went to a coffee shop. After she ordered a cup of cappuccino, she saw a lady beside her handed in a coffee mug to the...

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November 22, 2019

Are you distressed by your negative thoughts related to the current social unrest?

“I am useless as I did not go to the frontline of the protest to help”…… “I am a hypocrite because I went for a trip with family in Tokyo during...

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November 15, 2019

Embracing our sadness, anxiety, anger or frustration in the face of current turmoil in this city

A few weeks ago, I hurt my back due to intensive exercising. During the week throughout my injury, I can feel the pain whenever I move my back even for very...

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November 01, 2019

Can my failure be attributed to a single cause?

It is quite common for my clients to blame themselves for failure in their lives.  For instance, a student blames himself for failing an exam, a sales executive blames herself for...

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October 25, 2019

The trap of causal thinking in aversive situations

Imagined an incident in which you are being crashed by a stranger in the street.  If you interpreted that the stranger crashed you accidentally while he was scrolling his mobile phone,...

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October 18, 2019

The hatred behind some violence

In polarised situation such us the current social unrest in Hong Kong, people in the two poles of the spectrum tended to overgeneralise in perceiving members of the other group.  When...

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October 11, 2019

The primal thinking behind exhibition of violence

No one will deny, what had happened in the past few months in Hong Kong was depressing, anxiety inducing and anger-provoking.  Hong Kong people are facing a chaotic situation that most...

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October 04, 2019

Hypersensitive to uncertainty

The “Anti-extradiction Bill” protest in Hong Kong in the past three months is still unresolved due to the lack of genuine listening by the...

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September 27, 2019

What is Reality?

Can you read the paragraph in a meaningful sense? Most of us do. Isn’t it interesting that even only if the first and the...

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