If you know someone with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), you might experience their frantic way of avoiding being abandoned by their significant others. For instance, a client of mine worried a lot about her boyfriend abandoning her whenever he failed to answer her phone calls or reply her text messages. Since she was living alone …
Continue reading “Fear of abandonment in people with Borderline Personality Disorder”
It is beyond dispute that we may all have aspiration of attainment of something. For instances, a student aspiring to become a medical doctor, a lady hoping to get married and have children before 30 years old, or a man wanting to become a billionaire. Even for those who seem to have realized that chasing …
A client of mine felt irritable every Sunday evening without knowing the underlying reasons. On the surface, he could handle his work well and his boss was satisfied with his performance. After detailed discussion of his work environment, it was found that he did not know there are boundary violations in his workplace, let alone …
We all experience the pulling force of our desire in our lives, from delicious food to extraordinary acheivement. In our daily lives, the craving for more “likes” in our social media posting is a good example of our nature in desiring to be approved and appreciated. One of my clients tended to harshly criticize her …
Continue reading “Is having desire a bad thing that we should avoid?”
It is beyond dispute that socializing with our family members or good friends is a joyful and fulfilling experience for many of us. It is also the societal norms that having a lot of social connections could be associated with being successful. However, for some people, there might be some reasons for them to have …
The, what is called, the “once-in-100-years” rainstorm happened last Friday in Hong Kong shut down the whole city and caused a lot of damage and injuries. Given this unexpected rainstorm, many people may face some degree of inconvenience or disruption in their lives. For those who live in the more severely affected areas, this sudden …
Continue reading “Resilience in facing the “once-in-100-years” rainstorm in Hong Kong”
