When two happy people start a family, they hardly think that it may not be forever. But families break up, and unfortunately, it happens quite often. If for spouses the decision to divorce becomes a balanced decision of two adults (although for many adults it is also a great stress and ordeal), children always suffer from this [...]

Neurosis is a psychiatric or psychosocial disorder that exhibits a wide range of clinical symptoms and for which no physical cause can be found. Today, doctors rarely use the term for diagnosis, but rather it is a general name for a range of disorders that occur most often as a reaction to severe stress or psychological trauma. Neuroses do not only occur in adults, [...]

Today, young mothers and fathers seem to be engaged in an unspoken competition with each other. Whose child will speak faster, learn to read, write, speak a foreign language, or preferably two languages, draw pictures and add up large numbers in his mind. In addition to kindergarten, the little man can attend various additional classes every day, which should certainly make him smarter and [...]

All children have bad moods, anxiety, sudden sadness or even tantrums from time to time, which worries their parents a lot. But in most cases, such states do not have anything wrong with them and are just part of normal development. Even if a child does not want to play or go to school, it does not necessarily have to mean a psychological problem. [...]

Unfortunately, school bullying is not uncommon in today's world. The psychological consequences of bullying can be very, very serious. But parents usually feel helpless and do not know how best to support their child when he or she is bullied by other students. Therefore, it is very important that parents know as much as possible about this topic. Bullying comes in many different forms [...]

Internet addiction is a behavioral addiction that is becoming increasingly common these days. Young people in particular are quickly drawn into the virtual world. Friends, family, and school are taking a back seat. Isolation from reality has far-reaching consequences for social and professional life, as well as for health. What to do if a teenage child abuses being online, is the Internet [...]

During puberty, the child abruptly becomes as if he were an outsider. Suddenly everything becomes tedious or super boring for him, he seems lethargic and aloof. At school he sits tiredly at the desk with his hands on his head and doesn't even want to unpack his backpack. He doesn't want to study - he doesn't want to do his homework!: What happens to his body and psyche - and [...]

The age at which children enter puberty has moved even lower in recent years, and some girls have their first period as early as elementary school. Not surprisingly, your child may experience emotional outbursts, verbal outbursts and aggressive behavior as an expression of helplessness. Most parents, if their child shows aggression for no apparent reason, wonder, [...]

Popular, successful, confident, strong, beautiful - that's what any parent wants their child to be. They want their child to have a healthy self-esteem, because we all know how important it is. But often something goes wrong, and the child has complexes. According to many scientists, the reason for this lies in the genes. However, educators [...]

Most of us associate childhood with carefree fun and play. Of course, sometimes a child does not want to go to school, or sometimes he is just not in the mood and is more capricious than usual. But overall, it's a happy time without deprivation. But if a child becomes withdrawn or especially violent? In that case [...]

Even before children have learned to speak and even walk correctly, they are already actively beginning to draw. Already at the age of 1-2 years, they are able to devote an amazing amount of time to this activity. Always with pride and shining eyes they bring their works of art to their parents and eagerly await their reaction. They definitely put the most effort into their drawing and [...]

To snap means to be cruel to a child: to hit, insult, call names, threaten, ignore, express harsh criticism, disregard his needs for food, play, movement, sleep. If this happens systematically, the child learns that a caring adult can hurt, can be careless, can invade personal boundaries. This is written into the child's picture of the world as "I [...]

Zigmund online is a site where you can get professional help from experienced psychologists. The main function of the brand is to bring back the joy of life to those people who for whatever reason have lost it, are confused about themselves, have been psychologically attacked by others, or have experienced a difficult event in life and cannot cope with their condition alone. But this is far [...]

Gaslighting is a psychological term used to describe psychological violence aimed at undermining the victim's self-confidence or awareness of reality. The name derives from the 1944 film of the same name directed by George Cukor, Gaslight, which very vividly depicts this type of violence in family relationships. The goal of the gaslighters is to disorient a person, to isolate them from [...]

A certain amount of self-love is necessary and desirable. On the other hand, an excess of it can cause problems. When people seem very much in love with themselves and always look for faults in others rather than in themselves, they are called narcissists. People with a narcissistic personality are in dire need of attention, approval and admiration. They often stand out for their arrogance and self-idealization. [...]

Counterdependence, attachment trauma, and contradiction are all different designations for the same phenomenon, which has been occurring more and more frequently lately, especially in large cities. People are distancing themselves from their families and friends. They want no one to interfere in their lives. Relationships are often fleeting and awkward. Single life is considered a privilege. So what is [...]

Alexithymia, sensory blindness or emotional dyslexia is quite common. It is neither a disorder nor a disease. Officially, it is a personality trait. Translated, the term "alexithymia" means: no words for feelings. It implies that sufferers of this disorder have problems differentiating their emotions or expressing them in words, which has many implications for their health and [...]

The title of this article implies that it is not always easy to understand a baby. Although a baby is attuned to communicating with loved ones from birth, it takes some time for the parent and baby to learn about each other, to adjust to each other. Why is it important to understand the baby? A proper understanding of a child's signals in the first year of life helps in time and [...]

An emergency is an event that is unpleasant, unexpected, brings significant harm, and causes an acute stress reaction. Fire, catastrophe, terrorist attack, robbery.People who have experienced a crisis event often experience anxiety, apathy, numbness. They have a feeling of insecurity and helplessness and experience a loss of control. It is desirable that the person receives the first psychological aid in the first 48 hours after the traumatic event. Then it is less likely, [...]

Every now and then in the life of a little person there are disappointments. A fall hurts, a toy is taken away, a child is called names at school... A child turns to the closest people - his parents - for comfort. The following is a little about what can be valuable to a person when he/she is upset. To support is to pay attention. "I see that something important has happened to you" Any person wants, [...]

The modern rhythm of life affects everyone. Every day we experience stress, which tends to accumulate and grow inside us. Many people are silent about it and think that they can cope with the problem themselves, but this is fundamentally wrong. Not everything can be solved by yourself, not all can be solved by sitting with friends or girlfriends. Sometimes without help [...]