Irina Zhuravleva

Upřímně řečeno, cítím se trapně, když se ohlédnu zpět na doby, kdy se mi lidé chovali špatně a já... místo toho, abych se z této situace stáhl/a...

Pojďme si upřímně říct na chvíli: odmítnutí bolí. Bolí to jako zvíře. Ať už jde o práci, o kterou jste chtěli, o přátelství nebo o vztah, do kterého jste investovali...

Mohu nabídnout radu? Nenechte něžnost vytratit z vašeho partnerství; nenechte romantiku jít stranou. Často to neděláte...

If adults you relied on betrayed you as a child, your sense of self-worth and personal boundaries can be so damaged that you become blind...

It’s heartbreaking when caregivers overlook a child whose need for affection, attention and safety is as vital as eating, breathing and drinking. If you grew...

Zaznášilo ti v životě už dost, že? To tíživé, znepokojivé ticho, které následuje jejich zmizení — místnosti, které se stále zdají ozývat…

Dobře, opravte mě, pokud se mýlím, ale zdá se, že když neustále dělás pro partnera, který to nikdy nevrací...

When I first began teaching about trauma, I never imagined that one of the most persistent, defining consequences of childhood abuse and neglect would also...

Raná fáze romantického vztahu – zejména po dlouhém období samoty nebo když se bojíte, že nikdy nebudete skutečně milováni – se může zdát vše pohlcující....

Paradoxem emocionální nedostupnosti je, že se můžete tak úplně uzavřít, až ztratíte povědomí o tom, že jste vypnuti v...

Doesn’t it often feel like men retreat to “I don’t know” as a default answer? A friend was describing the most recent argument he had...

Some people insist that cancel culture is a myth or even a necessary corrective, and curiously those voices are often the same ones who have...

The strangest paradox of avoidant attachment is this: the very behaviors that pushed them away are often what they will exhibit once you stop striving...

People who genuinely love you and care about your wellbeing will pay attention to what you require from the relationship in order to feel safe,...

You’ve tried everything to keep them close, haven’t you? You send the first messages. You forgive without insisting on explanations. You tuck away your own...

“Productivity crash” is a phrase I coined to describe a recurring pattern I witness frequently: people who survived childhood trauma can achieve extraordinary feats—performing almost...

Have you ever gone quiet with someone and found yourself obsessing over what’s running through their mind? I’m talking about the person you’re seeing —...

You can sense him pulling back. It starts small: texts that once arrived quickly now take hours; plans that used to be made now evaporate...

Can we start practicing a simple rule: if you feel something, say it? Men, in particular, often struggle with this — acting as if our...

there is a powerful link between childhood abuse and neglect—especially emotional neglect—and a recurring, painful pattern in adulthood of investing all your affection into an...

When parents are so wrapped up in themselves that they barely notice or truly know their children, it’s common for those children to grow up...

Why is it that even when you pitch in around the house she still seems unappreciative? That’s an important question and there are several possible...

Everyone seems to be using the word dysregulation these days—but what does it actually refer to? And what can you do when it happens to...

What might happen if we invited people into a lab and asked them to write about a painful event they had never fully talked through...