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Teresa Mack

The Trigger is not the Wound

When we read something on social media, our mind automatically goes to: But what about me?

2 min readFeb 5, 2024

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The Trigger is not the Wound

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Teresa Mack

ADHD and the curse of the free day!

2 min readFeb 3, 2024

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ADHD and the curse of the free day!

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Teresa Mack

When you stop fighting yourself, that is when you can fall in love with yourself.

We are encouraged to love ourselves, but our brain goes: "How?"

3 min readNov 15, 2022

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Teresa Mack

Did you know that excess studying can be a trauma response?

Well, studying is a good thing, isn’t it?

3 min readFeb 23, 2022

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Did you know that excess studying can be a trauma response?

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Teresa Mack

Narcissistic behaviour doesn’t stop, because you have become an adult

So how can you deal with it, when you are faced with the same old story, of rejection, emotional blackmail, silence, blame, shame or…

2 min readFeb 17, 2022

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Narcissistic behaviour doesn’t stop, because you have become an adult

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Teresa Mack

We had good times

We had good times.

1 min readFeb 15, 2022

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We had good times

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Teresa Mack

The fruit of the poisonous family tree

If there are conflicts in the family and the child, even if it is the adult child, is blamed for the conflict, the result is the experience…

7 min readFeb 12, 2022

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4 apples in a circle, the one on the left at 9pm looking healthy, the one on 12 and 3pm sligthly unpleasant and the apple at 6pm rotten and decomposing.

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Teresa Mack

Can lack of confidence actually be a sign of exhaustion?

Do you know those days, when going outside or mixing with people seems too much? You blame your anxiety, but how about we explore, if lack…

2 min readFeb 10, 2022

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Can lack of confidence actually be a sign of exhaustion?

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Teresa Mack

Why trying to treat anxiety and depression might be missing the point.

Imagine you are trying to hold a beach ball underwater, for a long time. You were told, that under no circumstances are you allowed to let…

3 min readJan 25, 2021

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Why trying to treat anxiety and depression might be missing the point.

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Teresa Mack

Why procrastination feels safer than action

Who would have thought that your fear of opening letters; making phone calls; and other adult things, are actually an expression of loss…

4 min readNov 28, 2020

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Why procrastination feels safer than action

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Teresa Mack

Teresa Mack

Dreamer, writer, optimist holding space for traumatised people to help them discover their inner wisdom and overcome the anguish of anxiety and depression.

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