Psychologist, psychotherapist, and anthropologist Julieta París, director of ISEP’s Master in Psychotherapy of Emotional Well-being, provides some keys to the news agency EFE for facing the most common situations that make us feel dissatisfied or suffer from ‘life dissatisfaction’, one of the most common reasons why we currently seek a therapist. According to the psychologist, life dissatisfaction can occur at any time in life and not necessarily with a breakup or the loss of a loved one.
If we feel disoriented…
“I would suggest that you find a single point of your being, of your life, for example a desire, a dream, or a goal, and that you focus your attention only on this point, to be able to find your life orientation,” recommends París.
If we are out of love…
“It is a sign that in your life you need something else, that other needs must be met, and everything that implies the search for something better, even if it is painful, is a sign that we do not conform and want to move forward.”
If we are going through an existential crisis…
“It is a moment when life forces us to stop, to take a breath and review the “existential baggage” we have carried so far, to be able to continue the journey with the truly essential things, assuming that we will accumulate things again and that, in time, in the future, another crisis will make us stop again and so on,” she explains.
If we feel the need to forgive…
“If someone needs to forgive, they have already come a long way. The problem arises when someone who needs to forgive doesn’t feel that way, or doesn’t allow themselves to. Forgiving is freeing oneself, and the most important thing is that it frees the one who forgives,” according to the psychologist.
If we want to feel better…
“When someone wants to feel better about themselves, I welcome them to the rest of their life and teach them to take care of themselves physically and emotionally, and also to get in touch with their deepest, most “transpersonal” dimension, that is, beyond themselves, the one that connects with what they are and what they feel, that is, with a deeper search for the meaning of life,” she points out.
Read the full article Solutions for the Life Dissatisfied (EFE 09-07-2014)