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  From childhood so many of us are taught not to scream, shout, or ‘make a fuss’ but bottling feelings up can lead to them building up with nowhere to go. Letting them out by crying, talking to someone, or even screaming, can feel cathartic. It can be freeing, feeling as though a weight has been lifted off your shoulders. A lot of therapies are based on addressing past traumas and dealing with your emotions, rather than ignoring them. Primal scream therapy does this in a unique way, so let’s dive in and find out more. WHAT IS PRIMAL SCREAM? Primal scream therapy is a type of psychotherapy that encourages people to address past trauma and negative memories, so they can release those emotions and move forward. It’s also known as just ‘ primal therapy’ . Dr Janov, psychologist and psychoanalyst first spoke about it in his book in the 1970s, called The Primal Scream. He believed that repressed feelings could have significant negative effects on both your physical and mental health ov...

  When we think of a positive mindset, we think about phrases like, "Go for it!" "You’ve got this." But there is more to it. While the pep talk can help to some extent, too much of it can easily become "toxic positivity". Toxic positivity either creates an illusion. If you investigate it, you will find that this kind of positivity is based on fear. True positivity, however, originates from acceptance, gratitude, determination, courage. True positivity is rooted in vulnerability. Here are five tips to stress less, regret less, fear less and worry less. 1.    Accept and Embrace Negative Emotions Acceptance is the first step towards change. Don’t try to buffer negative emotions, in fact, give yourself some space to sit with them. Tell yourself it's OK not to feel OK.  For those who cannot accept negative emotions, it's very likely that they grew up believing that feeling negative emotions makes them weak or inferior, so they learned to push ...