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Mental self-defense 101: A primer on psychological resilience and self-control

“Self-defense is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm.”
Source URL: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defense

Protecting the mind can be seen as analogous to protecting the body from physical attacks. However, the difference is that psychological attacks are much more difficult to perceive and to objectify. However, their effects can be much more harmful to the organism than physical attacks. Many people practice physical self-defense but only very few systematically train their psychological self-defense mechanisms.

5 important topics:

  1. Heuristics & Biases (recognize and react)
  2. Dual-process theory (adjust habitual/automatic responses)
  3. Group-Dynamics (awareness of group process and their influence)
  4. Theory & praxis of self-control (executive functions and cognitive top-down regulation)
  5. Understanding contextual factors (seeing the bigger picture)

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