One of Ernst Simmel’s great contributions was to have taken psychoanalysis into somewhat strange areas, such as drug addiction, the effects of war and the impact of destitution. In this article, we will present a brief biography of Ernst Simmel, one of the pioneers of psychoanalysis whose name has been …

There are people who are allergic to rest. In them, the simple fact of doing nothing and limiting yourself to just being and being generates anxiety. What is this due to? What is behind these behaviors? There are people without free time of their own volition, who avoid having moments …

Defending one’s rights, what we think is right or what we believe we deserve is useful and practical most of the time. This way of relating is known in psychology as assertiveness and it is very common for patients with low self-esteem or interpersonal problems to use it for a …