Fear of Compassion: Description, Causes and Prevention

Merhamet korkusu, olumlu duygu korkusu, travma IN GENERAL, positive psychology has formulated the mental health problems of individuals as an increase in negative emotions and a decrease in positive emotions; positive psychology also offered a solution to increase positive thoughts and feelings. [...]recent studies show that people not only avoid negative emotions such as sadness, fear, but also avoid positive emotions such as happiness, compassion, joy, and this situation pushes the person to mental health problems and prevents people with mental health problems from healing (Gilbert et al. 2012, 2014). [...]in the therapies of individuals with mental health problems such as depression, the individual is helped to recover by increasing positive emotions. [...]of the field survey, no comprehensive introductory data on fear of compassion could be reached in Turkish literature.