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Body Image

6 Ways You Can Overcome Scale Anxiety

Jeff Siegel M.Ed. on September 23, 2023 in Self-Care for Men

The scale does not tell you whether you’re good or bad, but getting emotionally unattached takes a lot of mindfulness and compassion.

The scale does not tell you whether you’re good or bad, but getting emotionally unattached takes a lot of mindfulness and compassion.

Mindfulness

Increasing Psychological Flexibility Through Mindfulness

Jennifer Caspari Ph.D. on September 23, 2023 in Living Well When Your Body Doesn't Cooperate

Mindfulness skills help you connect with the present moment, notice and observe your thoughts and feelings, and create a greater sense of psychological flexibility.

Mindfulness skills help you connect with the present moment, notice and observe your thoughts and feelings, and create a greater sense of psychological flexibility.

Emotional Intelligence

7 Effective Ways to Reduce Irritability

Amy Morin on September 23, 2023 in What Mentally Strong People Don't Do

When you start to feel irritable, you can either fuel your irritability or take steps to try and calm yourself. If your strategies aren't working, consider some lifestyle changes.

When you start to feel irritable, you can either fuel your irritability or take steps to try and calm yourself. If your strategies aren't working, consider some lifestyle changes.

Artificial Intelligence

Our Precarious Journey of Code and Cognition

John Nosta on September 23, 2023 in The Digital Self

A Personal Perspective: The convergence of AI and gene editing may be the Icarus of our time.

A Personal Perspective: The convergence of AI and gene editing may be the Icarus of our time.

Attention

Why Digital News Can Make Us Feel Helpless

Phil Reed D.Phil. on September 23, 2023 in Digital World, Real World

Learned helplessness helps us understand how our endless newsfeeds play a role in our negative mental state.

Learned helplessness helps us understand how our endless newsfeeds play a role in our negative mental state.

Neurodiversity

Achieving the Power of Cognitive Diversity

Justin James Kennedy, Ph.D., D.Prof. on September 23, 2023 in Brain Reboot

Valuing cognitive diversity fosters innovation and growth. For a more inclusive, creative future, seek out diverse views, engage in respectful dialogue, and address biases.

Valuing cognitive diversity fosters innovation and growth. For a more inclusive, creative future, seek out diverse views, engage in respectful dialogue, and address biases.

Trauma

How School Design Can Help Children Feel Safe

Erin Peavey on September 23, 2023 in Designed for Happiness

Strategies from trauma-informed design can help more children feel safe and mentally well at school.

Strategies from trauma-informed design can help more children feel safe and mentally well at school.

Therapy

Solving the Mental Health Provider Shortage

William A. Haseltine Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Best Practices in Health

The scarcity of mental health professionals in the United States threatens people's ability to get timely and effective care.

The scarcity of mental health professionals in the United States threatens people's ability to get timely and effective care.

Artificial Intelligence

Reading, Writing, and AI

Viorica Marian Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Language and Mind

We read, write, and listen to discover our inner lives and to feel communion with others, which is more important than ever in the age of AI.

We read, write, and listen to discover our inner lives and to feel communion with others, which is more important than ever in the age of AI.

Workplace Dynamics

Workplace Bullying as a Form of Institutional Betrayal

Dorothy Suskind Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Bully-Wise

Workplace bullying is a form of institutional betrayal in which the organization an employee depends on fails to protect her from harm, amplifying the original damage.

Workplace bullying is a form of institutional betrayal in which the organization an employee depends on fails to protect her from harm, amplifying the original damage.

Social Life

How the Need to Belong Both Helps and Hurts Us

Juliana Breines Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in In Love and War

We're wired to care about social acceptance, but in some situations, this instinct can have downsides.

We're wired to care about social acceptance, but in some situations, this instinct can have downsides.

Anxiety

Sometimes Imagining the Worst Is the Best Thing to Do

Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W. on September 22, 2023 in Fixing Families

Anxiety is often like aggressive barking dogs warning you about worst-case scenarios. By creating a plan for the worst that can happen, you don't feel like a victim.

Anxiety is often like aggressive barking dogs warning you about worst-case scenarios. By creating a plan for the worst that can happen, you don't feel like a victim.

Resilience

Helping to Heal the World Begins Within

John-Manuel Andriote on September 22, 2023 in Stonewall Strong

A Personal Perspective: Autumn, and the Jewish holidays it brings, offer an ideal time for reflection on our inner healing and how we are helping others to heal, too.

A Personal Perspective: Autumn, and the Jewish holidays it brings, offer an ideal time for reflection on our inner healing and how we are helping others to heal, too.

Post-Traumatic Growth

Treating PTS Symptoms After Intimate Betrayal

Steven Stosny, Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Anger in the Age of Entitlement

We can form conditioned responses to PTS symptoms and images that evoke core values, replacing painful emotions with mild feelings of well-being.

We can form conditioned responses to PTS symptoms and images that evoke core values, replacing painful emotions with mild feelings of well-being.

Psychology

Psychosomatic: Is It All in Your Head?

Laurence Miller Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Real Psychology

Mind-body miscommunication syndromes may complicate medical diagnosis and treatment. But understanding them is the first step toward holistic healing.

Mind-body miscommunication syndromes may complicate medical diagnosis and treatment. But understanding them is the first step toward holistic healing.

Grief

Lough Neagh and Ecological Grief

Louise Taylor on September 22, 2023 in The Neurodivergent Therapist

Personal Perspective: Local communities are impacted psychologically and emotionally by environmental disasters.

Personal Perspective: Local communities are impacted psychologically and emotionally by environmental disasters.

Relationships

Intimacy Reels: Movie Analysis of "Moving On"

La Keita D. Carter PsyD., LP on September 22, 2023 in Inside Intimacy

The intimacy themes of love, sex, reconnection, and friendship in older adults.

The intimacy themes of love, sex, reconnection, and friendship in older adults.

Consumer Behavior

Shrinkflation: Deception or Good Business?

Cathrine Jansson-Boyd Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Consumer Psychology

Is shrinkflation a friend or foe? It depends on how you want to view it.

Is shrinkflation a friend or foe? It depends on how you want to view it.

Gender

Anxious About Mis-Gendering a Non-Binary Person?

Michele K. Lewis Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Cultural Neuroscience

People who are socially supportive of gender non-binary identity may be anxious and make mistakes by mis-gendering a non-binary child or adult.

People who are socially supportive of gender non-binary identity may be anxious and make mistakes by mis-gendering a non-binary child or adult.

Depression

How to Treat Seasonal Depression

Samuel L. Pauker, M.D., and Miriam Arond on September 22, 2023 in Depression: A Guide for the Perplexed

Falling into a slump during the fall and winter months is very common, but there's no need to settle for a depressed and hopeless mindset. Here are treatments for SAD.

Falling into a slump during the fall and winter months is very common, but there's no need to settle for a depressed and hopeless mindset. Here are treatments for SAD.

Animal Behavior

Forced Swim Test Fails to Measure Human Depression

Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Animal Emotions

The public, whose tax dollars partially fund this research and who rely on accuracy in drug development, would be better served if researchers stopped using the forced swim test.

The public, whose tax dollars partially fund this research and who rely on accuracy in drug development, would be better served if researchers stopped using the forced swim test.

Stress

How Stress Is Contagious

Tony W. Buchanan Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Stress on the Brain

Stress can be triggered by those around us.

Stress can be triggered by those around us.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Closeness Is a Dimension

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on September 22, 2023 in Concussion Is Brain Injury

Like time and space are dimensions, so is closeness to others. Does brain injury damage that dimension and negatively affect our relationships?

Like time and space are dimensions, so is closeness to others. Does brain injury damage that dimension and negatively affect our relationships?

Emotions

Light Can Stir Emotion That Demands Attention

Laura C. Otis Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Rethinking Thought

In our fascination with how tastes and smells awaken memories, we've overlooked the emotional work of light.

In our fascination with how tastes and smells awaken memories, we've overlooked the emotional work of light.

Groupthink

The 2008 Global Financial Crisis: 15 Years Later

Elesa Zehndorfer Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Political Animals and Animal Spirits

On the fifteenth anniversary of the global financial crisis, evolutionary psychology suggests why the mistakes of 2008 could certainly repeat themselves.

On the fifteenth anniversary of the global financial crisis, evolutionary psychology suggests why the mistakes of 2008 could certainly repeat themselves.

Motivation

5 Ways to Celebrate Success and Reaching Your Goals at Work

Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.D. on September 22, 2023 in Everyday Resilience

Learning how to celebrate those small progress wins builds momentum and supports achieving long-term goals more consistently.

Learning how to celebrate those small progress wins builds momentum and supports achieving long-term goals more consistently.

Environment

The Fraught Relationship Between Fertility and Agriculture

Daniel Graham, Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Your Internet Brain

The adoption of agriculture led to large increases in fertility in ancient Mesopotamia. Today, the reverse could be happening due to pesticides.

The adoption of agriculture led to large increases in fertility in ancient Mesopotamia. Today, the reverse could be happening due to pesticides.

Happiness

Five Secret Tools for a Happy Relationship

Chris Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in Heal the Mind to Heal the Body

Personal Perspective: Happiness can be simple once you know some secret tools.

Personal Perspective: Happiness can be simple once you know some secret tools.

Autism

Autistic Rights Do Not Depend on Reading or Writing Ability

Stephen Camarata Ph.D. on September 22, 2023 in The Intuitive Parent

We often see reports of nonverbal autistic people showing remarkable ability using facilitated co-communication. Are we making judgments based on neurotypical values?

We often see reports of nonverbal autistic people showing remarkable ability using facilitated co-communication. Are we making judgments based on neurotypical values?