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Learn how to use the knowledge of psychology to deal with your negative moods and emotions, feel good, be productive, handle people well, and reach your goals. Self-improvement and personal development are inevitable while you’re trying to understand how the mind works. It all starts and ends with the mind.
Disagreements are a normal, inevitable part of any relationship. Our views and arguments are shaped by our knowledge and experiences.1Von Aufschnaiter, C., Erduran, S., Osborne, J., & Simon, S. (2008). Arguing to learn and learning to argue: Case studies of how students’ argumentation relates to their scientific knowledge. Journal of Research in Science Teaching: The …
The struggle of trying to get an avoidant partner to open up to you is real. They can take months, or even years, to open up, especially about their feelings. Why is this the case? Avoidants, or those with the avoidant attachment style, learned very early that emotional closeness brings discomfort.1Mosannenzadeh, F., Luijten, M., MacIejewski, …
Humans have emotional needs, and the primary way we satisfy those is via our relationships. The closer a relationship, the more it satisfies our emotional needs and the greater the emotional intimacy in the relationship. Even though emotional intimacy can exist in any relationship, a romantic relationship is usually how most people satisfy their most …
To understand emotional detachment, let’s first define emotional attachment, its opposite. Being emotionally attached means you are emotionally invested in something. You channel your emotional energy into it. Our emotional bandwidth is limited, so we must choose wisely where to invest emotionally. When we emotionally invest in something, we expect a return, usually emotional as …
To learn how to de-escalate situations, we first need to understand why they escalate in the first place. Conflict between two parties occurs when there’s a clash of interests. The parties’ needs and wants differ; one party’s needs and wants interfere with the other’s. Escalation means that a conflict has intensified or is beginning to …
Overthinking is getting stuck in repetitive thought loops about a problem or a situation in a way that is unproductive and leads to negative emotions like overwhelm, fear, anxiety, and depression. When you’re thinking about something too much, you can’t think about the other things, so your life gets derailed. This is why overthinking is …
Mental detoxification is the process of removing unwanted things from your mind. Note that I said ‘unwanted’, not ‘negative’. Sure, some of the negative stuff on your mind is probably unwanted, but some may be wanted. For instance, if your finances have taken a hit, then worrying about it is warranted and rational. However, if …
Neuroticism is one of the dimensions of the Big Five personality assessment, one of psychology’s most reliable personality assessments. The meaning of ‘being neurotic’ has evolved. In simple terms, it means to be emotionally unstable. A neurotic person has a greater tendency to experience ‘negative’ emotions like: They’re prone to getting stressed and, when stressed, cannot …
“The biggest danger, that of losing oneself, can pass off in the world as quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. is bound to be noticed.” – Soren Kierkegaard Identity is a complex topic. It has so many layers to it. If I ask …
Trauma is experienced when you face or witness a potentially life-threatening experience. A traumatic experience overwhelms the coping system of your mind. While most of us can deal with everyday stressors, a traumatic experience puts us in a state of permanent alert. It is an overactive and lingering stress response. Trauma that is experienced in …