(Explore Your Mind) As soon as you can learn to identify your automatic negative thoughts, you then can be free of self-doubt and choose positivity.
Psychology
Narcissistic Families: Growing Up in the War Zone
(Amanda Robins, MSW, PhD) When you are raised in a narcissistic family it can feel like there is no help. Parents who are narcissistic are often self-focussed. They will relate to their children as “self-adjuncts” serving to support them and their image of themselves. Do something that reflects well on them and you are suddenly the Golden Child. Make a mistake, ask for help or express your vulnerability, and you are on your own or worse, ridiculed.
Meaning Without Words: Gestures and Visual Animations Reveal Cognitive Origins of Linguistic Meaning
(Neuroscience News) Gestures and visual animations can help reveal the cognitive origins of meaning, indicating that our minds can assign a linguistic structure to new informational content “on the fly”—even if it is not linguistic in nature.
How Microdosing with Smaller Doses of Cannabis Can Help with Anxiety and Stress
(Samoon Ahmad M.D.) How smaller doses of cannabis can help with anxiety and other disorders.
Metacognition: Components and Characteristics
(Exploring Your Mind) Do you ever think about how you think or have particular thoughts about your thoughts? This ability to think about yourself is called metacognition. Keep reading to discover more about this fascinating aspect of the human mind.
5 Easy Breakthrough Ways to Build New Habits and Break Old Ones
(Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.) You’d like to read more regularly. You want to write a novel. You’d like to start running. You’d like to build a new business. You’d like to learn a new language, or play the piano, or paint, or start a journaling practice. You’d like to stop smoking. You’d like to stop using your phone every 5 minutes.
CIVIL WAR 2.0 Is OVERDUE According To Strauss-Howe Theory
CIVIL WAR 2.0 Is OVERDUE According To Strauss-Howe Theory
Why Do We Like To Experience Fear?
(Exploring your Mind) Interestingly enough, empathic people usually like to experience fear. This may be because they have a greater ability to process emotions than other people; and therefore, seek to live more experiences of this type.
Learn to Value Your Effort, Even if Others Don’t
(Exploring your Mind) Did you know that working at something and making an effort can trigger changes in your brain and actually make you happier? Armed with this knowledge, it’s easier to value your own effort without worrying about what other people think. Keep reading to find out why effort is so important for your well-being.
Magical Thinking: Concept and Traits
(Exploring your Mind) Magical thinking is a fascinating human phenomenon. Read on ti discover what magical thinking is and why it isn’t always bad to believe something that isn’t true
Cell Phones Can Damage Relationships and Cause Lack of Empathy
(Exploring your Mind) During a conversation with someone, you’ve probably had to compete for their attention with a technological device and lost. Maybe the person in front of you diverted their attention to their latest “urgent” notifications. They’ve probably even interrupted your conversation to answer a call, answer a text message, or check their social media.
‘Mindreading’ Neurons Simulate Decisions of Social Partners
(Science Daily) Scientists have identified special types of brain cells that may allow us to simulate the decision-making processes of others, thereby reconstructing their state of mind and predicting their intentions. Dysfunction in these ‘simulation neurons’ may help explain difficulties with social interactions in conditions such as autism and social anxiety.
Two Exercises to Develop Emotional Intelligence
(Exploring Your Mind) Learning more about your emotions will help you understand yourself better, accept what you feel, and really connect with others.
Informed Consent in Psychology
(Explore Your Mind) Informed consent is one of the most important requirements within professional practice.
Depersonalization Disorder: The Feeling of Living in a Dream
(Exploring your Mind) If you’ve ever felt like you were going crazy or that you were in a dream or in a bubble, you may have suffered an episode of depersonalization. The main characteristic of depersonalization disorder are persistent or recurring depersonalization episodes.