(Neuroscience News) Reflecting on fond memories goes a step beyond making you feel warm and fuzzy: nostalgia can reduce pain perception.
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Do Not Believe Absurdities, No Matter How Often They Are Repeated
(Joanna Miller) “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” –Voltaire
Six Reasons For Getting Up at Six in the Morning
(Exploring Your Mind) Do you consider yourself an early riser or a night owl? In this article, you’ll discover the advantages of getting up with the sun.
The Emotional Rescue Exercise
(Rosanne Lindsay) When crisis strikes, emotional rescue exercises can manage whole populations through behavior modification to distract them from something else.
The Forgotten Tool Against Stress
(Exploring Your Mind) To combat the stress that surrounds you every day, you just need to spend a few minutes resting your body and mind.
How to Prepare Mentally When You Don’t Know What’s Ahead
(Indiana Lee) We’re living in uncertain times. Between the effects of natural disasters and social unrest, things can feel overwhelming. Your life might change instantly, and if you’re not prepared for it, you could find yourself struggling to get by both physically and emotionally.
The Helpful Teachings of the Stoic Thinkers
(Exploring Your Mind) Stoic thinkers offer us a new way of seeing life based on acceptance, virtue, and connection with ourselves.
Experts Emphasize the Role of Wellbeing in Human Health
(Neuroscience News) GENIAL Science, co-founded by Professor Andrew Kemp, of the School of Psychology, is a collaborative research project between Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) and the University. Comprised of academics, clinicians, Ph.D. and MSc students, it is committed to advancing wellbeing theory and practice.
Are You Mentally Prepared for Self-Defense?
(DP Friesen) Part of prepping is becoming mentally prepared for whatever may come ahead. You need to know that you can handle tomorrow’s problems from a mental perspective. It is for this reason that card games such as Conflicted are so popular: they give the user the opportunity to think through what they would do in a particular situation now so that they can make a quicker (and better) decision in the future.
How Much Time Does it Take to Develop a Habit?
(Exploring Your Mind) Creating a habit requires enough motivation to be persistent and constant. However, how much time do you really need to incorporate new behaviors into your routine?
Why the Flames of Revenge Must Be Extinguished
(Exploring Your Mind) Gandhi said that “an eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind”. However, his warning about revenge is simple to understand but difficult to apply.
Your Happiness Is In Your Own Hands
(Exploring Your Mind) It’s common to search for happiness. However, when you become aware that being happy depends on you, you free yourself from the slavery of looking for it elsewhere.
Behavioral Modification: What You Need to Know
(Tessa Lena) This story is about behavioral modification, both as a philosophical ambition and as a military application. This topic is vast — so I’ll focus on a few relatively recent developments, especially in the area of magnetogenetics. But first, morality pills!
The Racing Mind: The Difficulties of Being a Fast Talker
(Exploring Your Mind) Some people communicate in the same way as they live, extremely quickly. However, behind this style of speaking is often anxiety, lack of control, or clarity of thought.
Globus Sensation: The Feeling of Having a Lump in Your Throat
(Exploring Your Mind) The feeling that your throat is closing up and that you’re about to choke can be a symptom of recurring anxiety. Let’s take a closer look.