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November 26, 2024/Mental Health

Signs You’re Struggling With Cognitive Dissonance

If you’re torn between contradictory beliefs, questioning your decisions or feeling ashamed about your choices, you may be experiencing cognitive dissonance

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October 18, 2024/Brain & Nervous System

What Is Masking? And What’s the Harm?

Masking is a way of hiding our full selves — and it can have big consequences, particularly when used habitually by people with autism

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August 2, 2024/Mental Health

Don’t Get Tricked by the Barnum Effect

Horoscopes, fortunetellers and personality tests all feed into our cognitive biases and reinforce our own feelings as true

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June 3, 2024/Mental Health

How To Make — and Nourish — New Friendships When You’re an Adult

Look to activities you enjoy — or try a new hobby — to help foster meeting new people

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September 13, 2023/Mental Health

Signs Your Anxiety Is on the Rise

Physical, mental and emotional responses are all relevant symptoms

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August 23, 2023/Mental Health

FOMO Is Real: How the Fear of Missing Out Affects Your Health

Your physical, mental and emotional state may be at risk

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January 20, 2023/Mental Health

What Is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)?

When you’re deeply sensitive to certain physical, emotional or social situations

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December 8, 2022/Children's Health

Separation Anxiety in Children: A Guide for Parents

Be consistent, practice positive reinforcement, and keep goodbyes short and sweet

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November 21, 2022/Mental Health

What Is Second-Hand Embarrassment and How Can You Stop It?

Feeling another person’s embarrassment is normal, but you can process it healthily

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