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10 articles tagged "emotions"
Sometimes You're Not Procrastinating - You Simply Don't Want to Do It
Procrastination is often about avoiding feelings, not managing time. Sometimes it means you simply don't want to do the thing. Includes an English lesson.
Positive Thinking Can Become Denial
Repeating "I am lovable" made people with low self-esteem feel worse. Hope needs a plan. Includes an English lesson on possibility and honesty.
Sometimes Walking Away Is the Healthiest Form of Love
Contempt is the strongest predictor of relationship breakdown John Gottman ever found. Sometimes the healthiest form of love isn't staying, it's recognizing when contempt has already won.
Being Alone Isn't the Same as Being Lonely
A study found young people's reported loneliness had no relationship to whether they were literally alone or surrounded by others. Choice, not solitude itself, was what mattered.
Forgive and Forget. Why Forget?
Forgiveness research shows letting go of resentment and forgetting what happened are separate processes — you can get the health benefits of forgiving without erasing the memory that keeps you safe.
You Need Closure - Do You?
Researcher Pauline Boss studied grief with no possible resolution and found people cope better by building their own meaning — not by waiting for an explanation that may never come.
Love Isn't Enough
John Gottman found contempt, not lack of love, is the single strongest predictor of divorce. Love and the behaviors that end relationships can coexist for years.
"Sorry" — Why Are We Apologising When We Did Nothing Wrong?
A 2010 study found no gender gap in how often people apologize once something feels wrong, only in what counts as wrong in the first place.
Her Anger Was Once a Diagnosis. His Was Always Just Passion - Fact 12
Woman Fact 12: Until 1980, a woman's anger could get her diagnosed with a mental illness. Real history and research on why her anger deserves the same respect his gets automatically.
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