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Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t
Are you happy? It’s a deceptively simple question, but for me, at least, a difficult one to answer. Another tough question: Why is it so hard to be happy for so many? Despite a culture full of
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How to Let Go of Grudges— And Why It Could Be Good for Your Health
… The study only shows correlation, not causation. But it builds on decades of previous research, including clinical trials, that suggests that people who are more able to let go of grudges tend to be
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Can’t Stop Overthinking?
Overthinking might not strike you as a strenuous activity. You don’t have to move a muscle to spend hours imagining worst-case scenarios, debating choices or playing the day’s headlines on a loop. And yet, running
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Dissociation Is Not the Coping Mechanism It’s Assumed to Be
A new study highlights that most adults experience little to no dissociation, but it is frequently present in clinical populations, particularly people with dissociative disorders, PTSD, and BPD.
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Psychiatrists Plan to Overhaul the Mental Health Bible—And Change How We Define ‘Disorder’
A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change. … “I’m not sure [this new model for diagnosis] will have any strong utility at this point,”
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Cannabis May Help Some Communities Cope with Gun Violence
A new study examines the role of cannabis on the well-being of street-identified Black Americans in Wilmington, Delaware.
