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Do You Ever Feel Like You Are Hiding Your True Self?
Do you ever hide the true you? … Everyone, whether neurodivergent or not, needs to mask sometimes. It helps people feel accepted by a group. And believing that you belong is “one of the best predictors of well-being,”
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A Better Way to Think About New Year’s Resolutions
… In the long run, resolutions that keep others in mind tend to have greater staying power. Studies have found that brute willpower alone lasts for only so long, and that people have a much harder
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Are You Too Hard on Yourself?
When something disappointing happens — you got a lower grade on a test or project than you were expecting, you had a lackluster performance in your sport, you didn’t get the part you wanted in
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You Don’t Know Yourself as Well as You Think You Do
… It can also feel like a vital part of life, as though if you’re not seeking self-understanding, you’re missing out. (Our old pal Socrates also said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”) “If
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How to Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
If a friend is struggling with a big challenge or feels defeated, it’s usually our first instinct to offer words of comfort and understanding. But often it’s not so easy to do this for ourselves.
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Predicting Suicide
Researchers are exploring ways to gauge who is most at risk and help develop targeted treatments for their most vulnerable moments.
