Feeling Lonely
The last two red numerals on the clock changed to zeros, three hours after 'Jane' (pseudonym) had promised herself she’d be in bed....
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Personal Boundaries
One of the reasons why our lives might be less than they should be is that we have missed out on an awkward-sounding but critical art...
Fearing Happiness
Given how much we all long to be happy, we might presume that accepting the possibility of happiness in our lives would be an...
Common Traits of Dyslexia in Adults
Studies suggest that 1 in 10 adults in the US and UK has dyslexia, a learning difference that can impact on working memory, reading,...
Mental Health and Sleep
Sleep and mental health are closely connected. Sleep deprivation affects your psychological state and mental health. And those with...
The Desire to Control the Future
The temptation, when we are worried, is to direct our determined intelligence to trying fully to anticipate whatever may be coming for us...
Emotions and the Limbic System
The limbic system is a set of brain structures that plays a role in emotions, particularly those that evolved early and which play an...
Feeling Afraid
It’s not an illustrious category to belong to of course, but there are plenty of us at least. We worry about work, money, being left,...
When Feeling Anxious
One of the most difficult features of anxiety is that it tends to be all-consuming. It squats in the middle of our minds and refuses to...
Childhood Emotional Neglect
Because it’s mostly silent and invisible, childhood emotional neglect is largely an overlooked phenomenon in psychology. Unlike physical...
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