Being gaslit can be a traumatizing experience. Here’s how to build your resilience moving forward. Experiencing gaslighting from a loved one or a stranger can be a traumatizing experience. If it happens often enough, your confidence, memory, mental health, and emotional well-being can quickly become eroded. Psychology Today defines...

Here Are 6 Ways To Build Your Resilience After Experiencing Gaslighting

At Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, a study was conducted to determine if students' clothing could indicate their area of study. If it were possible to recognize a course by its clothing, we could say that cultures have developed around clothing. We photographed students from four different study programs. We then presented these photos to other students (290 people). They were then asked for their opinion as to which course the people in the photos belonged to. This approach is simpler than classifying clothing by counting how often certain types of trainers are worn, for example. The students were asked to identify whether they were studying chemistry, biology, economics, or law.

Student Dressing Habits: The Influence of Super Weak Ties

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Discover how frequent criticism can manifest as traits in adulthood.

People Who Felt Constantly Criticized as Children Usually Develop These 13 Traits as Adults, Psychologists Say

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Help sometimes can be costly for the recipient. Approach helping as a humble inquiry. Realize what can seem like a simple interaction at first glance can be quite complex. It is not unusual to be with friends, family, co-workers, or even strangers and need to decide whether to offer or give help. Should you pick up a person’s dropped item, call a neighbor whose garage door is open, or let a co-worker know they have misspelled words in their document?

How and When to Offer Help

While compromises can help us move beyond a problem, they also involve sacrifices. Accommodating and sacrificing may contribute to anxiety and depression. Rather than come to a compromise, it may be helpful to jointly create a solution. Couples are often encouraged to compromise when trying to resolve their differences. This...

Don’t Compromise, Create Solutions With Your Partner

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Millennials wanted to be better parents. So why are their kids little monsters?

Millennials have a favorite parenting style. It isn't working.

Emotions are bodily signals, like pain or hunger, alerting you to what's important in your life. Emotional responses are directly linked to values. Decoding emotions and identifying the values they're pointing towards provides guidance. Taking steps towards living those values increases your sense of balance and well-being. “You just need...

It’s Not Enough to Feel Your Feelings

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People have different levels of maturity. An individual’s age or upbringing can make them possess certain traits. Yet, most people believe that one matures as they grow old. On the contrary, some zodiac signs appear childish in old age. They are jumpy and careless. This strains their relationships with signs who misunderstand them. Air and fire signs are temperamental and some people refer to them as being childish. How can you identify an immature sign?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Immature

Mom rage is an overwhelming surge of anger often triggered by small things. It typically stems from unmet needs and deeper emotions like sadness or frustration. Addressing your needs and recognizing your triggers can help you make a plan to reduce outbursts. Use these 6 actionable steps to create a...

6 Steps to Tame Mom Rage

Parents are confronted with an array of expectations when it comes down to communicating with their children, especially when it relates to discipline. It’s needless to say that most parents try to be balanced in their discipline. There’s so much information to take in and judgment on different parenting...

How Young Is Too Young to Firmly Discipline a Child? TikTok Parents Weigh In

Staying friends after a breakup may seem like a good idea and is often floated as a way to lessen the blow. However, actually cultivating a friendship with an ex might not be healthy or desirable. Unresolved feelings, new romantic partners, and the ugliness of the breakup are all factors...

Signs That Exes Can't Be Friends—And Signs That They Can

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Communication in relationships isn’t just about words; it's also about the unspoken messages conveyed through body language. While on a cross country road trip with my mom, we met a seemingly pleasant couple during breakfast. He was an American and she was French. They were here to visit his family and hometown.

Decoding Signs of Unhappiness in Couples' Body Language

Future faking is a tactic whereby people lure you into thinking they are planning a wonderful future with you. Future faking can be a form of love bombing on steroids. The main objective of future fakers is to use the promise of a future to get things from you in the present.

How Future Faking Can Be Used to Manipulate You

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The mother of a Denver homeless man told the City Council Monday that city-sponsored services have failed her son. Barbara Hallick Yeomans made her remarks during public comment period of the City Council meeting. She said her son grapples with substance abuse and mental illness and repeatedly has been harassed by police. She said her son also suffered verbal abuse by a guard in the Denver County Jail. Yeomans said she heard the guard harassing her son over the phone.

Mother says Denver homeless services have failed her son

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Medically reviewed by Dakari Quimby, PhDMedically reviewed by Dakari Quimby, PhDEveryone deals with stressors in life, but each person responds to difficult situations differently. The way you manage life stressors is known as a coping mechanism.There are two main types of coping mechanisms: adaptive and maladaptive. Generally, adaptive coping mechanisms tend to include healthier ways of coping, while maladaptive coping mechanisms are usually less healthy and sometimes self-destructive.Why Do People Need Coping Mechanisms?Coping mechanisms are a natural reaction to stressful situations. When stress occurs, your fight-or-flight system becomes activated, which causes you to feel on edge and alert. This response...

How To Cope With Difficult Situations in a Healthy Way

Strong minded kids are better prepared to handle the challenges of the world. To teach your kids how to be mentally strong, look for opportunities to teach problem solving, encourage positive self talk, promote emotional awareness, model resilience, and foster independence. Looking for opportunities to start small and building from there is best.

How To Teach Kids to Be Mentally Tough

I recently had the pleasure of hanging out with several older couples at a friend’s anniversary party for her grandparents and we had a great conversation about what it takes to build and maintain a successful relationship over the years. Why do some couples stay together forever while some can only last a few years or less? No one has all the answers but I learned some great secrets from couples who had been married for decades. Here’s the basic secrets behind every successful relationship.

11 Secrets Of Successful Relationships

Do you know what job stress is? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, job stress happens when the job requirements don’t align with the worker’s needs, capabilities, or resources. So, job stress doesn’t refer to normal stress that might come with facing a challenge. It...

5 of the Most Stressful Jobs

Does silence hang heavy in the air where laughter used to be? Has your once-talkative partner become withdrawn, leaving you confused and hurt? You’re not alone. Many women face the challenge of experiencing a relationship with an unhappy man. But before you throw in the towel, take a deep...

9 Practical Tips to Help an Unhappy Man in a Relationship

Mental health workers are helping displaced children worldwide who are traumatized and experiencing PTSD. It's important to help children build resilience and to see adults demonstrate fairness and flexibility. Fostering individual and community resilience lays a foundation for sustainable recovery. Scenes of damaged buildings and infrastructure stream from conflicts in...

Finding a Safe Space for the Displaced

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Three Characteristics of Resilient People

Some parents think that raising their children to be resilient means trying to instill confidence in them. They think that the way to do this is...

Three Characteristics of Resilient People

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