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People who are attracted to another person tend to maintain eye contact longer than usual. When someone mirrors you, it subtly shows their desire to build a bond. When someone is attracted to another person, their voice often becomes softer and more modulated. Sometimes it can be obvious when someone...

3 Subtle Signs That Someone Finds You Attractive

Many men value their individuality as a sign of strength while it's actually a sign of emotional neglect. Having their emotions discouraged as children teaches men to hide and devalue feelings in general. Most emotionally neglected men are stand-up guys, but they lack the ability to properly connect emotionally. If...

5 Things You Should Know About Emotionally Neglected Men

Ask yourself whether you've tried unsuccessfully to keep the costs of dating from getting too high. Follow your dating trajectory and determine whether you are getting any closer to finding someone. Assess where you're stuck and whether you've exhausted other realistic adjustments to your dating approaches. Maybe a temporary break...

Should You Quit Dating? Ask Yourself These 3 Questions

Many people with mental illness struggle to keep it a secret from the world. Living behind a false facade is difficult, and it holds others at a distance. Coming out from behind a mask can be scary, but it’s the best way to find true acceptance. Back when I...

Behind the Mask of Mental Illness

Each day we make hundreds of decisions that all shape our reality, identity, and story. Too often we are oblivious to the feelings, thoughts, emotions, and sensations that drive our actions. Mindful decision-making requires pausing and following these 10 steps. Thinking back on the most pivotal moments in my life...

10 Steps to Making Decisions You’ll Never Regret

Minimizing your feelings or your partner's actions is a lie that can wreak havoc on a relationship. The belief that you can change your partner is a dangerous lie that sets both of you up for disappointment. "We don’t need to talk about that" is one of the most destructive...

The 4 Biggest Lies That Destroy Love

Extreme overvalued beliefs (EOBs) and not delusions are a key driver of most school and mass shootings. Neuroscientist Carl Wernicke first described overvalued ideas 125 years ago. Online subcultures provide an echo chamber for the nurturance of extreme overvalued beliefs. Threat assessment and management teams are essential. A concerning shift...

School Shooters: Recognizing Extreme Overvalued Beliefs

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

End-of-life experiences offer profound insights into how we can live more fully and meaningfully. Embracing presence, clear communication, and respecting wishes enhances the quality of care and life. These lessons are not just for those at the end of life; they are for every area and every stage of our...

5 Ways to Live Well Through the Dying Process

Intrusive thoughts in OCD can sometimes be misunderstood as hearing voices. Individuals with schizophrenia have an increased risk of OCD compared with those without. For some, there is some clinical overlap such as a voice instructing a person to engage in OCD rituals. "What does that mean?" "It means you...

Psychosis, OCD, and Questions of Reality

We’ve all been there—waking up in a cold sweat, with your heart pounding after a nightmare so vivid, that it’s hard to remember what’s real. Whether it’s frantically running from a faceless pursuer, falling from a great height, or being trapped in a room with no escape, these unsettling dreams can linger long after we’ve woken up.

2 Common Nightmares and Their Hidden Meanings

People worldwide are experiencing mental health problems due to the climate-ecosystem-biodiversity crisis. Many people try hard to return to previous conditions after climate impacts but will ultimately fail. We must help everyone learn how to engage in the transformational resilience cycle. Last month, I gave a talk to Connecting Climate...

In the Face of Climate Change, Resilience Alone Is Not Enough

Decode your assumptions about what others think. Recognize when someone is projecting their insecurities onto you. Move past the imagined reality. “We always see our unavowed mistakes in our opponent.”—Carl Jung. If you want to read someone’s mind, learn how to recognize projection. Anthony, a man in...

How to Be a Mind Reader

Some Disney stereotypes teach girls to look a certain way, while superheroes teach boys to act a certain way. More modern Disney movies are defying gendered body stereotypes for boys and girls. Snow White and Prince Charming don't have to be thrown away for kids to have capable role models.

Disney, Superheroes, and Stereotypes

"Not since the American Civil War has there been so much concern that American democracy is under threat.”. In 2022 Black and Asian Americans were most hopeful and white Americans most worried. While hope may have a soothing quality, it's not passive but motivating. In an August 2024 article for...

Hope by the Numbers Is 44

Constructionist theory says emotions are high-level cognitive constructs shaped by experience and culture. Other theories maintain that emotions have a more innate, hard-wired, and universal basis. Emotions might also be shaped by the brain’s predictive processes, rather than being purely reactive. This is Part 3 of a four-part series...

How Does the Brain Actually Produce Emotions?

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MORRISTOWN, NJ - Two members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in multiple shootings and other gang-related crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Gang Members Sentenced: 31 Years for Violent Crimes

Emotional intelligence is less a fad and more about what has always worked, acknowledging our feelings. Being aware of emotions and our responses to them can play a key role in relationships. Having a buddy can be critical in any relationship involving a mental illness. Realizing you are not alone...

Emotional Intelligence and Coping in Relationships

If we use busyness as a scapegoat for too many things, it will feel more pervasive than it actually is. Shifting from time-driven to value-driven decisions can help reduce our feelings of time poverty. Using value-driven decisions can increase our sense of autonomy and help us make more intentional decisions.

Feeling Too Busy? Try Asking Yourself This Question First

Pars pro toto is Latin for "a part (taken) for the whole." Severe personality disorders, such as borderline personality disorder, are marked by pars pro toto thinking. Effective treatment requires an understanding of this psychological process. Robert and Megan are newlyweds. One night, Megan tells Robert how lucky she is...

Pars Pro Toto Thinking and Borderline Personality Disorder

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10 “Functional” Family Tropes That Are Really Dysfunctional

Some familiar sayings are as accepted as religious injunctions, yet they gaslight and minimize bad behavior. The proverb \"blood is thicker than water\" actually means that...

Some familiar sayings are as accepted as religious injunctions, yet they gaslight and minimize bad behavior. The proverb "blood is thicker than water" actually means that...

10 “Functional” Family Tropes That Are Really Dysfunctional

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