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How to Resist Negative Social Contagion
Researchers have discovered that people are remarkably responsive to what other members of their social group are doing. “Social Contagion” is the term social psychologists use to describe the tendency...
Psychology Around the Net: February 23, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net has the latest on a new website providing professional and unbiased reviews of mental health apps and other digital tools, what optimists do differently...
Inability to Make Eye Contact: Autism or Social Anxiety?
My husband and I had a hilarious conversation this week where he asked me (mostly joking), “Do I have Autism?” I say that he was mostly joking because a little...
What’s Wrong with Me? It’s Not You
So we enter a time in our history where nothing matters, people are angry and the middle class is screwed. College and healthcare cost too much for the...
Is Your Partner Addicted to You?
At first, Jacqueline found her partner’s behavior endearing. He would send her multiple text messages during the day including during work, he randomly appeared when she was out to lunch...
Coping with Health Anxiety
Healthy human bodies produce all sorts of physical symptoms that might be uncomfortable, unexpected, and unwanted. With health anxiety there is a misinterpretation of discomfort and normal bodily sensations as...
Tips to Prevent and Recover from a Trying Day
“Be proactive not reactive, for an apparently insignificant issue ignored today can spawn tomorrow’s catastrophe.” – Ken Poirot Do you ever have one of those mornings where the battle against...
When the Chicks Begin to Leave the Nest: Thoughts on Empty Nesting and Motherhood
“Motherhood inextricably weaves growth and loss together from the moment of physical separation at birth to every milestone passed”.- Madeline Levine As his senior year began, I knew. I...
What to Do When You Think You’ve Gained Weight
You can feel it, and you’re devastated. Your once loose pants are tightening around your hips and thighs. Your jeans no longer fit as well as they used to (or...
Less Perfection, More Self-Care
Perfectionists suck at self-care. We’re much more concerned with goals and accomplishments than with our own wellbeing. Sometimes, we’re so busy that we don’t even realize that our drive...
Facebook and Mental Health: Social Anxiety
I was reluctant to join Facebook when the craze began. Sure, I was on MySpace in my 20s, which I used mainly for music, and I even had a LinkedIn...
How to Identify and Overcome Frustration
“I was an accomplice in my own frustration.” – Peter Shaffer While we may not recognize when we do it, or even admit to it when we know we do,...
Will Medicare Part D Pay for My Drugs?
Proposed changes to Medicare policy may leave some without coverage for the drugs that treat their mental illness. There’s still time to contact your senators before these changes are made....
Today I Love Week Ends
Today I love week ends and how much I look forward to celebrating another successful completion of that cycle of days. I love that my weekend starts at seven o’clock,...
When Cells Cry: Grief at a Cellular Level
I don’t like grief. I don’t like grief in almost the same way I don’t like death – because I don’t understand it. And when I don’t understand something, it...
Not My Choice
There’s a lot of trouble out there in this big old world, trouble surrounding ADHD. And the bulk of that trouble seems to center on people who have declared that...
God is in the Details?
I know, I know, it’s been awhile—way too long since my last blog. Too many distractions? Maybe just one, maybe two. Okay, I’ve been a little preoccupied with the details...
When Smiling Hurts: 10 Reasons People with Depression Feign Happiness
Depression, also known as major depressive disorder or clinical depression, is an all too common mood disorder. Individuals who suffer from depression experience ongoing persistent feelings of profound sadness and...
The Emotional Costs of Poor Planning
It’s often said that people with ADHD tend to have an impaired ability to plan ahead. This is, of course, absolutely correct. But it’s also a little clinical just to...
How to Get Big & Take Up Space, Emotionally Speaking
February is not a stretchy month. It’s cold all of the time, and we’re indoors alot, and things can start to feel a little cramped. With all this time to...
Women’s Social Support Tied to Mortality Risk
A new study found that women between the ages of 50 and 79 who believed they had good social support were less likely to die during the course of the...
Virtual Reality Holds Promise for Reducing Phobias in Autism
In a new pilot study, adults with autism showed real-life, functional improvements following a virtual reality (VR) treatment approach in which they were gradually exposed to their fears. The VR...
Study Tests Cost-Effective Approach for Treating Major Depression in Prison
Around 4 million prisoners are released each year, and 23 percent of these have suffered from major depressive disorder (MDD). Due to a general lack of funding for mental health...
Unhealthy Diet Linked to Poor Mental Health
A new study adds to the mounting evidence that an unhealthy diet is tied to poor mental health, regardless of personal characteristics such as gender, education, age, marital status and...
For Schizophrenia Patients, Some Drug Combos Work Better Than Others
Most patients with schizophrenia take more than one type of psychiatric medication for their symptoms, but a new study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry suggests that some combinations may...
Transcendental Meditation Can Ease PTSD Symptoms in College Students
A new South African study finds that after 3-1/2 months of practicing Transcendental Meditation (TM), a majority of the 34 college participants — all of whom had been clinically diagnosed with...
