Psychology & Psychiatry
An excess of empathy can be bad for your mental health
Have you found yourself irritable, sad or close to tears when watching the news lately? If so, you are not alone.
Mar 14, 2022
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How to avoid 'toxic positivity' and take the less direct route to happiness
The term "toxic positivity" has received a good deal of attention lately. Coming off the back of the "positivity movement" we are beginning to recognize while feeling happy is a good thing, overemphasizing the importance ...
Nov 1, 2021
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'Toxic positivity': Why it is important to live with negative emotions
It is almost impossible to go on Facebook or Instagram without seeing quotes or comments accompanied with motivational words such as, "Look on the bright side," "Focus on the good things," or "Be positive."
Aug 31, 2021
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Q&A: Despite COVID-19 risks, older people experience higher emotional well-being than younger adults
Despite being most at risk of contracting COVID-19 and suffering health complications due to the virus, older adults reported feeling calm more often than younger people, and were less likely to report negative emotions like ...
Oct 28, 2020
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Fireworks can torment veterans and survivors of gun violence with PTSD
For some combat veterans, the Fourth of July is not a time to celebrate the independence of the country they love. Instead, the holiday is a terrifying ordeal. That's because the noise of fireworks—loud, sudden, and reminiscent ...
Jul 1, 2020
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What triggers nostalgia? Feelings of unhappiness, study finds
For years, research has shown that nostalgia is a primarily positive emotion that can lift people's spirits. But USC Dornsife psychologists have found the opposite may be true. Just like in Bruce Springsteen's nostalgic song ...
Apr 4, 2019
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Football coaches between victories, defeats and emotions
Football coaches who have their emotions under control are more successful. This has now been reported in the Sports journal by scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Goethe University in Frankfurt am ...
Nov 14, 2018
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The psychological impact of early life stress and parental separation
In recent months, more than 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their families at the United States/Mexico border. Questions about the policy, including how it affects the children's well-being, has led to a suspension ...
Jun 26, 2018
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Accentuate the positive to reduce risk of chronic disease
People who experience not just positive emotions but a diversity of positive emotions appear to have lower levels of systemic inflammation, which may reduce their risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, ...
Jun 22, 2017
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Feeling bad has academic benefits, research says
For some, the start of December marks the beginning of the most wonderful time of the year. But for most university students, the coming weeks mean final exams, mounting stress and negative moods.
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