Dragon Images/Adobe Stock A few years ago, our daughter went through a period of intense anxiety and panic. It was often at its worst in the morning, and she would beg us…
Autistic Anxiety and Mindstorms |
It’s generally accepted that elevated levels of anxiety as well as anxiety disorders are common in autism. This makes sense. Living in a world that is mostly catered to neurotypical people coupled…
What if the Person You Need to Set Boundaries With Is Yourself?
Source: RomanSamborskyi_Shutterstock A lady used to tell me the worst things. She would shout my fears as I tried to enjoy myself with friends. She’d order me to go buy another dress…
Why Are My Adult Children Refusing to See Me?
Middle aged son and daughter express anger at their 65 year old divorcing mother. Couples 50 and older in the U.S. and abroad continue to divorce in record-setting numbers. In the U.S.,…
5 Steps for Overcoming the Indecisive Mindset
Indecisiveness is caused by a fear of uncertainty and a wish to know the unknowable. Because decision outcomes are not guaranteed, an indecisive person will make negative predictions and underestimate their ability…
How to See Your Feelings More Clearly
This post is by David Preece, Ph.D., edited by James Gross, Ph.D. How are you feeling right now? You might find this question easy to answer, almost impossible to answer, or somewhere…
Bringing Existential Depth to Our Relationship With Caffeine
This post is part two of a series (to read Part 1, click here). “For most of us, to be caffeinated to one degree or another has simply become baseline human consciousness…it’s…
How to Approach 2024 if Heavy-Hearted or Grief-Stricken
We’re a month into 2024, and predictably, my social media feed is full of the typical New Year’s resolutions and goals, like weight loss, landing a new job, writing a book, or…
Unpacking Emotional Baggage: Adverse Childhood Experiences
Valday/Pixabay If you’re on the Psychology Today website, you probably have an interest in psychology and self-improvement. There are various reasons for this interest, but for some, it may be to try…
When Self-Care Backfires |
You have a busy work and/or family life and may find yourself trying to balance it out with a long list of self-care tasks: running, practicing yoga, meditating, journaling, reading, going to…