You Do not Have to Participate in the Drama People Create

This article centers around a saying: “Just because someone invites you to a drama doesn’t mean you have to attend.” This is not a common saying, but maybe it should be. At the very least, it is a sound piece of advice that most of us could benefit by remembering, especially those of us who…

The Problem with Narcissistic Parents

Stress in America recently performed a study and the results showed that the Millennial Generation (currently aged 18-33) report the highest amounts of stress out of any generation. This could be for a wide variety of reasons, including our society’s current focus on multitasking, the hard economy, or maybe just increased competition to be the…

How to Overcome Perfectionism

While perfectionism may be a trait that it is easy to admire, particularly in a culture where the media regularly uses technology to erase imperfections from photos and sound, people who are perfectionists know how difficult it can be. Not how difficult it is to be “perfect,” no; they know how difficult it is to…

Stress Health Effects: 10 Scary Things It’s Doing to Your Body

Constant stress, meaning constant pressure that leads to feelings of anxiousness and being overwhelmed, can have dangerous effects on a person’s health. If the thought of having a peaceful mind isn’t enough incentive to de-stress, consider some of the negative affects that allowing stress to build can have. For instance, animal studies at Wake Forest…

Healthy Intimate Relationships Begin with Positive Parenting

According to a study at the University of California, Davis, performed by April S. Masarik, the success and satisfaction of adult relationships can be determined before a person reaches adulthood. Children who grow up with warm and supportive relationships are more likely to have positive relationships as an adult. The study followed 265 children into…

Taking Control of Your Happiness by Debunking Misconceptions About What Happiness Is

Although positive psychology, or a psychological focus on the effects of being positive, has grown a lot in the last few decades, society still brings a lot of pressure to the individual on what it means to be happy. Climbing the corporate ladder, making a lot of money, and having a lot of things are…

Why Waiting to Change Your Life Can Be Dangerous

This is a cautionary article about becoming too complacent with our lives as we make plans for what we want to do in the future without putting those plans into effect. There are many reasons this tends to happen: fear, embarrassment, self-doubt. But the idea that this article’s writer, as well as many others, unfortunately…

If At First You Don’t Succeed—It May Be Time to Quit

Psychologist Margaret Wehrenberg writes that the biggest mistakes she’s made in her life involved struggling to make something work despite all evidence that it wasn’t going to happen. Things in the vein that others may relate to include staying at an intolerable or poor job hoping for a raise from a boss you know won’t…

Motor and Cognitive Difficulties Found in Suicide Attempters

Depression carries symptoms of both cognitive impairment and executive dysfunction. This means that people who are depressed often have a hard time thinking clearly, making decisions, and even remembering things. Elevated dysfunction increases the risk of suicidal behavior. This has been known for a while, but it wasn’t until recently that studies began to compare…