Source: James St. John, Flickr, CC 2.0 Psychology Today's editors select a small percentage of its articles as Essential Reads. Five years ago, I reviewed many to identify some particularly useful nuggets. It seems time for a current version. So, from among the latest 200 Essential Reads, here are excerpts with particularly useful takeaways. For most, I add a comment. From Bella De Paolo’s post, Why You Want to Be Alone and Why That Matters For some people who choose to be alone, there is no reason at all to be concerned. People who choose to be alone for positive reasons (enjoying the quiet and the privacy; getting in touch with your feelings; doing things you love) seem to be at no special risk for feeling lonely or anxious. Instead, people who choose to be alone for positive reasons may be more likely to enjoy greater self-acceptance and personal growth. MN: That post and DePaolo’s extensive other writings on singlehood are a vital antidote to the … [Read more...] about Nuggets from Psychology Today’s 200 Latest “Essential Reads”
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Weekly Horoscope: 13 October To 19 October
Home Astrology Horoscope Horoscope oi-Lekhaka By Lekhaka on October 14, 2019 Read your weekly horoscope to get information related to your whole week and make it special. Let us know what is in store for you this week. Aries: 21 March - 19 April This week will be very auspicious for the Aries. You will get many opportunities to have fun with friends and family. This week will bring many positive changes in your personal and professional life. Something religious would be organized in your house and there will be happiness and peace. On the other hand, love will increase among the family members. During this time, you can earn good money and you will also be able to save. On the work front, this time will be full of ups and downs. You will perform well in the office; however there will be some cases in which you will not be able to get the support of your superiors, which may disappoint you. You have to think carefully and make your financial decisions so that you can … [Read more...] about Weekly Horoscope: 13 October To 19 October
Climate Grief
When we think of grief, we tend to think about the loss of a loved one. There are, however, many other losses that we grieve. In general, we grieve those things that impact us and alter our lives in some important way. It can be anything from the closing of a favorite restaurant to receiving a promotion and needing to move away from family, friends and our comfortable routine. On the surface, it may not seem to be significant to others, but for us it is an emotional loss. When we grieve something that others do not recognize as being worthy of grief, it is called disenfranchised grief. Solastalgia is the term used to describe the emotional and existential distress caused by climate and ecological change and appears to be the biggest source of disenfranchised grief around the world.[1] Today, the number of people experiencing climate and ecological grief is increasing. However, because there are those in the community and in politics who do not see climate change … [Read more...] about Climate Grief
The ‘A’ Word
Work done by Jerome Schultz, Ph.D. suggests that when people who have ADHD (in his case, children) and who don’t understand the label ‘ADHD’ take on the negative stereotypes often associated with the condition rather than see themselves as a greater 'whole.' This isn’t a huge surprise. All you have to do is stand around for a while in a school hallway before you hear “Oh, that’s so ADD!” It’s not a compliment. Adults with ADHD know this all too well – they’ve lived it. For years people told them they were inadequate, ought to try harder, never learned, or were stupid (because they didn’t test well or had problems with memory)…this list goes on and on. Sadly, many of them believed it because they didn’t have another explanation. Take ‘stupid’ – a child with ADHD might be exceptionally smart yet test poorly because s/he reads slowly (a common issue … [Read more...] about The ‘A’ Word
Feelings Of Abandonment Versus An “I-Thou” Relationship
Fundamental to some personality disorders is the feeling of being abandoned. A child - aware of processes going on in the mind, and thus, of existing - has great need that its sense of existing to be echoed back - as psychologists say - “mirrored” back, to the child. Not only does the child need its being aware of itself to be mirrored back, the child needs the caregiver to mirror back - according to British psychoanalyst and theoretician Peter Fonagy - a recognizable version of the child’s sense of itself. Things can go terribly wrong when the child's caregiver does not reflect (mirror) the child’s self back to the child in a recognizable way. In today’s New York Times, columnist David Brooks commented on the kind of relationship Jewish theologian Martin Buber regarded as vital for humans, if humans are to indeed be human: the “I-Thou” way of relating, rather than an “I-It” way of … [Read more...] about Feelings Of Abandonment Versus An “I-Thou” Relationship