mental-health
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One of the most common things I hear from people who eventually seek psychological support is some version of this: I didn’t think I was struggling enough to deserve help. They had been managing. Getting through the days. Functioning, by most external measures. But something was not right had not been right for a while…
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You have probably heard someone described as “resilient.” This person seems to bounce back from difficulty without missing a beat. Maybe you have wondered whether you have it, or whether it is something only certain people are born with. As a psychologist, I hear this question often. And the research has a more nuanced and…
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Most of the conversations we have in a day are not with other people. They happen silently, inside our minds. You might wake up thinking about everything you need to do. On your way to work, you replay something someone said yesterday. At night, you might question whether you handled a situation the right way.…