Amygdala Hijack: Living With The Proverbial Horror Film Jump Scare
Reading Time: 8 minutesAn amygdala hijack can be like living in a constant horror movie jump scare, except its triggers aren’t life or death. So what do we do?
What is…
Welcome to the What Is… archive. If you’ve clicked this tag, then you’re interested in quickly finding all the articles that are related to this topic. If so, then you’re in the right place.
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Spooky Insights And Well-being Advice Gained From Horror Movies
Reading Time: 7 minutesHorror movies are a source of entertainment for a lot of us, but did you know there are life lessons that can be learned from them?
The Purge: Mastering Purge Emotional Writing To Calm The Storm
Reading Time: 4 minutesPurge emotional writing makes for a great quasi-journaling activity to manage and even banish difficult emotions and thoughts. Here’s why
How To Become Friends With The Monster Inside My Head?
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe monster that lives in our head can be intrusive and unwanted, but it doesn’t mean to be. It is just going about helping in the wrong way
Safety Behaviours: The Short-Term Relief That Prolongs The Pain
Reading Time: 12 minutesSafety behaviours are the habits that appear to help us manage our anxiety, but what if they didn’t? What if they prolonged our recovery?
Philophobia: What Does It Mean To Fear Love?
Reading Time: 12 minutesPhilophobia, the fear of love, neatly explains an area of human existence not covered by already established labels and phobias. Here’s why
Man Up: How To Overcome This Unhealthy Male Worldview
Reading Time: 15 minutesSticks and stones may break our bones, but words can stay with us forever, and that’s why phrases like “man up” are a problem. Here’s why
85% Rule: Why Giving 85% Effort Yields 100% Better Results
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe gold standard is the 85% rule, for work and for life. It’s time the idea of 110% is consigned to the bin of nonsense sayings. Here’s why
Complex PTSD (cPTSD) Explained: Everything You Need to Know
Reading Time: 7 minutesTrauma comes in many shapes and sizes, and one of those types is cPTSD, not to be confused with PTSD, which is a different kettle of fish
Beck’s Cognitive Triad Of Depression And How To Overcome It
Reading Time: 7 minutesBeck’s cognitive triad is one of the earliest models designed to understand depression and help us overcome it. Here’s why it’s still relevant