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fromPsychology Today
14 minutes agoHow to Find Happiness After Gray Divorce
Emotional pain can lead to loneliness, but investing in friendships enhances happiness and emotional well-being.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPsychology says adult children don't grieve their aging parents all at once - they grieve them in a thousand tiny deaths, like the first time your mother forgets she told you the same story twice, or the afternoon you notice your father's hands shaking when he signs his name - Silicon Canals
Anticipatory grief involves mourning the gradual changes in living parents, representing incremental losses rather than just preparing for death.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPsychology says adult children don't grieve their aging parents all at once - they grieve them in a thousand tiny deaths, like the first time your mother forgets she told you the same story twice, or the afternoon you notice your father's hands shaking when he signs his name - Silicon Canals
Anticipatory grief involves mourning the gradual changes in living parents, representing incremental losses rather than just preparing for death.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
4 weeks agoPsychology says the reason aging people feel like they don't matter isn't about what they've lost - it's that society defines mattering as productivity and visibility, and the moment you step outside those narrow roles, your value becomes invisible even to people who love you - Silicon Canals
Retirement and aging can lead to feelings of invisibility and worthlessness due to society's narrow definitions of productivity.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychologists explain that the reason some people can forgive enormous betrayals but struggle to forgive small slights is that small slights feel chosen. The big wounds can be blamed on circumstance, but someone choosing not to save you a seat reveals exactly where you stand - Silicon Canals
Small social slights often cause more emotional pain than major betrayals because they send unambiguous signals about social exclusion without mitigating context.
fromPortland Mercury
3 months agoPlanning a break is such a tricky thing
Last night I had a dream and you were in it, and I was in it with you. I was doing the packing I never did. Not sure how it started, that's how dreams go. But I was nervous that you might show up. Just like you were nervous I'd be there. Eventually you did show up, but your head was buzzed and dyed orange.
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months agoShould friendship really be a one strike and you're out' deal?
I consider them all my best friends even though I have friends in my life that I see more regularly, she wrote, adding that she felt foolish, childish, to be so upset, especially given her vintage.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
8 months agoThe Hidden Language of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders often look like they're about discipline or willpower, weight loss or weight gain, control or chaos. That's precisely how diet culture wants us to see them. But underneath, they're about pain, about regulation, about protection.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
9 months agoThe Pain of Unbelonging: Why Workplace Bullying Hurts
The need for connection is evolutionary. Traveling in packs offered physical protection and emotional support. Ostracism threatens belonging more clearly and more strongly than other unpleasant social responses.
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