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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoPsychology says people who keep adjusting their personality to suit the room aren't socially skilled - they're exhausted, and they've been exhausted since childhood - Silicon Canals
Constantly adapting one's personality can lead to exhaustion and loss of personal identity, rather than being a sign of social skill.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoPsychology says people who keep adjusting their personality to suit the room aren't socially skilled - they're exhausted, and they've been exhausted since childhood - Silicon Canals
Constantly adapting one's personality can lead to exhaustion and loss of personal identity, rather than being a sign of social skill.
#anxiety
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days agoGrandma's Snake Phobia: The Real Cause of Her Anxiety
Anxiety and phobias may indicate suppressed emotions that, when addressed, can lead to rapid relief from anxiety.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks agoAll Out Anxiety
Anxiety disorders affect 11% of children in the USA, impacting daily functioning and often leading to overestimation of danger.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoPsychology says people who stack plates and tidy up before leaving a restaurant aren't being polite - they're managing a deep anxiety about being perceived as the kind of person who leaves a mess, and the compulsion often traces back to a single childhood household rule they were never allowed to question - Silicon Canals
Compulsive tidying in public spaces often stems from childhood rules that create anxiety about how others perceive us.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPsychology says people who rehearse conversations in their head before making a phone call aren't anxious for no reason - at some point in their life, saying the wrong thing had real consequences, and now they edit every sentence before it leaves their mouth like a person who learned the hard way that words can't be taken back once they land on someone who keeps score - Silicon Canals
Mental rehearsals before phone calls stem from past negative experiences and can significantly impact communication behavior.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPsychology says people who set an alarm but always wake up five minutes before it goes off aren't light sleepers - they're people whose body never fully trusts that anything external will show up when it's supposed to, so their nervous system runs its own backup system just in case, and that five-minute head start on the day isn't a habit, it's a person who learned very early that depending on something outside yourself to wake you up is a risk their body isn't willing to take - Silicon Canals
The body wakes up before alarms due to a lack of trust in external cues, reflecting deeper psychological patterns of self-reliance.
#nervous-system
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoPsychology suggests people who dislike surprises, even good ones, are running a system that values safety over delight - not because they don't want to feel joy but because joy that arrives without warning feels almost identical to danger in a body that was trained to treat the two as the same thing - Silicon Canals
Unexpected surprises can trigger a fight-or-flight response due to a nervous system trained to perceive unpredictability as a threat.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoI used to think I was bad at relaxing until I realized I was actually excellent at scanning for what might go wrong next, and those two things cannot occupy the same body at the same time. - Silicon Canals
Relaxation failure stems from continuous threat assessment in the nervous system, not lack of discipline; the body cannot simultaneously scan for danger and rest due to competing neurological states.
fromInsideHook
2 months agoExperts Emphasize a Focus on Stress, Not Cortisol Levels
There's a difference between trying to reduce your overall stress and looking to specifically control levels of cortisol, however. As Devi Shastri reports for the Associated Press, a number of medical experts have argued that, although there are certain parts of the body that people should be concerned about, cortisol is not one of them. As with many things involving medicine and the human body, medical professionals have advocated for being able to get an expert's opinion.
Health
Mental health
fromScary Mommy
1 month agoHere's Why Your Brain Hits "GO" On Every Anxious Thought Right When You Want To Sleep
Nighttime anxiety spikes are normal and caused by factors like blood sugar dysregulation, reduced distractions, and the brain's protective mechanisms becoming hyperactive in darkness and quiet.
fromPsychology Today
2 months agoWhen Tragic Stories in the News Trigger Health Anxiety
Tunnel vision happens when your mind zooms in on a single "threat cue" and filters out everything else. In this case, the threat cue might be: "He was young." "It was cancer." "It seemed sudden." "He probably didn't see it coming." Your mind grabs onto these details and begins building a narrative: "Cancer is everywhere." "People are dying young all the time." "It's inevitable that I'll get something serious." "If I do get sick, there will be nothing I can do."
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months agoAvoidance Is Not Always About Triggers
Many people going through grief, infertility, loss, or prolonged stress find themselves quietly withdrawing from family gatherings, holidays, baby showers, weddings, and even casual get-togethers. Often, this is explained in terms of not wanting to get triggered. That explanation is valid. Triggers are real, and the emotional pain can be sharp, sudden, and last for hours. Framed this way, stepping back can feel like a very good form of self-care.
Mental health
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoWhy Do I Worry?
Worry is future-focused mental rehearsal that distracts from deeper emotions, harms physical and emotional health, persists through perceived protection and habit, and requires compassionate awareness and boundaries to transform into growth.
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