#social-identity
#social-identity
[ follow ]
#misinformation #community #social-anxiety #authenticity #identity-complexity #social-media #resilience
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoThere's a version of loneliness that belongs to people who moved far from where they grew up and built a beautiful life somewhere new, only to realize that nobody in their current world knew who they were before. And sometimes being fully known matters more than being fully comfortable. - Silicon Canals
Loneliness can stem from not being known, even in social environments full of warmth and connection.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoNobody talks about the specific loneliness of being in your mid-thirties with no children - not childless by tragedy or by choice but by the slow accumulation of "not yet" until one day you realize the question shifted from "when" to "if" and nobody warned you there wouldn't be a moment where it officially changed, it just drifted - Silicon Canals
Delayed parenthood decisions create an invisible social divide where childless adults in their mid-thirties experience gradual drift from peers and struggle with belonging in either parent or non-parent communities.
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks agoThe Dangers of Over-Identifying With Your Job
Work-based identities can provide a strong sense of purpose. Such identities give a sense of uniqueness and yet simultaneously belonging-uniqueness from those outside our profession but belonging with those within it. We may enjoy a sense of community among those in the same profession and feel we are a part of something larger than ourselves.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago9 social situations that become unbearable after retirement that no one talks about because admitting it feels like admitting failure - Silicon Canals
Retirement is supposed to be the golden years, the reward for decades of hard work. Yet for many retirees, social situations that once felt natural suddenly become sources of deep discomfort and anxiety. I've watched this happen with my own father after he left the corporate world. The man who once navigated office politics with confidence suddenly seemed lost at neighborhood gatherings, struggling to answer the simple question "So, what do you do?"
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoThe psychology of status symbols: 7 choices that reveal more than you probably think - Silicon Canals
You know that split-second pause when someone asks what you do for a living at a party? That momentary calculation where you decide whether to say "I'm a writer" or "I work in content creation" or maybe throw in something about "behavioral analysis"? I've been there more times than I can count, and it got me thinking about all the tiny choices we make that secretly broadcast who we are, or who we want people to think we are.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
5 months agoRacism Is Not Innate
Sadly, there are signs that racism is increasing across the world. Research from Europe and Australia in recent years has found a rise in the number of people experiencing racism. Reports from the U.S. and U.K. have indicated that most ethnic minority participants felt racism was getting worse. And a global study has found rising incidents of discrimination. Animosity toward those who appear different to us seems easy to arouse, especially in times of hardship and upheaval.
Social justice
fromMedievalists.net
5 months agoBaptism and Belonging: How Identity Was Shaped in Medieval Europe - Medievalists.net
In medieval Europe, baptism was more than a rite of passage; it marked the beginning of spiritual life and affirmed one's place within the community. Baptism was the first milestone to enlightenment and the first stage to be overcome for the populace. It was the sacrament that not only welcomed an individual into the Christian life and the life of the Church, but also admitted them into the local community;
History
[ Load more ]