How Helping the Environment Can Make You Feel Better

If youre feelingguilt,anxiety,sadness, andangerabout earth changes, you certainly arent alone. The answer isn’t to avoid the natural world. Rather, it is to go towards it. Kar-Tr / Getty Images Why Helping the Environment Is Important Climate changehas reached an unprecedented point of peril. Climate change isnt an individual issueit is a collective issue that impacts each of us. When we all do our part in helping theenvironment, we shift our earths health for the better....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Maria Marquez

How Herd Mentality Explains Our Behavior

What Are Examples of Herd Mentality? Herd mentality can be observed in both historical and hypothetical situations. Herd mentality can be attributed to several factors. dwphotos/iStock/Getty Images Plus This can result in conformity. The average person also has an innate longing to belong and fit in with group norms. This provides a sense of security and acceptance. Can Herd Mentality Be Good? In certain circumstances, herd mentality can have positive effects....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Joseph Richardson

How Hindsight Bias Affects How We View the Past

The results of an election, for example, often seem more obvious after the tallies have been counted. They say that hindsight is 20/20. In other words, things always seem more obvious and predictableafterthey have already happened. Sam Edwards / Caiaimage / Getty Images Inpsychology, this is what is referred to as thehindsight bias. This bias can have a major impact on not only your beliefs but also on your behaviors....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Amanda Carr

How Homelessness Impacts Mental Health

This isnt the case with the United States. I never imagined being kicked out, Pisani said. I felt hopeless, said Pisani. I had no idea where to go from there. In my experience, there is not a [single] diagnosis that is common among our veteran population. Homelessness is also prominent in America’s youth populations. An estimated 4.2 million youths and youth adults experience homelessness each year. Services need to include education, employment, health, and mental health....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Melissa Vasquez

How Hormones Play a Role in Social Anxiety

Hormone levels in your body can play a role in anxiety. Some of these hormones are not within your control, but others can be influenced by things like stress. Changing levels of the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone can affect your social anxiety. martin-dm / Getty Images Stress and sex hormones can also have a combined effect on anxiety. The combined effect of increased cortisol and lowered testosterone may make you more anxious....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Jay Shaffer

How Humanistic Psychology Can Help You Live a Better Life

Rather than concentrating on dysfunction, humanistic psychology strives to help people fulfill their potential and maximize their well-being. However, it is not necessary to think of these threeschools of thoughtas competing elements. Eachbranch of psychologyhas contributed to our understanding of the human mind and behavior. serts / Getty Images Humanistic psychology added yet another dimension that takes a moreholistic viewof the individual. Humanism places human values and dignity front and center....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Henry Parker

How Hyperfocus Affects People With ADHD

However, this is misleading because ADHD is actually a problem ofregulatingattention rather than a lack of attention. What Does Hyperfocus Look Like? You call them, but you get no answer. Hero Images / Getty Images You try calling louder, but you still get no answer. Luckily, this woman was able to get out of the house safely. (Her paper was probably extraordinarily well written, as well!) Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Crystal Bradley

How I Broke the "I Feel Ugly" Negative Self-Talk Cycle

Bye, bye Instagram Verywell Mind / Getty Images I remember the first time I felt ugly. I was barely eight years old eating dinner with my relatives, when my aunt commented on my arms. They’re chubby, she said. Verywell Mind / Getty Images It was just a few wordsa throwaway comment, reallybut they changed everything I thought about myself. Many of us havefelt uglyonce in our lives. But why do we feel this wayand how can we stop it?...

April 26, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Anna Fields

How I Found Meaning Outside of Caregiving My Loved One With Alzheimer's

Basically, herexecutive functioninghad deteriorated dramatically. And we were doing all this while securing her in-home care as quickly and economically as we could. I barely had time to eat or sleep, let alone consider things likeself-careor my own needs. Verywell Mind / Getty Images Think about it like putting your own oxygen mask on before helping someone else. You cant help others if youre struggling to help yourself. There isnt a one-size-fits-all solution....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Carlos Braun

How I Plan to Talk to My Kids About Suicide

Verywell / Madelyn Goodnight Care and Trigger Warning This article contains content about suicide. If reading this brings up uncomfortable feelings for you, you might speak confidentially with trained advocates for free. For more mental health resources, see ourNational Helpline Database. Verywell / Madelyn Goodnight Suicide is a very complicated topic and can be difficult to talk about, especially with our children. This concerning public health issue is on the rise....

April 26, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Richard Smith

How I Reframed the Way I Saw My Atopic Dermatitis

It also happens to be something Ive lived with for most of my life. And while the physical symptoms are frustrating enough, themental tollcan be just as difficult. As I got older, the flare-ups didnt disappearthey just relocated. Verywell Mind / Getty Images Two highly visible areas. Two sources of daily discomfort and constantself-consciousness. Im not alone in my embarrassment. There’s also a sense of isolation when they feel misunderstood or judged by others, says Berry....

April 26, 2025 · 4 min · 776 words · Sarah Malone

How I'm Keeping the Memory of My Mom Alive in the Face of Alzheimer's

Her humor was sharp and unforgiving. She was also an anxious driver, a picky under-eater, and a stickler for cleanliness. The woman who cared deeply about clothes now wears the same pilled sweatsuit days at a time. Verywell Mind / Getty Images Still, in some ways, my mother at 96 seems happier than she was in her younger days. Shes still interested in the news and still surprises me and my siblings often with witty responses....

April 26, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Tracey Jones

How Important Are Our Sexual Needs?

Verywell / Bailey Mariner Many people wonder how much sex they should be having. Justhow important is sex, anyway? Its risky to citestatisticson sexual satisfaction for a few reasons. Verywell / Bailey Mariner This is because much of the data is from self-reported information. We really arent 100% confident about the accuracy of the results. People actually wish to know if their relationship is healthy. They are wondering if they are enough for their partner or if their partner is enough for them....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Nicholas Bailey