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New Study on Improvisation and Stress Reduction

Public speaking can be stressful. A new study measures how improvisation may be able to help with stress reduction.

Public speaking can be stressful. A new study measures how improvisation may be able to help with stress reduction.

The Incel Ideology

Incels and their means of thinking are not new. At their core, they struggle with "thinking errors" or cognitive distortions.

Incels and their means of thinking are not new. At their core, they struggle with "thinking errors" or cognitive distortions.

12 Powerful Ways to Help Overcome Social Anxiety

Social anxiety disorder is often misunderstood, and many people could be suffering in silence. It’s much more than feeling shy and not wanting to speak up in big groups.

Social anxiety disorder is often misunderstood, and many people could be suffering in silence. It’s much more than feeling shy and not wanting to speak up in big groups.

Dear Anxiety, Please Drench My Armpits

We need to employ this absurd approach with Anxiety: to tell it what it doesn’t expect to hear. Ask for more worries, more symptoms, more discomfort… and we want it now!

We need to employ this absurd approach with Anxiety: to tell it what it doesn’t expect to hear. Ask for more worries, more symptoms, more discomfort… and we want it now!

Living a Quiet Life

Are you worried your introverted children may struggle in our extroverted world? These tips can help.

Are you worried your introverted children may struggle in our extroverted world? These tips can help.

Self-Harming: We All Do It

When stress becomes overwhelming, acts of self-harm may tip into self-injury.

When stress becomes overwhelming, acts of self-harm may tip into self-injury.

Is Social Anxiety Really an Empathy-Based Superpower?

New research shows that socially anxious people have more empathic accuracy, but this does not translate into better social performance.

New research shows that socially anxious people have more empathic accuracy, but this does not translate into better social performance.

How Introverts Can Survive and Thrive on Zoom

For introverts, Zoom social events present a unique opportunity to bond in a safe, comfortable space. The key is choosing "friends" carefully.

For introverts, Zoom social events present a unique opportunity to bond in a safe, comfortable space. The key is choosing "friends" carefully.

How We Can Predict a Kid's Future

Research has confirmed what parents knew: Kids really are "born that way."

Research has confirmed what parents knew: Kids really are "born that way."

The Happiness Myth

Every year, more books on happiness are published, and every year, more people go deeper into depression.

Every year, more books on happiness are published, and every year, more people go deeper into depression.

The Pick-Up Community and Young Men’s Mental Health

Why do young men join the seduction community? And what impact does involvement have on their mental health and psychosocial well-being?

Why do young men join the seduction community? And what impact does involvement have on their mental health and psychosocial well-being?

It’s Easier to Beat Social Anxiety Than You Think

In most social situations, we pick up signals that we are physically safe. But we don’t receive signals that we are emotionally safe. What can we do?

In most social situations, we pick up signals that we are physically safe. But we don’t receive signals that we are emotionally safe. What can we do?

How SAD Happens: The Development of Social Anxiety Disorder

When our adaptive concern with negative social judgment becomes so extreme as to hinder our ability to function, the psychological adaptation may become a disorder.

When our adaptive concern with negative social judgment becomes so extreme as to hinder our ability to function, the psychological adaptation may become a disorder.

Maybe Prejudice Starts With That Shyness We Feel at Parties

Having language, humans are overwhelmed with possibilities and the fear of missing out. Prejudice is a way of denying the overwhelm. Here are two ways to help us all feel safer.

Having language, humans are overwhelmed with possibilities and the fear of missing out. Prejudice is a way of denying the overwhelm. Here are two ways to help us all feel safer.

The Improv Anxiety Treatment?

Is theatrical improvisation an effective anxiety treatment? New research is beginning to say yes.

Is theatrical improvisation an effective anxiety treatment? New research is beginning to say yes.

Sharing Your Bed

Do you find sharing your bed with family member, friend, or lover a friendly act or an invasion of your privacy?

Do you find sharing your bed with family member, friend, or lover a friendly act or an invasion of your privacy?

What Makes Children Shy?

What makes a child shy or outgoing? Is shyness something that we’re born with, or is it something we develop over time? Here's what research can tell us.

What makes a child shy or outgoing? Is shyness something that we’re born with, or is it something we develop over time? Here's what research can tell us.

Have You Ever Felt Like a Misfit?

Growing up, did you ever feel like you couldn’t relate very well to your peers? That they kept their distance from you? If so, how do you think this affected your self-esteem?

Growing up, did you ever feel like you couldn’t relate very well to your peers? That they kept their distance from you? If so, how do you think this affected your self-esteem?

Back-to-School-Blues

When you’re a kid, and summer vacation is ending, the last thing you want to see is TV ads of parents shopping for back-to-school supplies to the merry tunes of Christmas.

When you’re a kid, and summer vacation is ending, the last thing you want to see is TV ads of parents shopping for back-to-school supplies to the merry tunes of Christmas.

5 Tips To Support Children Who Avoid School

Do your children struggle with social anxiety? Understanding common triggers can help them cope.

Do your children struggle with social anxiety? Understanding common triggers can help them cope.

Peak Performance for Anxiety Sufferers

High anxiety twists how we see things, making us feel inferior and underestimate ourselves. New research helps us realize that we aren't as bad as we sometimes think we might be.

High anxiety twists how we see things, making us feel inferior and underestimate ourselves. New research helps us realize that we aren't as bad as we sometimes think we might be.

Lonely Children Are Hungry for Connections

Children’s faulty thinking can start a negative cycle of social withdrawal. The good news is that they are biologically motivated to find friends.

Children’s faulty thinking can start a negative cycle of social withdrawal. The good news is that they are biologically motivated to find friends.

When Praise Is a Problem

Most people enjoy receiving praise, and times when they’ve been complimented stand out in their minds. New research shows the difficulties for people with social anxiety disorder.

Most people enjoy receiving praise, and times when they’ve been complimented stand out in their minds. New research shows the difficulties for people with social anxiety disorder.

Well If You Put It That Way!

Being uncomfortable with our aggression can lead to justifying inaction even when we need to address a difficult situation

Being uncomfortable with our aggression can lead to justifying inaction even when we need to address a difficult situation