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Understanding How Your Mind Tricks You
Read more: Understanding How Your Mind Tricks You“Just think positive.” If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety or depression, you’ve probably heard this well-meaning but frustrating advice. Changing negative thought patterns isn’t about forcing fake positivity—it’s about learning to think more accurately and realistically. This is where Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) comes in. CBT is one of several evidence-based therapeutic approaches shown to…
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Managing News-Related Stress and Anxiety
Read more: Managing News-Related Stress and AnxietyIf you check news apps and political socials throughout the day and end up feeling worse for it, you’re not alone. As a doomscroller, you likely know well how 24/7 connectedness can undermine mental health. Understanding why this happens and learning some practical strategies can help you try to stay informed without sacrificing your well-being.…
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Mental Health Strategies for Times of Crisis
Read more: Mental Health Strategies for Times of CrisisOur brains aren’t designed for the constant stream of stress that modern crises deliver. Understanding how our minds respond to uncertainty and having concrete strategies ready can make the difference between surviving and thriving when everything feels chaotic.
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Volunteering Helps
Read more: Volunteering HelpsYes, of course, volunteering is about giving back. But volunteering also makes the volunteer feel good. And not just temporarily. Research shows that engaging in volunteer activities can reduce stress, improve mood, and even improve brain health. Lowers Stress and AnxietyA study published in BMC Public Health found that volunteering is linked to lower stress…
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Solitude
Read more: SolitudeHere’s the Atlantic on the impact of our solitary and/or siloed lives–The Anti-Social Century. Gist: We’re increasingly at home and/on screens and it’s not helping anyone’s mental health. If two of the 20th century’s iconic technologies, the automobile and the television, initiated the rise of American aloneness, the 21st century’s most notorious piece of hardware has…