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How Can Solitude and Isolation Affect Your Social Skills
Following the pandemic, people are spending more time at home. Despite the world opening its doors, the COVID-19 crisis has left its mark. With remote working on the rise and a decrease in face-to-face social interactions, how can solitude and isolation after your social skills?
How To Calm Anxiety at Night
When you lie down at night, it should be the time when you shut your eyes and blissfully go to sleep. Unfortunately, our brains often have another idea. After a busy day, your brain finally has some time to process all those worries and anxious thoughts it didn’t get time to focus on during the day. One of the most common times to experience anxiety is at night.
Mental Health Effects of Living in a City
Large cities tend to have a lot of concrete and higher crime rates. They are fast-paced and busy, and everyone is trying to get somewhere quickly. Many people tend to think of living in a city as having a detrimental effect on mental health. It’s easy to view living in a city as either good or bad, but it’s more complicated than that. The relationship between mental health and living in a city is complex.
Going on a First Date 101
First date jitters are real. While dating should be fun, it’s also stressful at times. When you’re focusing on impressing each other and being the best version of yourself, it’s a lot of pressure.
How to Talk About Recommending Therapy in a Relationship
Relationships are not perfect. No matter how perfect they appear on social media, it’s normal to have some conflict. You can be crazy about someone and still have things you’re working on together.
Money Conversations: How to Talk About Finances with Your Partner
Do you have any debt? Do you contribute to your 401(k)? These are not common first date questions. For most, it doesn’t feel natural to talk about your finances. As you get to know someone, you talk about your interests, values, likes, and dislikes, but the money talk feels like another level.
Exercise Effects on Mental Health
From a young age, you hear that exercise is good for you. It’s not a secret. But as you get older, work, family, and life get in the way, and you have less time. Sometimes exercising feels like the last thing you want to do with the time you have left.
What Is Stonewalling?
There is a common communication behavior among married couples that predicts divorce with at least 90% accuracy. This behavior is stonewalling, when a person shuts down and stops responding to their partner, especially during a heated argument.
Why Is Dating So Hard? 5 Biggest Issues with Dating Today
Between the fear of fake dating profiles, commitment, and the sheer time and expense it takes to find a match, it’s no wonder that dating today is hard. Not to mention adding an ongoing pandemic to the mix.
When is it Time to Change Jobs? 8 Signs to Look for Something New
When Sunday evening hits, how do you feel? Do those Sunday blues get to you and the thought of work on Monday mornings fills you with dread?
Why People Procrastinate and How to Avoid It
A study from 2022 found that about 25% of respondents identified procrastination as one of their key personality traits. Understanding what compels us to procrastinate can help us keep this practice at bay and even avoid it. The key is to not be too hard on yourself when you do it.
6 Ways to Build New Relationships in a City as an Adult
Building new relationships takes time, which many people have little running spare. But you can create new relationships as an adult in a city. Whether you just moved to a city like New York or Los Angeles, or you’re finding it hard to meet people in general, here are some tips to help you make new adult friends.
Should I Look Through My Partner’s Phone?
Have you ever thought about looking through your partner’s phone? Just a little peek. The problem is that feeling like you’re under surveillance can be extremely upsetting and damaging for the relationship in the long run.
Why Do Humans Compare Themselves to Others (And How to Stop)?
Have you ever found yourself asking if you’re making as much money as someone else, or is your house as big? As humans, we tend to compare the successes. This can make it particularly difficult when everyone appears to be living perfect lives on social media.
What to Do When Experiencing a Panic Attack
Has your heart ever started to race for no apparent reason? Did you feel like you couldn’t breathe or think clearly? If so, you might have experienced a panic attack. At least 23% of people in the United States have gone through one or more of these episodes.
Conflict in Relationships
What’s the most troublesome conflict that most couples have? . . . No conflict at all. That’s what American psychologist Dr. John Gottman says, and he knows what he’s talking about. He and his colleagues can predict divorce with a 94% accuracy. But what does he mean by “no conflict”? And is it really what partners disagree about? Or more how they do it?