Mental age differs a lot from the chronological age. Would you like to know your true age? If I asked you how old you are, I have no doubt you would give me your chronological age. But if I posed that question in a different way, for example, how old…
Myers-Briggs types are a popular classification of different types of personality. It uses one main principle at its core: do you prefer one trait over another? The Myers-Briggs types are based on 4 criteria: Extraversion/E or Introversion/I Sensing/S or Intuition/N Thinking/T or Feeling/F Judgment/J or Perception/P Much research has been carried…
What is a highly sensitive person and what does it mean to be one? Before Elaine Aron coined the term Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) over ten years ago, people who had these characteristics were often wrongly diagnosed as neurotic, timid, or introverted. In her book ‘The Highly Sensitive Person’, Aron…
Complaining can be much worse for you than you thought, according to neuroscience. We tend to feel a lot better once we’ve had a good moan. Getting things off our chests seems to relieve a burden or two, and who hasn’t heard of the old adage ‘a problem shared is…
Emotions can make us do many things, and can influence our everyday lives and decisions. However, emotionally strong people tend to avoid particular behaviours and actions. Emotionally strong people typically show certain characteristics. Here are 9 of them: 1. They don’t follow the crowd Emotionally strong people are happy to…
It can be pretty hard to figure out if you are in a relationship with a narcissist. Thankfully, there are signs that can help you out. Narcissists are all around us. From that friend on Facebook who never posts a bad selfie, to the charming boss at work who always…
If you have ever suffered from anxiety it is likely that you felt helpless and that the anxious feelings you experienced were totally out of your control. It is also possible that you relied on some sort of medication or a form of counselling to treat anxiety. It is very…
When someone close to you is grieving, you have to be very careful what you say to them. I lost my partner two years ago and amongst the obvious grief that I felt, what made it worse was some of the comments I received during those two years. My boyfriend…