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4 Systematic Desensitization Techniques to Use to Fight Your Anxiety and Fears
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4 Systematic Desensitization Techniques to Use to Fight Your Anxiety and Fears

By Sherrie Hurd|2019-11-13T11:52:22+03:00November 13th, 2019|Categories: Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement|Tags: anxiety, coping, emotions, fear, mental health, relaxation|

How would you like to learn a few ways to battle your anxiety and fears? Well, systematic desensitization may be the answer. During my lifetime, and that’s been 4 decades, I’ve tried everything I could think of to eliminate or even alleviate my anxiety. Some things helped pretty well, while other things just seemed like [...]

Gray Rock Method Will Help You Disarm Narcissists and Toxic People
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Gray Rock Method Will Help You Disarm Narcissists and Toxic People

By Sherrie Hurd|2019-11-12T10:54:20+03:00November 12th, 2019|Categories: Dark Personalities, Personality, Psychology & Mental Health|Tags: behavior, manipulation, mental health, narcissism, relationships|

Nothing seems to work when dealing with toxic people, except maybe a new idea called the Gray Rock method. I’ve lived with my share of narcissistic and toxic individuals before, and these were some of the hardest people to endure. A few of these relationships were so bad that it caused severe damage to my [...]

Milgram Obedience Study and What It Reveals about Human Nature
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Milgram Obedience Study and What It Reveals about Human Nature

By Lottie Miles|2019-11-10T13:23:22+03:00November 10th, 2019|Categories: Human Brain, Psychology & Mental Health, Uncommon Science|Tags: behavior, consciousness, crime, history, manipulation, society, stress|

Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted his famous series of experiments widely known as Obedience Study almost 60 years ago. The ethics of the experiment have since been subject to criticism. However, it raised important questions about the power of authority in achieving obedience. In this article, we take a look at the Milgram Experiment [...]

7 Famous Fairy Tales That Are Based on Gruesome True Life Stories
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7 Famous Fairy Tales That Are Based on Gruesome True Life Stories

By Janey Davies|2019-11-10T11:33:31+03:00November 10th, 2019|Categories: Food for thought, History & Archaeology, Literature|Tags: books, childhood, crime, culture, history, society|

What is it about fairy tales that captivate the imaginations of children? Could it be that underneath the thin veneer of fiction lies a much darker truth to the tales? Did you know that the most famous fairy tales are based on gruesome real-life stories? Here are just a few: Famous Fairy Tales and the [...]

4 Most Interesting Memory Theories That Explain How Our Brain Works
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4 Most Interesting Memory Theories That Explain How Our Brain Works

By Valerie Soleil|2019-11-09T10:47:33+03:00November 9th, 2019|Categories: Human Brain, Uncommon Science|Tags: consciousness, decision making, learning, memory, mental health|

Memory has long been a concept too difficult to describe by even the smartest scholars. We have become more knowledgeable over time. However, we still do not know enough about the complexities of the human mind when it comes to theories about memory. Theories That Explain Memory Encoding, Storing and Forgetting “Without memory, there is [...]

5 Unique Traits of People with Asperger’s That Look Like Superpowers
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5 Unique Traits of People with Asperger’s That Look Like Superpowers

By Sherrie Hurd|2019-11-09T10:22:33+03:00November 9th, 2019|Categories: Personality, Psychology & Mental Health|Tags: autism, intelligence, memory, mental health, non-verbal communication|

People with Asperger’s aren’t inflicted with all negative traits. Some Asperger’s traits can seem amazing. In case you’re not familiar with Asperger’s syndrome, it’s considered a high-functioning form of autism. And when people, who aren’t well-educated on these syndromes, learn that Asperger’s is a form of autism, it doesn't bring to mind advanced intelligence or [...]

Déjá Rêvè: An Intriguing Phenomenon of the Mind
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Déjá Rêvè: An Intriguing Phenomenon of the Mind

By Francesca Forsythe|2019-11-08T21:29:37+03:00November 8th, 2019|Categories: Human Brain, Uncommon Science|Tags: consciousness, dreams, intuition, memory, perception|

We’ve all heard of Déjá Vu, meaning to have already seen, but déjá rêvè is an interesting phenomenon meaning already dreamed. How Is Déjá Rêvè Different to Déjá Vu? Déjá vu is a common phenomenon in which we think we have already lived a certain event. Usually, we experience déjá vu in situations we should [...]

5 Types of Ruminating Thoughts and How to Deal with Them
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5 Types of Ruminating Thoughts and How to Deal with Them

By Sherrie Hurd|2019-11-08T10:49:30+03:00November 8th, 2019|Categories: Personal Development, Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement|Tags: meditation, mental health, negative thinking, perception|

Ruminating thoughts are different than just sorting through problems to find a solution. Rumination is not a healthy option. Yes, I fall into ruminating and negative thoughts all the time. When you struggle with mental illness, it’s easy to do this sometimes. Unfortunately, rumination is not a healthy thing to do. When you sit around [...]