7 Science-Backed Coping Skills for Anger That Will Help You Remain Calm

Everyone gets angry. When your mood gets out of control, you will need coping skills to deal with anger and regain peace. Anger can be a searing hate underneath the surface, or it can be a blasting volcano. Anger can also be an irritation tapping at the base of your…

Schema Therapy and How It Takes You to the Root of Your Anxieties and Fears

Schema therapy was developed as a way to treat patients with longstanding problems that hadn’t responded to other therapeutic methods. Designed to help people with deeply-rooted personality disorders, schema therapy uses a mixture of: Cognitive-behavioural therapy Psychodynamic therapy Attachment theory Gestalt therapy “Schema therapy thus developed into a modality that…

9 Reasons ENFJ Personality Type Is So Special and Much Needed in Today’s World

The ENFJ personality is a charismatic and passionate type, born to be a leader. This personality type is special and beneficial in so many ways. The ENFJ personality encompasses around 2% of the entire population. This type is a more social personality and found commonly in politicians, presidents or other…

Self-Harm: 10 Psychological Reasons behind It and How to Stop This Deadly Habit

A couple of decades ago, I went out with a guy that would regularly self-harm. When I first met him, I never thought he was the type of person that would cut himself. In fact, I only found out he was prone to self-harm after we’d argued and I caught…

Knowing What Makes You Angry Reveals 5 Unexpected Things about You

What makes you angry? It’s an innocent enough question. But did you know that by answering it you could be revealing more than you realise? According to Carl Jung, knowing what makes you angry reveals important things about your personality and bottled up issues. He said: “Everything that irritates us…

8 Weird Signs of Narcissism, Based on Psychological Studies

Narcissism is the new popular insult nowadays, it seems. However, these people do exist, and there are weird signs of narcissism to prove it. I’ve gotten into the habit of saying people are narcissists based on my psychological crackerjack self-image….see the narcissism there? Yes, I can joke about myself that…

How to Stop Feeling Guilty and Set Yourself Free, According to Psychology

Guilt can take over your life and prevent you from following your dreams. Let’s learn how to stop feeling guilty and break free! Guilt comes in so many forms, and from several different stressors. Guilt can be the correct emotional response to something you’ve done wrong, or it can be…