5 Tips for Dating Someone Who Struggles With Depression
Dating someone with depression can be hard. It’s painful to watch someone you care about suffer and not be able to help them. It can be bewildering to listen to the person you admire and value most talk about themselves with extreme negativity, and in a way that doesn’t at all align with how you see them. Their false but strong belief that they have accomplished nothing or that they have little...
9 Things Passive-Aggressive People Do
While an occasional passive-aggressive approach to life's problems isn't unusual, manipulation and indirect communication are a way of life for some people. Passive-aggressive people often go undetected in the office and in their social circles—at least initially—because they disguise their seething hostility with a pleasant demeanor. Here are nine things, though, that only passive-aggressive...
A sleep scientist shares 11 easy ways to get a restful night's sleep
Sleep is one of the most fundamental and basic things humans do. Without it, we'd die. Many find it extremely challenging to not only get an adequate and consistent amount of sleep every night, but to sleep soundly. Sleep scientist Patrick Fuller, an associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, gave us some tips on how best to ensure a good night's sleep every single night. While...
The best way to stop a mosquito bite from itching is surprisingly simple
Whats the best way to stop a mosquito bite from itching? Its a simple anti-histamine pill. A mosquito bite triggers your immune system to respond. The mosquito's saliva has anti-coagulants that make your blood easier to drink. Your body sends anti-bodies to fight these foreign enzymes. The anti-bodies set off the production of histamines which causes the blood vessels and surrounding skin to...
The 5 Habits That Will Make You Happy, According to Science
So what’s going to make you happy? Let’s get more specific: what’s going to make your brain happy? And let’s focus on things that are simple and easy to do instead of stuff like winning the lottery. Neuroscience has answers. I’ve discussed this subject before and it was so popular I decided to call an expert to get even more dead simple ways to start your brain feeling joy. Alex Korb is a...
A Harvard Psychologist Explains the Key to Spotting a Liar
You may think that fidgeting and not making eye contact are telltale signs that someone’s lying to you. But according to Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy, there is no one nonverbal cue that’s a dead giveaway. In her new book “Presence,” the psychologist says that instead of looking for one big “reveal,” the best way to spot deception is to look for discrepancies across multiple...
Queens of Chaos
Borderline personality disorder cuts a wide swath of destruction. Slowly, the condition is yielding to new understanding—provided patients get the correct diagnosis. It had been an idyllic day celebrating a cousin's wedding until Steve's wife turned to him during the reception and said she was having a panic attack. The loud music in the room seemed to be engulfing her, heightening her anxiety....
Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep. Here's the Proof.
There is more to being physically attractive than just good looks. Many believe that people are born beautiful or handsome—that static qualities, such as a pretty face, nice hair, or a shapely body are inherited. You either have it or you don't. Our research, however, suggests there is another type of attractiveness—what we call dynamic physical attractiveness. What is dynamic attractiveness?...
