The “mindbus technique” is an exercise where you imagine yourself as the driver of a bus and your thoughts as just passengers riding along with you.
A “progressive muscle relaxation” is an easy exercise to relieve stress and tension that’s built up in your body, muscles, and joints.
Often times it takes a major breakdown in our lives before we can find the motivation to make a change for the better.
Video games can sometimes be a controversial subject in psychology. One of the biggest criticisms against video games is the idea that they can desensitize people (especially children) to violence, and thus lead to more aggressive and antisocial behavior in the real world. For example, in one recent study it was shown that playing violent (more…)
When we slip into a negative mood, our language tends to go overboard — everything feels “always,” “never,” or “the worst.” A simple way to soften this pattern is to swap out those absolutist words for language that makes the feelings sound smaller, more manageable, and less extreme. Here’s one easy tweak you can use to tone down negativity in the moment.