Mad in America

JUNE 11, 2024

By emphasizing the dynamic nature of mental and emotional states, Buddhist Psychology encourages individuals to explore the underlying causes of their suffering and develop strategies for coping and resilience. This hindrance refers to the almost constant drive to seek pleasure and comfort while avoiding pain and discomfort.

Resilience and coping 130

Resilience and coping Self-awareness 130

Love & Life Toolbox

MAY 3, 2025

Key Takeaways: Self-Awareness is Foundational: Understanding your emotional patterns and core beliefs is the crucial first step in personal growth. Prioritizing Emotional Health is Key: Cultivating emotional resilience and healthy coping mechanisms significantly enhances your quality of life.

Parenting styles 52

Parenting styles Self-awareness Resilience and coping Childhood trauma 52

Mad in America

OCTOBER 25, 2023

But I think what we’re doing there is intervening and derailing the rest of their life because we’re not allowing them to learn and build resilience and feel what it feels like to be uncomfortable and understand that that’s going to ebb and flow and how do we get out of that. Everything is so reactive.

Self-awareness 145

Self-awareness Genetics and mental health Resilience and coping Aging and mental health 145

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I decided to focus on self-injury this time. The door to talk about self-injury had been opened, and so I walked through it. “I Gretchen didn’t take the cue to move on from the self-injury talk, and kept pushing, and centering the responsibility for my ‘safety’ in others, rather than myself. Right now self injuring is helping.”

Sleep and mental health 138

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Resilience and coping Hospitality 138

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MARCH 20, 2025

Awareness of structural and social threats to success can lead students from underrepresented identities to question whether they will fully belong at a given institution, which jeopardizes their psychological well-being and academic performance. Levinson, Caroline Christian, Carolyn B.

Resilience and coping 59

Resilience and coping Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain 59

Mad in America

MARCH 2, 2024

In 2009-2010, things did not go well for me due to a combination of extreme insomnia, a seriously diminished self-image, setbacks in all kinds of areas and the partial loss of my social safety net. Anniek: I had cleared six months of time to make sure I had time for optimal self-care. Over the years, the diagnoses all fell away.

Sleep and mental health 143

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Neurotransmitters and mental health Resilience and coping 143

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In her twenties, from an affluent, predominantly white neighbourhood, she was referred to me by her family doctor. While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest.

Resilience and coping 142

Resilience and coping Self-awareness Sleep and mental health Nutrition and mood 142

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

However, once again in this report its destructive impact is neglected and actively obscured by psychology in the service of neoliberal ideology that advocates extreme self-interest, competition, over-consumption, and greed. This can be found in the host of examples of advice for coping with stress. Some examples illustrate this.

Resilience and coping 136

Resilience and coping Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health Self-awareness 136

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

At the time, the DSM was commonly referred to as the Bible of Psychiatry. When it was finally published, every major media outlet referred to it as the controversial DSM-5. It gives us a way to evaluate success and failure, a structure for self-esteem. In that context, compartmentalization is a useful coping mechanism.

Genetics and mental health 137

Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Mental health advocacy 137