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‘No Regrets’ Is No Way to Live
The Wall Street Journal
It’s tempting never to look back, but we’re hard-wired to focus on our mistakes. Rather than deny them, we can lift ourselves up by seeing them in a new light.
Why your most important relationship is with your inner voice
The Guardian
Your internal monologue shapes mental wellbeing, says psychologist Ethan Kross. He has the tools to improve your mind’s backchat.
Why You Should Talk to Yourself in the Third Person
VICE
Evidence suggests that there are real benefits of talking to yourself in the third person—in your head, not out loud.
How to Stop the Negative Chatter in Your Head
The Wall Street Journal
What to Do When You Can’t Catch a Break
The New York Times
Researchers say the key to breaking the cycle is to detach yourself from the frustrations you feel — without pretending the pain doesn’t exist.
Facebook Is Changing. What Does That Mean for Your News Feed?
The New York Times
Why Talking About Yourself in the Third Person Could Help Control Your Emotions
World Economic Forum
During stressful times, talking to yourself in the third person could help you control your emotions.
The Power of Pretending: What Would a Hero Do?
The Wall Street Journal
We tend to think of self-control and will power as if they were intrinsic, as if some people just have more control than others. But our attitude, what psychologists call our “mind-set,” may be as important as our abilities.
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
The Atlantic
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been.
The ‘How Are You?’ Culture Clash
The New York Times
Psychologists at the University of Michigan have shown that, while Russians are, indeed, more prone to brooding than Americans, their open embrace of negative experiences might ultimately be healthier, resulting in fewer symptoms of depression.
The Benefits of Talking to Yourself
The New York Times
The fairly common habit of talking aloud to yourself is what psychologists call external self-talk. And although self-talk is sometimes looked at as just an eccentric quirk, research has found that it can influence behavior and cognition.
Pain, Heat, and Emotion with Functional MRI
New England Journal of Medicine
The studies conducted by Wager and colleagues serve as an example of how functional neuroimaging may help clinicians assess clinical symptoms, such as somatic and emotional pain, that were previously thought to be impenetrable.
‘Self Talk’: When Talking to Yourself, the Way You Do It Makes a Difference
The Wall Street Journal
Researchers say talking to yourself, out loud, is more common than many of us might care to admit. Psychologists call it “self talk” and say how we do it makes a big difference in both our mood and how we think about ourselves.
Is Facebook Luring You Into Being Depressed?
Nautilus
In many ways, social networking sites are giant experiments on one of our species’ most essential characteristics: our social nature. So it shouldn’t be a surprise there are unintended consequences. “No one constructed something to make people feel bad or good,” says Ethan Kross, a social psychologist at the University of Michigan. “But, what we’re looking at is, how does it actually play out and impact people in daily life?”
The Voice of Reason
Psychology Today
Everyone engages in self-talk. But much depends on the way we do it. Scientists now find that the right words can free us from our fears and make us as wise about ourselves as we often are about others.
On Instagram, the Summer You’re Not Having
The New York Times
A recent study measured the emotional effects of Facebook use, finding that passively using the platform (scrolling through your feed and looking at people’s posts the way you would on Instagram) enhances envy, which in turn makes people feel worse over all.