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Anxiety Due to Absence of Exposure to Real Danger Erraticus Image by Connor Moynihan
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Anxiety Due to Absence of Exposure to Real Danger

January 6, 2019June 1, 2020 8 min read Arash Javanbakht Emotional Well-being

To better understand how anxiety works in us, we have to see fear in the context where it evolved—with hunter-gatherers thousands of years ago.

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Psychological Studies Overlook 85 Percent of People on Earth Erraticus Image by Benny Jackson
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Psychological Studies Overlook 85 Percent of People on Earth

November 18, 2018June 1, 2020 6 min read Daniel Hruschka Epistemology, Philosophy of Science

We can’t make claims about human nature when studies only represent a narrow slice of humanity: mostly college students, middle-class respondents living near universities, and highly educated residents of wealthy, industrialized and democratic nations.

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You're Unhappy Because You Focus on What Your Can't Control Erraticus Image by Brooke Cagle
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You’re Unhappy Because You Focus on What You Can’t Control

November 10, 2018June 1, 2020 6 min read Massimo Pigliucci Ancient Wisdom, Buddhism, Emotional Well-being, Stoicism

If you succeed in shifting your goals internally, you’ll be happier, because what other people do is largely beyond your control.

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How CBT Strengthens Political Life and Untruths Which Weaken It Erraticus Image by Clem Onojeghuo
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How CBT Strengthens Political Life and Untruths That Weaken It

November 5, 2018March 27, 2021 21 min read Jeffrey Howard Ancient Wisdom, Emotional Well-being, Polarization, Politics, Stoicism

Many in the US are experiencing emotional unwellness, while our foundational institutions are rattling. CBT can help with both.

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Hallucinations Shouldn't Be Stigmatized Can Lead to Growth Erraticus Image by Ehimetalor Unuabona
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Hallucinations Shouldn’t Be Stigmatized, Can Lead to Growth

October 24, 2018June 1, 2020 4 min read Alex Fradera Emotional Well-being

Consider how a one’s life would be changed by starting to hear or see things others can’t—but what if hallucinations could offer something good?

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Why Losing A Dog Can Be Harder Than Losing A Human Loved One Erraticus Image by Jamie Street
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Why Losing a Dog Can Be Harder Than Losing a Loved One

October 2, 2018June 1, 2020 4 min read Frank T. McAndrew Death, Relationships

The dog is the only animal that has evolved specifically to be our companion—and has a unique ability to meet our needs.

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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