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Stress management techniques can fall into two categories: problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping. Basically speaking, problem-focused (or solution-focused) coping strategies aim to eliminate sources of stress or work with the stressors themselves. Meanwhile, emotion-focused coping techniques aid you in becoming less emotionally reactive to the stressors you face. They alter the way you experience these situations … Read more

Have you ever felt like you don’t deserve your success and others will soon discover you’re not as capable as they think? Do you brush off your accomplishments as flukes? Does your inner voice tell you you’re a fraud? If so, you may be experiencing a case of imposter syndrome. “Imposter syndrome is a persistent belief … Read more

In addition to the powerful emotional effects, there are also a number of serious physical symptoms of grief. Many people mistakenly believe that grief is a single emotion, but normal grief is actually a powerful, multifaceted, and often uncontrollable response that human beings experience following a personally painful or traumatic event, such as the death of … Read more

The death of someone we love and the grief it triggers often proves to be life’s most difficult experience. It can take a toll on one’s emotional and physical health alike. Unfortunately, most employers expect workers to return to their jobs well before they feel ready to resume their “normal” activities. This article offers practical and healthy suggestions to … Read more

A euphoric mood is characterized by feelings of strong happiness, excitement, and well-being. It is an amplified sense of pleasure that can have a number of different causes.1 Some causes of euphoric moods are natural and healthy. The thrill and sense of excitement you get on a roller coaster at an amusement park, or the … Read more

If you’re grieving the death of a spouse or close family member, now isn’t the time for major life decisions. The death of a loved one is among the most stressful events a person can experience, according to the Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory, also known as the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS).1 Given the emotional and physical toll a death can have on … Read more

Fantasizing about running away, or getting close to actually doing so, is perhaps more common than you may think. At its core, running away is a means to escape our current world—a world that isn’t serving us the way we desire. Maybe you feel stuck or bored and are craving a renewed sense of vigor. … Read more

Narcissistic rage is a term that was first coined by author Heinz Kohut in 1972 to refer to the tendency for people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) to fly into a rage with what might seem like the slightest provocation or no obvious provocation at all. People with NPD require that others give them consistent admiration and … Read more

What is the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion? The Cannon-Bard (or Thalamic) theory of emotion is a physiological explanation of emotion developed by Walter Cannon and Philip Bard. Cannon-Bard theory states that we experience emotions and physiological reactions such as sweating, trembling, and muscle tension simultaneously. More specifically, it suggests that emotions result when the thalamus … Read more

Have you ever lost control of your emotions and did something in the heat of the moment that you later regretted? Perhaps you’ve “lost it” or blown up at someone—your partner or child, work colleague, or perhaps the driver of another car—to such a degree that later, you realized was uncalled for. If your answer … Read more