Why is it if any other organ in your body breaks, you get sympathy, but if your brain breaks, you get secrecy and shame? I read this on a Facebook status and I can’t agree with it more. It’s interesting that people expect that if you run into emotional problems, you can simply change your…
I know I’ve written posts like this in the past, but I really want to extend on everything I have come to discover. For me, emotions serve an important purpose. They help us live better, they help us determine whether what’s happening to us is good or bad, based on experiences and things we were…
Sometimes, we don’t really think a lot about what we may be biased towards, but I believe to some point, everyone has biases, because we’ve probably all had some kind of negative experience leading to that. (A stereotypical view of people’s stereotypes) Example of my biases: Someone with a certain surname or name will make…
Often, I think that “knowing” is a way to make us miserable. If we read certain (bad) things, we feel terrible. If we know that we may have a chance of getting sick, we may freak out. If we know we were so ill, we’d probably panic to death. All of those horrible feelings simply…
Often, we have a concept of what we think of as “normal”, but what does that actually mean? Many of us have beliefs about what we think of as normal, so whenever we get hit with “abnormality”, it’s as if our minds go into chaos. (Is it normal for 50 yr old to love cartoons…
I was reading an article about comparisons and that really made me want to write something about it. Why do we compare other people and things? Ever wonder why people always seem to compare people? Compare who’s prettier, compare who’s better or what’s better, or themselves with others? I think I may have somewhat of an insight…
Nowadays, many people have options that even 20 years ago, would be impossible. There are so many things we can do on the internet, such as blogging, youtube and such, that it may even be possible to make a living on them. However, I’ve noticed that when it comes to successes, there are two emotions…
Life is precious and short. Live it, and breathe it. Everyone wants to find happiness and health, and sometimes we may not even see it, because it’s hiding in a corner somewhere. I will give you all the tips and advice I can for finding true health and happiness. The absolute most important thing: Feed…
The whole nature vs nurture debate comes up a lot, and these are my thoughts. (Image Source) What shapes our Personalities? Our big part of what defines our personalities, besides our interests, are our emotions, right? We often determine by: “Are they happy a lot? Are they grumpy all the time? Are they constantly positive?…
It’s no mystery that people seem to hate repetition. Often, repetition is directly related to impatience. You can tell that a person is impatient if they get angry after repeating themselves a few times. Our tolerance to repetition may be all different but we all know it’s a bug that’s buzzing around us. Doing things…