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The phrase ‘emotional intelligence’ gets thrown around a lot. You see someone doing a social blunder, and people say, “He has no emotional intelligence.” Seems like emotional intelligence is an important type of intelligence to have and to develop if you lack it. But what does it really mean from a psychological point of view?
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The claim that couples who fight a lot are more in love sounds counterintuitive for good reason. Because it is counterintuitive and counter-logic. Greater love within a romantic bond leads to increased positive interactions and feelings. Constant arguing and fighting breed negative interactions and emotions that have the potential to destroy relationships.1Stanley, S. M., Mar...
It’s been days since you’ve had a proper night’s sleep. You promise yourself that tonight’s going to be the night when you finally sleep on time so you can wake up early tomorrow. When tonight comes, you find yourself lying in bed, way past your planned sleep time. As you scroll past another social media
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You may already be familiar with the ‘freeze response’ to stress. Usually, the normal stress response is the fight-or-flight response. If you can fight with the source of your threat/stress, you’ll fight. If you can’t, you’ll try to escape (flight). These are basic survival responses present in all animals. The freeze response occurs when you
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Masochism means enjoying physical pain. We often hear about masochism in the context of deviant sexual behavior. A sexual masochist is someone who gets sexually aroused by pain. There’s also a term for someone who enjoys non-physical, non-sexual pain- a psychological masochist. Psychological/mental/emotional masochism is when a person derives pleasure, satisfaction, or enjoym...