Christian Jarrett
Watching My Friends Become Successful Fills Me With Anxiety
The human tendency to compare one’s own achievements against others starts early in life, and it’s a deep part of our nature.
A Psychological Study Showed How Wanting to Change Your Personality Can Backfire
You can’t think your way to being more extroverted.
A Short Run May Help You Focus Better Than Meditating
Moderate exercise translates to immediate benefits for brain functioning, a new study shows.
How to Be Less Anxious About Traveling
It’s easy to let the nightmare of missing a train or flight go to your head.
What It Means if You Hate Having Your Picture Taken
For those of us who prefer not to be the focus of attention, it used to be so much easier to hide.
Lots of People Struggle With Side Effects From This Common Type of Therapy
More than 40 percent of side effects were rated as severe or very severe, and more than 25 percent lasted for weeks or months.
This Is Why Anxiety Affects More Than Your Mental State
We all lie on a spectrum in terms of how much bodily awareness we have.
This Is Why Your Brain Thinks Ouija Boards Move
Psychologists recently studied the eerie phenomenon and came up with a plausible explanation.
Having Sex Makes You Think Life Is More Meaningful
“Meaning in life often arises when an individual feels their basic need for belonging is met with someone.”
This Is Why People Constantly Flake on Their Plans
This mismatch between the abstractness of our plans when they’re in the distance and their concrete nature once they’re imminent helps partly explain why people fall into the canceling habit.