Toxic positive psychology

Mar 5, 2023 | Glossary, Mental Health

What is toxic positivity? It is a “pressure to stay upbeat no matter how dire one’s circumstance is”, which may prevent emotional coping by feeling otherwise natural emotions. Toxic positivity happens when people believe that negative thoughts about...

When Does Obsessive Daydreaming Become a Mental Illness?

Mar 5, 2023 | Mental Health

People with maladaptive daydreaming disorder spend countless hours engrossed in vivid, complex daydreams—and many say they can’t stop, even though their elaborate fantasy life is destroying their reality. Andrea does it for three hours every day, rolling from...

4 things you can do to cheer up, according to neuroscience

Feb 26, 2023 | Mental Health

For everyone, there are times when a dark cloud just seems to be following you around. You may not even even know why. While we don’t mean to minimize the value of medication for those who experience this on a daily basis, UCLA neuroscientist Alex Korb, author of The...