Mental Hacks

Fitness hacks for your emotional health. For your soul, your mind.

Ben Bond

AI therapy may help with mental health, but innovation should never outpace ethics

Mental health services around the world are stretched thinner than ever. Long wait times, barriers to accessing care and rising rates of depression and anxiety have made it harder for people to get timely help. As a result, governments and healthcare providers are looking for new ways to address this problem. One emerging solution is the use of AI chatbots for mental health care. A recent […]

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Think you might be dating a ‘vulnerable narcissist’? Look out for these red flags Megan Wilis Ph.d

Single people are increasingly turning online to find love, with more than 300 million people around the world trying their luck on dating apps. Some find their fairy tale. But for others, stories of online dating have very different endings. You may be ghosted after a seemingly blissful start, or strung along with just crumbs of attention.

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Toxic Bonds: Recognizing and Responding to Jealousy from Friends and Family

Jealousy is a natural human emotion, but when it comes from those closest to us, like friends and family, it can feel especially painful. Whether it’s subtle envy or outright resentment, jealousy in intimate relationships can lead to emotional toxicity, strained bonds, and lasting damage. Understanding how to recognize it—and respond with strength and clarity—is

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For Your Health: Divorcing A Narcissistic Abuser

For your Health Jacqueline Hart Gibson The decision to leave a narcissistic abuser is often hard-won. Targets who have been subjected to gaslighting, psychological manipulation, smear campaigns and/or physical violence, may feel they have become a shadow of who they were when the relationship with the abuser began. Contrary to widely accepted myths about abuse,

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Living in A Chaotic World: How to Keep Anxiety at Bay. By David Chesire Ph.D

Living in a chaotic world: how to keep anxiety at bay Republish this article Anxiety can turn debilitating. From www.shutterstock.com Ella Fitzgerald sang that “into each life some rain must fall,” but it has felt like torrents of grief have fallen upon us in recent months. We all experience hardships and stress, and we are all very

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Four Ways to Calm Your Mind in Stressful Times by Dr. Emma SEPPÄLÄ

Four Ways to Calm Your Mind in Stressful Times Life throws chaos at us on a regular basis—whether it’s our finances, our relationships, or our health. In the work world, around 50 percent of people are burned out in industries like health care, banking, and nonprofits, and employers spend $300 billion per year on workplace-related

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How Can I Explain the Impact of Narcissistic Abuse on Me? By Dr. Elinor Greenberg

How Can I Explain the Impact of Narcissistic Abuse on Me? By Dr. Elinor Greenberg

What to say when the people in your life do not understand narcissism? KEY POINTS It can be hard to explain narcissistic abuse to someone who has never experienced it. People will have trouble understanding why you stayed after the abuse started or how you got into that situation in the first place. Even though

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3 Ways Narcissism Fuels Jealousy in Relationships By Dr. Erin Leonard

3 Ways Narcissism Fuels Jealousy in Relationships

Projection, passive-aggressive punishment, and more. Jealousy is a normal and human emotion. How a person acts on it, though, may lead to problems. A person who recognizes and seeks to understand jealousy may articulate it and access reassurance constructively. Defending against the unpleasant emotion by projecting, acting out vindictively, or controlling a partner might be

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