Emotional Baggage
Emotional Baggage. Emotional baggage is unresolved, painful feelings and me https://t.co/sLUzwcUvMq #relationships pic.twitter.com/6m7utRAjpH — Carrie (@_carrienet_) January 6, 2016
Cognitive Traps and Distortions
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/01/03/how-to-untangle-yourself-from-cognitive-traps/ Overgeneralization You have one or two negative experiences and think everything in the future will play out that same way. Ironically, in a self-fulfilling prophecy, you will this to happen, confirming your erroneous convictions. Shoulda, woulda, coulda You live in a “should” world — “I should have done this, so that this wouldn’t have…
U.S. Psychologists Barred From Security Investigations
Strict new ethics rules from American Psychological Assoc. bar psychologists from national security interrogations https://t.co/eW5NMollAA — Jim Murphy (@jimmurphySF) January 6, 2016
Under Fire For Saying Women Should Keep Men At Arm’s Length
Mayor of Cologne, Germany, under fire for saying women should keep men "at arm’s length": https://t.co/y7k1gQyIbD pic.twitter.com/KRGi804Ggh — Women in the World (@WomenintheWorld) January 6, 2016 Up to 300 people have protested in the German city of Cologne over the wave of sexual assaults that allegedly took place in the city over New Years Eve,…
Germany Has North Africa’s Sex Crime Troubles
Cologne attacks: Germany now has North Africa's sex crime troubles https://t.co/SCtj10RhGT pic.twitter.com/xLEAz26F20 — Stuff.co.nz News (@NZStuff) January 6, 2016 Dozens of sexual assaults and robberies were reported at the main station in the German city of Cologne on New Year’s Eve. But the offenses didn’t become public for nearly five days. One of the country’s…
Migrant Women Often Become Prey to Sexual Abuse
On Perilous Migrant Trail, Women Often Become Prey to Sexual Abuse https://t.co/s7a13ZD6AU — Amanda M Klasing (@AMKlasing) January 4, 2016 Susanne Höhne, the lead psychotherapist at a center in west Berlin specializing in treating traumatized female migrants, says that almost all of the 44 women in her care — some barely adults, some over 60…
Free Brain Training
Chess Playing chess with friends challenges your ability to plan ahead and hold information in your brain, and studies have demonstrated its ability to help elderly individuals keep their mental dexterity for longer. Reading Just reading trains attention and focus and helps increase your knowledge and long term memory. Take Different Routes Home Bearing in…
Online Brain Training Deceives Customers
Important story for all of us interested in brain health: https://t.co/D6lsBQf5K2 @Lumosity — Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) January 6, 2016 “Lumosity preyed on consumers’ fears about age-related cognitive decline, suggesting their games could stave off memory loss, dementia, and even Alzheimer’s disease,” said Jessica Rich, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “But Lumosity simply…