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#happiness
Writing
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoI'm 66 and I spent four decades chasing the version of happiness I saw in other people's living rooms - and the day I stopped, I noticed I'd been happy in my own kitchen all along - Silicon Canals
Measuring happiness against others' lives leads to perpetual dissatisfaction and obscures personal contentment.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoYou know a woman has lost her joy in life when she describes her days accurately and without feeling - when the words are all correct and the tone is completely flat and the account of her own life sounds like something being reported rather than lived, and she doesn't notice the flatness because she has been inside it long enough that it just sounds like how things are - Silicon Canals
Emotional flatness can creep in, making life feel like a series of tasks rather than meaningful experiences.
#body-image
Wellness
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week agoThe return of extreme thinness disguised as health: They used to tell you you were fat; now they tell you you have inflammation'
Extreme thinness is re-emerging as a beauty ideal, disguised as health and well-being, driven by social media and modern interventions.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoI'm 37 and I've already learned that your body keeps score, your gut rarely lies, and your childhood follows you into every relationship - while pretending I had it all figured out at 25 - Silicon Canals
Emotional struggles and stress manifest physically, impacting health and well-being.
#mental-health
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPeople who are quietly unhappy with life don't always look unhappy - they look tired, they look busy, they look like they're managing, and the managing is the performance and the performance is the problem and the problem is invisible to everyone who mistakes a well-maintained surface for evidence of what's underneath it - Silicon Canals
Quiet unhappiness manifests as chronic exhaustion and the performance of being okay, often disguised by busyness and emotional labor.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoThere's a specific exhaustion that belongs to people who spent decades being exactly what everyone needed them to be - and then one day realized they couldn't remember what they needed - Silicon Canals
People-pleasing leads to losing one's identity and can result in profound exhaustion and disconnection from self.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPeople who are quietly unhappy with life don't always look unhappy - they look tired, they look busy, they look like they're managing, and the managing is the performance and the performance is the problem and the problem is invisible to everyone who mistakes a well-maintained surface for evidence of what's underneath it - Silicon Canals
Quiet unhappiness manifests as chronic exhaustion and the performance of being okay, often disguised by busyness and emotional labor.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoThere's a specific exhaustion that belongs to people who spent decades being exactly what everyone needed them to be - and then one day realized they couldn't remember what they needed - Silicon Canals
People-pleasing leads to losing one's identity and can result in profound exhaustion and disconnection from self.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days agoThe highs are extremely high but the lows are extremely low': when working out becomes an addiction
Tyburski was a professional adventurer, financing his pursuits via magazine articles and speaking gigs, and even making a documentary about his quest. His whole raison d'etre was to push past his limitations, showing what a person is capable of when their mindset is strong enough.
Running
#disordered-eating
Mental health
fromIndependent
3 weeks agoThe online dangers of eating disorder content: 'I watched a few of her videos and quickly thought: 'I don't trust myself with this''
Disordered eating cases are rising as social media algorithms expose vulnerable users to harmful body and diet content, with pro-anorexia communities actively promoting eating disorder behaviors.
Mental health
fromIndependent
3 weeks agoThe online dangers of eating disorder content: 'I watched a few of her videos and quickly thought: 'I don't trust myself with this''
Disordered eating cases are rising as social media algorithms expose vulnerable users to harmful body and diet content, with pro-anorexia communities actively promoting eating disorder behaviors.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says the most important life lesson isn't learning to make better decisions - it's learning to live peacefully with the ones you can't undo - Silicon Canals
Irreversible choices shape our lives and learning to coexist with them is crucial for mental well-being.
#people-pleasing
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoPsychology says the worst part of people-pleasing isn't the exhaustion - it's realizing that no one actually knows you because you never gave them the real version - Silicon Canals
People-pleasing leads to exhaustion and prevents genuine intimacy, as it creates a façade that others connect with instead of the true self.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
23 hours agoNot everyone who avoids asking for help is proud. Some of them asked once, received it with a lecture attached, and learned that the cost of support was a small erosion of standing they could never quite earn back. - Silicon Canals
Asking for help can lead to unintended consequences that affect relationships and self-perception.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who apologize constantly without realizing it are more damaged than they appear - because they internalize blame and absorb conflict, a survival response from childhood, which never switches off even when they're safe - Silicon Canals
Excessive apologizing often stems from childhood experiences of mistreatment and can lead to chronic self-blame in adulthood.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology suggests people who downplay their birthday don't want less - they want the specific thing most birthdays have never delivered, which is the felt sense of being genuinely celebrated rather than obligatorily acknowledged, and they stopped asking for it because stopping felt better than hoping and being let down again - Silicon Canals
Some people avoid celebrating birthdays due to feelings of disconnection from superficial acknowledgments.
#overthinking
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoOverthinkers often don't realize it but psychology says the way they experience happiness is fundamentally different from most people - they can't feel joy without immediately calculating how and when they'll lose it - Silicon Canals
Chronic overthinkers experience positive emotions differently, often dampening their intensity and duration instead of savoring them.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoOverthinkers often don't realize it but psychology says the way they experience happiness is fundamentally different from most people - they can't feel joy without immediately calculating how and when they'll lose it - Silicon Canals
Chronic overthinkers experience positive emotions differently, often dampening their intensity and duration instead of savoring them.
Cooking
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology says the meal you crave when you're sick reveals these things about your earliest experience of being cared for - and it's almost never about the food itself - Silicon Canals
Comfort food cravings during illness reconnect us to childhood experiences of being cared for, triggering emotional memories rather than physical hunger needs.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoI used to be unhappy and I blamed everything around me - until I realized I'd built an entire life around avoiding the one conversation I needed to have with myself - Silicon Canals
Unhappiness often stems from avoiding self-reflection and attributing life issues to external factors rather than personal choices.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPsychology suggests people who give endlessly but never ask for anything aren't generous - they've simply confused being needed with being loved while quietly keeping score, which is a different kind of loneliness - Silicon Canals
Compulsive givers often seek validation through being needed, leading to a complex relationship with love and attachment.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 weeks agoPsychology says if you still feel guilty spending money on yourself even when you can afford it, you display these 8 deeply ingrained traits - Silicon Canals
Guilt when spending money on oneself stems from deeply ingrained psychological patterns, often rooted in childhood experiences and an overdeveloped sense of responsibility for others' needs.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago3 Reasons You Feel Guilty for Wanting More
Humans are wired for growth. Self-determination theory shows that well-being depends on three core needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Interestingly, meeting external markers of success does not guarantee these needs are met internally. You can have stability without autonomy, comfort without meaning, or connection without authenticity.
Psychology
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoWeight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies | Susie Orbach
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are creating a new, pharmaceutical-driven form of troubled eating by suppressing appetite, commodifying thinness, and bypassing underlying causes.
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