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Learn How to Appreciate What You Already Have | VIA Institute

A research-based strategy for boosting happiness and gratitude by mentally subtracting something from your life.

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For you...

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When You Don't Feel Anything During Your Depression

Many people with depression feel an unbearable, knock-you-off-your-feet sadness, a debilitating despair. They feel like they're drowning or suffocating. They feel a deep, all-over aching pain. Ev

Many people with depression feel an unbearable, knock-you-off-your-feet sadness, a debilitating despair. They feel like they're drowning or suffocating. They feel a deep, all-over aching pain. Ev

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The purpose of this article is not to explain “how” the narcissistic mother came to be but to help validate adult children of narcissistic mothers. You may have found yourself among people from “healthy” families who cannot fathom...

The purpose of this article is not to explain “how” the narcissistic mother came to be but to help validate adult children of narcissistic mothers. You may have found yourself among people from “healthy” families who cannot fathom...

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5 Ways to Achieve Your Dreams

5 Ways to Deal with an Inferiority Complex

5 Habits of Highly Successful People

5 Effective Ways You Can Self-Actualize

7 Signs You May Be Self-Actualized

7 Habits to Nurture a Positive Mindset

5 Things to Give Up to Live the Life You Want

7 Ways You Can Start Over

8 Ways to Counteract Negative Self-Talk

Make Yourself Happy

8 Ways to Take Care of Your Mental Health

7 Signs You May Be a People Pleaser

7 Ways to Stop Being a People Pleaser

10 Ways to Spot a Toxic Person in Your Life

10 Ways to Deal with Toxic People

7 Habits of Highly Successful Introverts

5 Ways Mindfulness Can Improve Your Life

5 Ways to Stop Apologizing for Everything that You Do

10 Steps for Overcoming the Need for Approval

10 Ways to Build Your Emotional Resilience

Love Yourself: Recognizing When It’s Time to Give Up

6 Ways to Deal with Inferiority Complex

5 Helpful Self Care Tips for Empaths

Healing from Repressed Anger

How Channeling Your Pain Leads to Happiness

11 Tips To Cope With Negative Thoughts

If you like to read topics about Self-Love, visit our website psych2go.net

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Update: Love our articles? We have listed down more here: 

6 Ways To Cope With Suicidal Thoughts

5 Ways You’re Self Harming Before You Pick Up the Razor.

Want To Be Happy? Implement Flow Activities

7 Signs You are Emotionally Healthy

5 Ways to Know if You are Emotionally Mature

Why You Think You Are Not Good Enough AND How to Fix it

MORE ARTICLES HERE: psych2go.net

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[omgthatdress]

Putting these up for anyone who needs them today.

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward

Why Does he DO That: Inside The Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft

[superopinionated]

Cannot recommend WDHDT highly enough. I’ve found it helpful not just for romantic relationships, but also for growing up w a “unexplainable/uncontrollable” dad.

IT HAS ALSO BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING ONLINE MOB HARASSMENT.

So if you’ve ever been bombarded w threats to be raped/killed, (so…if you’re a minority and you’ve been on the Internet for a while), this book might be useful for getting clarity around the whole entitled, abusive mindset that drives certain kinds of people to behave that way. And by “getting clarity”, I mean (for me) being able to go “oh, that’s what’s happening” and not really feel scared anymore. Or angry, or drawn out into it, or anything.

And if you’re still standing around going “but how does something like GamerGate happen?” or “but why do men hit their wives?” or whatever – please read that book and learn something.

[omgthatdress]

^^^^ truth WDHDT is fantastic at cutting down MRA bullshit and calling it what it really is

[kithnkin]

Also recommending

[swampseer]

Please consider reading these. WDHDT is really, really helpful. And I know some of you are struggling with abusive relationships, friendships, families, etc. You’re not alone. There is help.

[heysawbones]

Yo. This family holiday, please, please take care of yourself. You aren’t there to be anybody else’s cushion.

[robotsandfrippary]

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Reading any of these books does not mean you don’t love your parents or family.  It’s just self care for helping you cope and not repeat the behaviors. 

[anna-mator]

A gentle reminder that I have Toxic Parents as a FREE PDF if you would like to download it and read it on your own. Take care of yourselves.

[heavyweightheart]

All the books in this thread are great; adding this one because it was the most helpful to me. Free pdf here

[naamahdarling]

Jesus Christ, the codependency checklist in Toxic Parents…WOW, I’ve been through that.

[naamahdarling]

Hooo damn.

Children need to make mistakes and discover that it’s not the end of the world. That’s how they gain the confidence to try new things in life.Toxic parents impose unobtainable goals, impossible expectations, and ever-changing rules on their children. They expect their children to respond with a degree of maturity that can come only from life experiences that are inaccessible to a child. Children are not miniature adults, but toxic parents expect them to act as if they are.

Someone go back and write this on a brick and throw it at my mother, please.

[imfeelinghappiness]

Apps To Kill Time On

Keep seeing some posts circulating about popular websites and wanted to make a version for apps.

These are apps I’m way too addicted to. Am I missing any?

P.S. I’m on an iPhone so these are iPhone apps, but probably have an Android version too.

Edit: Sorry for all the time I’ve taken away from your life

Commaful - popular fanfiction, story, and poetry community 👑

Bettr - the reason my friends are jealous of my Insta

Sweatcoin - get paid to walk

Spellbound - addictive horror 👻 and romance stories

Helix Jump - legit the most addicting game on my phone

Calm - Award-winning app for meditation and sleeping better

Tenkyu - tilt your phone and watch the relaxing magic happen

Slime Road - bet you can’t hit the bullseye ⚾️

Hempire - become a plant mogul

Go Escape - FREEDOM!

Dune! - Ride the sand dunes like a baller!! so much fun

Go Fish - win trophies by catching hella fish

Hotspot Shield - free proxy/VPN to bypass school filters

Betternet - free VPN like Hotspot, try both and see which you prefer

Terrarium - build the ultimate garden empire

Police Pursuit - show off your driving skills and escape the cops

Ball Blast - Just shoot the balls. Simple right? ;)

Sling Drift - beep beep - level 70 is insane 🚗

Looper - tap on the beat!

Dodgeball Duel - fast paced dodgeball game!

1Q - get paid to answer simple questions

Grass Cut - cutting the grass is surprisingly satisfying

Crowd City - Become the popular kid in town by running around 

Bee Factory - become a honey tycoon

Hoop Smash - tap to smash!

Fire Balls - shoot balls at obstacles. gets pretty hard

Paper - can you conquer all the territory and win?

Two Dots - a fun puzzle game. easy time killer

Planet Bomber - let’s nuke some planets

Ice Racing - race down a mountain at record speeds

Splashy - bounce the ball accurately to survive. requires focus

Snakes Vs. Blocks - even more fun than the original snake hehe

Twenty48 Solitaire - best toilet game

Knock Balls - shoot down blocks with a canon - surprisingly relaxing

Wishbone - fun game for comparing stuff like hair, celebs, sports

Hole - fuck up a city muahaha

Dosh - get paid to shop

Sweatcoin - get paid to walk

Yarn - stories that are seriously creepy af

You’re welcome 😉

[hooked-on-hookah-deactivated202]

You ever read a message and be like “this is why i don’t like talking to you”

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7 Signs Your In-Laws Are Toxic

Most of us think about the joys, trials, and tribulations that come along with marriage before ever tying the knot. However, your relationship with your in-laws is something you might fail to ponder until after the wedding — which very well might lea…