When life gets overwhelming, everyone develops ways to manage difficult feelings and stressful situations. These strategies often help us regain a sense of control, even if we aren’t fully aware of ...

Are you ever surprised by the things you do to cope with stress or emotions, only to discover much later that they're actually coping mechanisms? Therapy can be a real eye-opener when it comes to ...

The nine steps that form the basis of my approach to mastering stress and living well are, at a basic level, about identifying and changing harmful habits. The subject of my previous post was “Take ...

Stress has become a part of our lives. This can be non negotiable and draining. From work deadlines to relationship ...

You can use coping mechanisms to manage stress and improve your overall well-being. Try adaptive coping, which includes problem-solving, social support, and finding meaning in stress. Maladaptive ...

Collective dissociation is preventing people from taking effective action to tackle the overwhelming climate emergency, research published in Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health has found. The ...

You may use defense mechanisms to help protect you from stress, but they can be both helpful and harmful. Recognizing defense ...