Positive Psychology

Coronavirus, quarantine, lockdown – how to stay mentally strong?

By |2020-04-13T17:46:13-03:00April 11th, 2020|Categories: Positive Psychology|

We are all facing difficulties, some of us are sick, some have lost their loved ones, their jobs, don’t have any income, can’t see their families, feel lonely, scared, anxious, uncertain about their future. What we all need is to stay psychologically strong. We need to be resilient. Here are some tips that can help you to [...]

How to get rid of disturbing thoughts and feelings?

By |2025-04-11T09:33:21-03:00October 9th, 2017|Categories: Positive Psychology|

“For the next five minutes, please try not to think about white bears.”            In 1985, Daniel Wegner, currently a psychology professor at Harvard University, started his first experiment about thought suppression with the sentence above. Paradoxically, the participants could not stop thinking about white bears! Wegner called this effect ironic rebound. The more we [...]

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