#7 traits that make you a ‘difficult’ person

#7 traits that make you a ‘difficult’ person

“7 traits that make you a ‘difficult’ person” There are seven traits that apparently make a person difficult to be around. And researchers say a free quiz can work out how difficult you are to get along with in just 35 questions. Dr. Chelsea Sleep and researchers at the University of Georgia investigated the structure…

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#COVID caused ‘loneliness epidemic’: NYC health commissioner

#COVID caused ‘loneliness epidemic’: NYC health commissioner

“COVID caused ‘loneliness epidemic’: NYC health commissioner” It’s the alone-avirus. With COVID-19 restrictions easing across the US, the nation is feeling the psychological fallout of being isolated for years on end. In a Wednesday op-ed published on CNBC.com, outgoing New York City health commissioner Dr. Dave A. Chokshi declared “an epidemic of loneliness” amid reports…

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#The key to survival: Find five people. Hold them close.

#The key to survival: Find five people. Hold them close.

“#The key to survival: Find five people. Hold them close.” Close relationships—about five of them—are as essential as food and water, according to this author Loneliness kills, and friendship preserves. There’s really nothing else—not exercise or even quitting smoking—that matches the positive effect on mental and physical health of having friends, writes the inventor of…

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#Psychologists warn against self-diagnosing mental disorders from TikTok videos

#Psychologists warn against self-diagnosing mental disorders from TikTok videos

“#Psychologists warn against self-diagnosing mental disorders from TikTok videos” Nearly everyone has had that moment when you’re feeling unwell and look up your symptoms online, only to panic a few minutes later when you notice the symptoms sound similar to a more serious ailment. Something similar is now happening on social media websites like TikTok, but instead of…

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#Parents outraged over school picture day ‘retouch’ trend

#Parents outraged over school picture day ‘retouch’ trend

“#Parents outraged over school picture day ‘retouch’ trend” Jennifer Greene doesn’t want her 12-year-old daughter, Madeline, to feel pressured into looking picture-perfect.  So when the Maryland mom opened the seventh grader’s school-picture package from photography company Lifetouch and saw it urged parents to lay out an extra $12 for portrait “retouching” services — including teeth…

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#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook

#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook

“#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook” Capitalism offers an optimal paradigm to organize a virtuous society’s economic affairs. But virtue is a precondition for capitalism, not a product of it, and no modern phenomenon better highlights that distinction than the rise of addictive social-media platforms. This past week, The Wall…

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