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Rabbi Harold S. Kushner in his book When Bad Things Happen to Good People describes schadenfreude as a universal, even wholesome reaction that cannot be helped. "There is a German psychological term, Schadenfreude, which refers to the embarrassing reaction of relief we feel when something bad happens to someone else instead of to us." He gives ...
Cute aggression, or playful aggression, is the urge to squeeze or bite things perceived as being cute without the desire to cause any harm. It is a common type of dimorphous display, where a person experiences positive and negative expressions simultaneously in a disorganised manner. [1]
Image credits: agizzy23 #2. That my parents would feed me peanuts to get out of parties. I have a nut allergy. I didn’t know it was messed up until I told a therapist and the look on her face I ...
“Bad things happen, and some people cannot advocate for themselves, so being their voice and sharing their stories and perspectives is what makes me push on,” says Rep. Cassandra Levesque of ...
In psychology, reactance is an unpleasant motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, regulations, advice, recommendations, information, nudges, and messages that are perceived to threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Reactance occurs when an individual feels that an agent is attempting to limit one's choice of response and ...
"I was telling my kids, 'This isn't a bad thing. This is just, like, a potent thing. This is something that makes us bigger humans.’ "The Palisades Fire began on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and was the ...
The negativity bias, [1] also known as the negativity effect, is a cognitive bias that, even when positive or neutral things of equal intensity occur, things of a more negative nature (e.g. unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or social interactions; harmful/traumatic events) have a greater effect on one's psychological state and processes than neutral or positive things.
A woman says her refusal to purchase Girl Scout cookies due to dietary restrictions has resulted in her being labeled "stingy" by a coworker, who is badmouthing her in the office.