by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Emotions, Mental health problems, pandemic
COVID-19 and government responses to it have created a high level of uncertainty. Will I get the virus? Will I lose my job (or my business)? Will my retirement savings ever go back up? We like uncertainty when we are reading a novel or playing a board game....
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Mental health problems, Treatment
Nowadays there are many useful types of treatment for mental health problems. Forward thinkers occasionally develop new treatment methods. In the past, some innovative treatment methods went awry. Take trephining, for instance, which was used hundreds of...
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Animals, Weight Loss
Humans seem to be losing the battle of the bulge. Two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese. In 20 years, a string-bean human might be a rare sight. Our pets are also getting heavier and heavier: dogs, cats, even pet horses. Research animals nowadays weigh...
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems
Do you think of yourself as a perfectionist? If your perfectionism mostly helps you in life, keep going down that path. I call people in this category not perfectionists but hard workers with high goals. When they fail at something, they feel bad for a short...
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Observational learning, Social psychology
It is a good thing that my high school buddies were not drug users. No one ever encouraged me to use drugs. Being highly influenceable, I might have gone along. Much later, a friend vigourously encouraged me to use cannabis at a party. Persuaded by peer pressure, I...