Digital technology is shortening our attention span, according to various studies in the past decade. It is also making us distracted to the point of absurdity.

One more negative effect of digital technology and social media on us is that we may be not paying attention to stuff that really...

If an action against the threat is irrelevant or impossible - as it would be if the trauma happened long ago - then emotion-coping efforts like dreaming may be useful to get on with our lives.

If the threat will be encountered repeatedly, such as abuse, then waking problem-solving action i...

When we are insulted our ego is attacked. This is a consequence of the story we tell ourselves, about ourselves and how the world should be. 

When something conflicts our story, it could lead to feeling offended. We should ask ourselves then: 

• "Why are we getting offended?", ...