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Lacking confidence around strangers Do you sometimes find yourself feeling very anxious around people? Do you sometimes manage to talk confidently to some people while in other times anxiety prevents you from properly choosing the right words to say? If your answers were yes then read this article to know the reasons behind this kind of anxiety. Feeling anxious around people
What attracts women? Psychologists say that men become attracted to women who have higher reproductive abilities like more female hormones and an hour glass body shape. They also say that women are attracted to men who are resourceful and who can protect them. So to put this in another way, men give much higher weight to looks and women give a very high weight to social status, financial status and the ability to become successful. I do agree with most of what the psychologists said but I don’t agree that this should be a rule that has no exceptions.
Why is gossip bad I never understood how dangerous gossip is until I studied psychology where I discovered that a word or two that we say can result in destroying the relationship of many people months later!! Your mind doesn’t see, hear or read but it tries to match what it receives from the exte al world with what it has in the internal world and That’s why you mihgt not notcie the erros that are in this phrsae you are currenlty raeding. Even if you noticed these errors your mind will quickly try to find a match for them in its internal database so that it allows you to
I Failed!! Justin was heading towards the restaurant's door in a hurry as he was a bit late. When he arrived to the door he quickly pushed it inwards but it didn’t open. He paused for a moment then tried to pull the door back, but still, the door didn’t open. He paused again and thought about it, then he noticed a small push button at the corner so he pushed it and then pulled the door but again the door didn’t open. He then quickly pushed the button then pushed the door inwards and this time the door opened.
Introduction to Persistence My workout at gym class yesterday was nothing special; I went there at 4 just like I'm used to, and came back at 6 as I do every time. I pumped weights and did everything like I do every time. The only different thing about yesterday's gym class was that my leg was in a cast because of a sprained ankle!!! Why did I go to the gym instead of rest in bed? Why didn't I wait until I fully recovered from my injury?
Warren Buffet Ever heard the name Warren Buffet? If you have any interest in finance, economics, investments, entrepreneurship, successful business men, accounting or business then you've probably heard of the man; he is after all the richest man in the world, with a net worth of about $62 billion. Buffet made his money mainly from the investments he made in the stock market and in other companies he bought.
Always feeling guilty I am sure you are aware of the feelings of guilt that comes when you do something that you didn’t want to do, but do you know that you could be feeling guilty for your whole life for something that you are not even aware of?? Feelings of guilt arise as soon as you do something that violates your values; your mind sends you such feelings in order to notify you that your values are in danger, if you managed to respond to such messages by stopping such violation the guilt feelings will disappear.
One minute you're confident and the next you're feeling inferior One day Sam was walking down the street, on his way to his work. On the pavement, he saw a man in torn clothes. To himself, Sam thought: ' That's a very poor man; he can't afford to even buy new clothes instead of those torn ones'.
How many times have you found yourself feeling bad as soon as you woke up? How many times have went to your bed feeling good then woke up feeling bad? This article won't tell you to change the tone of your alarm clock nor it will tell you to think positively while in bed but it will direct you to all the possible psychological reasons that can make you wake up feeling bad so that you can avoid them. Feeling bad when waking up As soon you wake up your mind makes two very quick checks, the first one is a check for any accumulated or carried over problems from the previous days
Always feeling guilty I am sure you are aware of the feelings of guilt that comes when you do something that you didn’t want to do, but do you know that you could be feeling guilty for your whole life for something that you are not even aware of?? Feelings of guilt arise as soon as you do something that violates your values; your mind sends you such feelings in order to notify you that your values are in danger , if you managed to respond to such messages by stopping such violation the guilt feelings will disappear.
He is everything to me, life without him is pointlessr I want nothing except being beside himr But now he is gone and my life is meaninglessr Desperate Girl The problem with making someone everything in your life is that when you lose him you will find yourself having nothing. One of the major signs of unhealthy relationships is making your partner the center of the world and ignoring all of the other things that you used to do before knowing him. Some people start to lose contact with their old friends as soon as they get into a relationship.
Fear of losing control Oh my Godr What will i dor I never expected that to happe I don't know what to do I am sure that these phrases sound similar, these are the typical phrases that a person uses when you finds that he has lost control.Some people have persistent fear of losing control to the extent that they panic when an unexpected change happens.
Relationships Addiction Suppose that you got used to drink three cans of coke each day, what will happen if one day you suddenly stopped drinking coke? Most likely you will feel that there is something missing and most likely you will be eager to drink your daily coke. That happened because you formed a habit of taking a certain amount of caffeine and sugar, and as soon as you stopped you felt like wanting to get the amount of sugar and caffeine that you were used to get everyday. You may be thinking what does that have to do with relationships?
Why doesn't diet always work? Why do people start diets yet fail to lose weight? And why do people give up before having the ideal body shape they are after? There are lots of reasons behind the failure of any diet, below are some of them: * People reach a state where they cant take it anymore and they cant even hear the word "diet" * People feel that they are preventing themselves from doing what they like as if they are in a jail * People feel that they are abnormal compared to their friends who don't diet * People incorrectly associate they extra weight with their food intake
how to impress people? Do you think its hard to impress someone? Do you think it’s hard to make someone admire you? In fact it’s not hard at all. I know what’s going on in your mind right now, I am sure you are telling yourself, “if it was that easy then why do some people spend years trying to get others admiration yet fail?” The answer is, because they are doing it the incorrect way.
Programming the subconscious mind Programming the subconscious mind is not a hard task, you just need to make the conscious mind go to sleep or at least inactive, through hypnosis for example, or any other method.
When couples are separated geographically by a big distance it's said that they are having a long distance relationship. There is a common belief that long distance relationships don't work and while I am not completely against that belief, still I am not completely with it.
The Power of Psychology The Clothes that you wear, the way you walk, your face features, your body language, your tone of voice, Your doodles,your hobbies and the music that you prefer can reveal a lot about your personality.
How many times have you heard someone say “because everybody is doing it” when you ask him/her a certain question? It’s the most popular answer among teenagers; their excuse in doing something is that everyone is doing it and so it can't be wrong, right? Are They Happy? Well, what’s really funny is that if you take a look at the people you're referring to, and actually saw how they're living their lives, you'd find that it isn't really wise to follow their lead.
Success Momentum I want you now to decide that you are going to clean up your room, but instead of doing all the work today just decide that you will put only 5 items in place each day. What you will notice is that, as soon as you put the fifth item in place you will find yourself eager to put the sixth item too then the sixth may lead to the seventh and so on until you find the whole room cleaned in one day!! But what is happening? Why can’t you give up cleaning although you didn’t have a motive to start few minutes ago?
When the passion fades away from a relationship some people mistakenly think that they fell out of love and this happens because of the false ideas that the media fed those people with about love.
What Are Ego Defense Mechanisms? When you accidentally injure yourself, your body automatically begins several self healing processes, aiming to restore your body to its original healthy state. But what if you're emotionally hurt? What if you face a sudden shock or a tremendous amount of stress? What if your anxiety becomes more than you can handle?
Were you dumped by your girlfriend/boyfriend? Asked someone out but was turned down? Told someone that you love him/her and the answer was "although you are an interesting person, you're just not the one for me"? Self-confidence and Being Dumped What most people do when they are dumped is that they start to search for a logical explanation or a reason for what happened.
Skill and the Shoelace Have you ever paid attention to what you do during the process of tying a shoelace?
Why do some people hate their jobs? Why do we sometimes hate to do a certain task? Why do we sometimes hate to travel by car and prefer the train? Why do we hate doing certain things? This article will provide the with answers to all of these questions in addition to giving you the reason behind hating to do any task in the world.
Its Calling You Help me… I am in pain… I am dying in here… I can’t handle it anymore… Do anything……you are the only one who can…. It’s crying and calling you for help. But why you? Because you are the only one who can help, because these ...
Feeling Sad So you are feeling Sad. I know how it feels like, it feels like there is something hurting you but you are not aware of it, It feels like you are neither happy nor satisfied. But why do we feel sad? Are these sad feelings nothing more than a part of the usual cycle of mood swings? No they are not; these sad feelings are a message sent to you by your subconscious mind, in order to take an action. Why Do We Feel Sad? Sad feelings are like all the other emotions we experience, they are an indication that something is going wrong in our lives.
In one study women were shown profile pictures of men on Facebook and were told that those men had rated their attractiveness earlier. A group of women were told that the men rated them as very attractive, The second group of women were told that the men rated them as averagely attractive while the third group were told that the men either gave them average or very attractive ratings. Here is what happened, the participants who were uncertain about the ratings become more attached to the men who rated them than those who were certain.r
Impression Management Do your friends think that you are boring? Are you wondering why don’t people like you? Do you think that are always misunderstood? If your answers were yes then most probably you have just left the incorrect impression but you are not bad at all.
Excessive anger wont only damage your health but it might force you to do things that you will regret later on. its not uncommon that a person loses a friend or says something that annoys a close person during anger bouts. That’s why each and every person must learn how to control his anger even if he don’t get angry often. In fact people who rarely get angry might show a more aggressive response when someone manages to trigger their anger! In this post I will tell you how to manage your anger. Effective methods to control your anger
The 5 most effective self confidence building methodsr The presence of hundreds of methods for building self confidence and the information overload we are all experiencing in this era have left many people confused about the best ways to build self confidence. While lots of methods can work for anyone still there are few methods that are extremely effective and that can work for almost everyone. In this post I will tell you about some of the most effective self confidence building methods. How to build self confidence?r
We all have important goals that we want to reach but because life is full of events that distracts us many of us forget about their goals after some time or at least procrastinate so much and the result in both cases is not reaching them before their deadlines. I have thought for days and days about ways that can help you remember your goals all the time and I came up with 7 powerful methods that can help you do so, here they are:r
Love or Need? Suppose that you broke a leg in some kind of accident and had to use crutches in order to move around; as the days pass, you'll find yourself getting more and more used to them. In your current state of injury, you certainly can't walk without them, so imagine how you'd feel if upon wanting to get up to go to another room, you couldn't find your crutches. You will, of course, feel irritated and maybe a little angry.
Goals that weren’t Achieved It feels real bad when you open your drawer and find lots of papers that carry your old unmet goals that you forgot about them. Sometimes an unmet goal can even depress you if it was conce ing something very important to you.
Are You Feeling Down? Are you feeling down? Do you want to get over this bad mood? If you want to get rid of something, you should first understand it. Most people experience bad moods without even knowing why. They just tend to relate these feelings to the first thing they find in their way, like a recent fight they had with their boss or just the normal stress of life.
Depression results from chemical imbalance in the brain. This fact is known to almost everybody but ask any person what causes this imbalance and you will find that he doesn’t know the answer. Depression happens when a person loses hope in getting something that he wanted to get badly. This means that your unmet goals can result In depression the day you decide that you won’t pursue them anymore.r
Different Emotions and Lack of Self-confidence How did it feel the last time you were criticized, rejected or dumped? Mostly anyone would feel bad on going through any of the previous situations. A normal reaction, one that many people have, is to do their best to find out what was wrong with them.
I Am not Motivated Because I Can’t A friend of mine told me once that he could never quit smoking because cigarettes were in his blood (he didn’t mean nicotine, just that he was deeply dependant on cigarettes and could not imagine living without them). If that’s the same way you feel, ask yourself one question: "What is the one thing that I want most in my life?". Now imagine meeting a wizard that could make your wish come true only if you quit smoking. Would you be able to quit then?
Can we Go there? An experiment was done by some researchers; they brought some yellow and red fish then placed them in a rectangular fish bowl. The fish bowl was divided into two parts by a vertical rectangular glass plate so that the red fish could not mix with yellow ones. The fish were left for sometime then afterwards the glass plate was removed. Surprisingly even after the glass plate was removed red fish didn’t cross the border to the other side nor did the yellow fish cross it either. So what happened?
Why Do We Fall In Love? you were walking down the street ,nothing was unusual and then suddenly she came out from a nearby shop and it happened that you fell in love with her at the first sight,Huhh!!
are you haunted by a bad habit? Do you have a habit that has been haunting you since years? Do you suffer from an inner self conflict, because you were unable to quit that habit? Do you feel pain each time you repeat doing that habit again? Have you tried every possible method to quit smoking or over-eating, yet failed? Do you think that you can’t? how to break your bad habits Most of us have suffered from a certain habit through our lives, whether this habit was lying or letting go of our rights, wasting time or over eating,Smoking,internet addiction ,or even
Why??? He is depressed since years but he doesn’t know the reason behind it, sometimes he finds himself sad without knowing why and sometimes his mood swings with no apparent reason. He is not that successful or that happy and he blames the government and luck for it. But there is an inner voice inside him telling him that he doing the wrong thing, it’s telling him that he has lost his way and it’s telling him that he is fighting the wrong enemy.
Are you Wounded? Have you ever tried to put some water on a fresh wound? If you have, you must have felt some pain. Water, which can never harm you if you were not injured, has just made you feel some pain when it touched your wound, simply because when we develop a wound we tend to become over sensitive to factors that didn't bother us before. The same goes for emotional wounds: What if you have some emotional wounds that are making you over-sensitive to factors that other people don’t even notice?
Does Love at First Sight Exist? Before exploring outer space, people used to think that the earth was flat and that you could fall off the edge if you ever went that far. The same goes for everything else that we don’t understand.
Subconscious Wounds Everyone doesn’t like his company because of his sarcastic way in expressing his opinion. Everybody avoids him not to get a burst of his anger or to get hurt by his words. This is the opinion people have about him, that he is someone that they should avoid. But when we look inside him we aren’t going to find that evil person but instead we will find a wounded helpless person. Long ago he started a relationship with a girl but things ended up so fast and he was dumped by her.
If you play any sport then I am sure that you find yourself energetic on some days and completely down on other days. Why do you sometimes manage to break your old records and why do you in other times find it very hard to do what you did the last time? What many people don’t know is that there are many psychological and physical factors that affects their performance in sports and thus if those people didn’t take these factors into consideration then they won’t manage to do their best while doing their favorite sport.
Everyone wants to live a happy life but sadly most people never manage to achieve that important goal. Some people claim that happiness can be found through meditation while others claim that happens can be reached through certain religious practices. Some people claim that money can bring happiness while others say that love can bring happiness. So what is the right path a person should take to find happiness? Here are five steps that will help you live a happy life:r
We all know the famous story of Thomas Edison who kept trying and trying to invent the lamp even though everybody was against him until he succeeded. The story of Thomas Edison is no different than the story of any other successful person. In the beginning he finds something that he believes in then he starts doing his best to make it true. As soon as this happens, jealous people, negative people and others who put him down appear in the picture.r
You Are not Your Emotions Does your self confidence decrease when you feel lonely or depressed? Do you feel that you are worthless when in a bad mood? If your answers were yes, then your problem is considering that you are your emotions. Self-confidence and Emotions The main element that causes lack of self-confidence is having your self-worth dependent on an exte al factor like having a nice girl friend or having a good job.
I am not like them Poor Joe, he is not as handsome as movie stars nor does he have a bigger car than his friends, he is not that rich nor he is that intelligent as his college mates, why should Joe feel confident then? He must be feeling inferior to everyone. Is that true?