Does your friend’s good news fill you with envy instead of happiness?
Jealousy (妒忌) is a normal emotion
We hope these tips will help if you’re struggling with feelings of envy.
★ Face the feelings
Take notice the next time you feel envy, and ask yourself what’s making you jealous. Try to get to
Your envy might
★ Remember it’s you, not them
It can be easy to let jealousy take over and take our resentment out on the person we’re jealous of, but it’s important
★ Turn envy into
As uncomfortable as envy can be, it can also be a powerful force for change. If you envy your friend’s relationship, it might mean you should take action to improve
Coping With the Sunday Scaries
A few years ago, I was in the kitchen of a friend’s house preparing a meal. When we all sat down to eat, my friend’s wife wolfed down her supper and then disappeared into another room to do some work. He smiled and said, “Sunday nights are the new Monday mornings around here.”
I was surprised at the time. Now, I find myself
Apparently, my Sunday-night anxieties and Monday-morning blues are not unique to me alone. A new study led by Ilke Inceoglu from the University of Exeter found that this phenomenon often takes the form of mental concerns about the week ahead, as well as feelings of nervousness and difficulty with sleeping. “It’s as if your mind moves away from
Inceoglu found that these Sunday scaries were particularly pronounced
What should we do about the “Sunday scaries”? Researchers have offered some useful suggestions that
“Look on the bright side” is one of those
In a study
So there appear to be no disadvantages to looking at difficult things in your life with humor and lightness. The conclusion from the study is that for those at higher risk of depression, humor can develop an ability
Crying is a natural response to emotions. Regardless of
Lindsay didn’t feel herself last month. She was a really good student, but to her
Worried that it affected her daily life
Being disappointed is all about perspective. It took me a long time to realize this. I was under the impression that if someone did something I didn’t like, then I had the “right” to be disappointed. Of course the
What I slowly began to realize through studying myself, as well as
Today, the temperature in London is expected to reach 30 plus degrees, which is
“Conventional wisdom tells us that we can feel happier if we smile or that we can get ourselves
Putting down the mobile phone, talking about negative feelings with friends or seeking professional advice are some of the methods to help tackle depression and
The World Health Organization said in March that the prevalence of depression around the world
Lu Lin, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of the Peking University Sixth Hospital, said at
From March 2020 to March 2021, the prevalence of depression and insomnia(失眠)in China had risen and repeated COVID outbreaks, quarantine requirements and the high risk of exposure
In an interview with People’s Daily, Lu said that some misinformation circulated online during the epidemic
The public should pay closer attention to information released by authoritative outlets, he suggested. People should also reduce the amount of time
Navigating human emotions can sometimes feel like walking through minefields(布雷区), especially when these emotions are negative.
Envy is one of such emotions with certain negativity when it
Envy could cause serious damage to relationships if
It’s impractical to completely prevent envy, but it is possible to refine the way we process it. Envy is not something to hide away. Being honest with ourselves about the way we feel
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