When a party’s leader claims to “back the blue” but pardons or frees those who assaulted police, some party members may feel dissonance. How do they reduce that dissonance?
Not having a sense of purpose can often bring people into psychotherapy. Not having a purpose in life is often seen as a deficiency or personal failure. A life without wanting, or knowing what we want ...
Heightened mental alertness is an adaptive response. Your body is wise. It’s trying to help you out—even if the help it’s giving isn’t at this moment particularly helpful.