Relationships

Relationships

MENTAL HEALTH MONDAY: DrBev is it Ugly, Sick, and Wrong to Break-up on Facebook, Twitter or MySpace

Leslie checked her Facebook profile late one day and discovered that she was suddenly single. Her now ex-boyfriend had met someone new and she learned this through the ubiquitous news feed that presented her personal rejection like a breaking news story.  When he changed his Facebook profile, he also changed hers as well — they…

THERAPEUTIC THURSDAY…Want to BE a better person? Start ACTING like a better person!

If you want to feel good about yourself, try acting not like yourself. In a new study published in the Journal of Personality, Wake Forest University psychologist William Fleeson found the idea of “being true to yourself” often means acting counter to your personality traits. Because authenticity predicts a variety of positive psychological outcomes, Fleeson…

MENTAL HEALTH MONDAY…What??? Sexual Harassment At School — More Harmful Than Bullying, What!!!

Let us not act like we didn’t know that the issues we are having in 2010 is a new phenomenon.  The  Science Daily (Apr. 24, 2008)  reported — Schools’ current focus on bullying prevention may be masking the serious and underestimated health consequences of sexual harassment, according to James Gruber from the University of Michigan-Dearborn…