Hanan Parvez 
If only I had a dollar for every time I opened an article with “humans are social species”. But I have to because so much of human behavior revolves around that. Because humans are a social species, they have to make group living work. When you join a group, it emerges as a separate entity
When you encounter a life challenge and believe you don’t have the resources to cope with it, you experience stress. Life, especially modern life, is filled with stressors. Stress tends to emotionally destabilize us. So do negative emotions that often accompany stress. The bigger the problem we face, the worse our thinking and emotions get.
I’ve been there. Feeling so trapped in something that you crave a sweet escape. Wanting a little space for yourself, away from all the noise. Wanting to quiet everything down, including your mind. But why does it happen in the first place? How do we reach a point in our lives where we simply want
When a person feels attacked, their fight-or-flight response gets activated. This response isn’t restricted to life-threatening dangers, such as from a predator; it also activates during interpersonal threats. When you feel socially threatened, you might
Humans have emotional needs, and the primary way we satisfy those is via our relationships. The closer a relationship, the more it satisfies our emotional needs and the greater the emotional intimacy in the relationship. Even though emotional intimacy can exist in any relationship, a romantic relationship is usually how most people satisfy their most
To understand emotional detachment, let’s first define emotional attachment, its opposite. Being emotionally attached means you are emotionally invested in something. You channel your emotional energy into it. Our emotional bandwidth is limited, so we must choose wisely where to invest emotionally. When we emotionally invest in something, we expect a return, usually emotional as
You rarely come across someone who does not want to be mentally strong. Personality or mental strength means having certain personality traits that facilitate the achievement of goals. For humans,
Intimacy is huge when it comes to human relationships. Emotional intimacy is arguably the most important type of intimacy for most people. Because humans are primarily an emotional species. Our feelings and emotions comprise a significant part of our psychic life. Emotional intimacy is achieved via emotional connection, and the latter via the expression and
The phrase ‘emotional intelligence’ gets thrown around a lot. You see someone doing a social blunder, and people say, “He has no emotional intelligence.” Seems like emotional intelligence is an important type of intelligence to have and to develop if you lack it. But what does it really mean from a psychological point of view?
The claim that couples who fight a lot are more in love sounds counterintuitive for good reason. Because it is counterintuitive and counter logic. Greater love within a romantic bond leads to increased positive interactions and feelings. Constant arguing and fighting breed negative interactions and emotions that have the potential to destroy relationships.1Stanley, S. M.,