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  • Four ways to handle a fight

    Conflict. Most people hate it. Because we hate it, we usually do what we can to avoid it. There are essentially four ways we can handle a fight or disagreement with someone. Only some of them are good ways.

  • Life on the Line – what is Borderline Personality Disorder?

    Feelings of being rejected and abandoned by Jenny were quickly followed by feelings of intense anger. With every passing minute Charlene felt increasingly furious at Jenny. Why did Charlene’s friends always end up hurting her like this? She concluded that it was because she is a vile, detestable person. Nobody could possibly care for…

  • Retail Therapy – what does shopping have to do with mood?

    Retail Therapy – what does shopping have to do with mood?

    Previous research has shown that compulsive buyers in part shop as a strategy to compensate for depressed mood. We conducted experiments to test whether compulsive buyers would pay more attention to products when feeling depressed, and whether compulsive buyers mentally associate products with emotions more than others do.

  • Buying your way to happiness, or despair?

    Many of us enjoy the buzz a shopping spree creates now and then. But for some people buying becomes very much like an addiction. It is a problem that can have very significant consequences – the most obvious being debt and other financial problems. It can also create friction or breakdown in relationships or…