Tag: people

Ever feel like you’re the bad guy for walking away from someone who treats you poorly? Like somehow you’re being ...

Compulsive tidiness is one of the most misread behaviours in adult life. We see the spotless kitchen bench, the colour-coded ...

Self-deprecating humor about your own suffering is one of the most socially rewarded forms of avoidance ever invented. People call ...

Research suggests Monday dread correlates poorly with job dissatisfaction. People who genuinely like their work, who find their colleagues tolerable ...

I’ve noticed this for years but only recently had language for it. The moment I stop trying to impress someone ...

There is a version of your life that exists only in your head. You didn’t consciously design it — it ...

The most persistent misunderstanding about introversion is not that introverts are shy. The shyness conflation has been corrected enough times ...

I’ve noticed something about the kindest people I know. Almost none of them had it easy growing up. That might ...

I noticed something at a work event a few years back. A colleague of mine spent the entire evening hovering ...

Many adults show signs of codependent behavior in their romantic relationships, and the single most common feature isn’t clinginess or ...