Understanding Emotion, Behavior, and Connection in Context
We live in a culture that tells us to keep improving, but what if the pressure to get everything “right” is actually pulling us further from what we need most? We live in a culture that tells us to keep improving, but what if the pressure to get everything “right” is actually pulling us further from what we need most?Many of us turn to media for understanding or connection, yet find ourselves feeling heavier, tense, and more divided.
Emotional contagion is the reason but it can be overcome. Many of us turn to media for understanding or connection, yet find ourselves feeling heavier, tense, and more divided. Emotional contagion is the reason but it can be overcome.Kristen Dial, Psy.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor and serves as a Program Director for the MA in Psychology and MA in Clinical Psychology online psychology programs at Pepperdine University.Self Tests are all about you. Are you outgoing or introverted? Are you a narcissist? Does perfectionism hold you back? Find out the answers to these questions and more with Psychology Today.
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