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Facebook: Is this any place for the not-so-self-assured to make friends?
Los Angeles Times: Facebook, the social networking giant that connects 845 million people to one another, may be a jolly gabfest for the self-assured. But for those who suffer from low self-esteem, it appears to
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Traumatic experience, silence linked
Yahoo! India: People who suffer a traumatic experience often don’t talk about it, and many forget it over time. “There’s this idea, with silence, that if we don’t talk about something, it starts fading,” says
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It’s Not Me, It’s You
The New York Times: WHEN Jeryl Brunner, a writer in Manhattan, was in her 20s, she had a friend who was just the sort of acquaintance people scoop up in their social net when they
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Quiet, Please: Unleashing ‘The Power Of Introverts’
NPR: From Gandhi to Joe DiMaggio to Mother Teresa to Bill Gates, introverts have done a lot of good work in the world. But being quiet, introverted or shy was sometimes looked at as a
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Facebook and Twitter ‘more addictive than tobacco and alcohol’
The Telegraph: Resisting the urge to check social networking sites for updates is more difficult than turning down a drink, according to a study of people’s everyday desires. The survey of 250 people found that
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Waaraan kan u het moeilijkst weerstaan? Seks, alcohol, roken of e-mail lezen?
Express.be: Werken en communicatie zijn verslavender dan slapen, seks, alcohol en sigaretten. Dat meldt de website Science Daily op basis van een onderzoek van Roy Baumeister van de Florida State University en Kathleen Vohs van