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Quarantine Survival Tips for Extroverts and Perfectionists — And Those Who Live With Them
Many of the memes that started after the country began social distancing involved distraught extroverts and contented introverts. Consider the Instagram image of actress Zoë Kravitz eating and drinking in the bathtub with a caption
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The Perks of Being a Weirdo
My childhood was, by most definitions, pretty strange. I grew up a Russian Jewish immigrant in Midland, Texas, in a region whose biggest claims to fame are being the onetime home of George W. Bush
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Use Social Isolation As A Time To Create Good Habits
Most of us don’t consciously recognize when we are creating a habit. Habits are automatic ways of doing, seeing and acting. It’s a subconscious routine. Psychologist Wendy Wood, author of Good Habits, Bad Habits: The
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How to Preserve — And Even Strengthen — Your Relationship During Quarantine, According to a Marriage Expert
APS Member/Author: Eli Finkel If absence makes the heart grow fonder, what does forced proximity do to it? In the era of COVID-19, as more and more states mandate that people stay at home to
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Why Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Flourish. And Why It Matters.
The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and undermining health officials in ways that could elongate and even outlast the pandemic. Claims that the virus
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The Coronavirus Outbreak Keeps Humans from Touching. Here’s Why That’s So Stressful
With people around the world practicing social distancing and self-isolation to curb the further spread of coronavirus, some are starting to feel the effects of a lack of human touch. Whether it’s shaking a coworker’s
