Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your emotional reactions paint a portrait of who you are. They reveal the subtleties of your inner world in ways that words often ...

This post is the second of a series about dispelling trauma myths. (You can read the first one here.) As a phenomenon, trauma involves a collection of experiences and reactions rooted in our ...

A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE found that social media use elicits three types of emotional reactions, especially in women, signaling a kind of “emotional contagion,” which refers to a ...

Emotional dysregulation is when you feel swept away by your emotional reactions. A psychologist recommended a few simple exercises to try when you feel dysregulated. They involve flexible thinking, ...

Emotional awareness is the ability to describe and manage one’s emotions and those of others. Individuals possessing high emotional awareness may appear effortlessly charming and are “just good with ...

Triggers are actions or situations that elicit an emotional response. While they are typically associated with negative responses, a person can also have positive triggers. A person can experience ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I expose the new kind of gaming going on ...