9 Best Articles in 2021
The New York Times
Stop Trying to Be Productive
The New York Times
7 min read · 2020-04-01 · The internet wants you to believe you aren’t doing enough with all that “extra time” you have now. But staying inside and attending to basic needs is plenty.
The Atlantic
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
The Atlantic
20+ min read · From 2017 · More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
BuzzFeed News
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · From 2019 · Some claim millennials are lazy and entitled – unable to do basic tasks that older adults have just gotten on with for years. Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer for Buzzfeed News, rejects those labels. Milllennials like herself, she argues, are merely trying their best to navigate trends like skyrocketing student loans and an underpaying, perk-free gig economy. Millennials will likely not be the only ones who feel that her insights and observations are almost painfully on the nose.
Psychology Today
10 Exercises to Make You Mentally Stronger
Psychology Today
4 min read · 2020-02-26 · Building a little mental muscle could have a big impact on your life.
medium.com
Psychologists Explain How To Stop Overthinking Everything
medium.com
8 min read · 2019-11-20 · Overthinking can lead to serious emotional distress and increase your risk of mental health problems
New York Magazine
Andrew Sullivan: My Distraction Sickness — and Yours
New York Magazine
20+ min read · From 2016 · An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break you, too.
The Economist Data Team
How heavy use of social media is linked to mental illness
The Economist Data Team
5 min read · From 2018 · Youngsters report problems with anxiety, depression, sleep and “FoMO”
The Guardian
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
The Guardian
20+ min read · From 2018 · We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, and we need to learn to the hit the pause button
The New York Times
What Makes Some People More Resilient Than Others
The New York Times
6 min read · 2020-06-18 · The very earliest days of our lives, and our closest relationships, can offer clues about how we cope with adversity.
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Fast Company
We’re defining success wrong, and it’s hurting our happiness
Fast Company
3 min read · Apr 3rd · LinkedIn’s head of Mindfulness and Compassion explains three ways you are defining success wrong and what you can do to help yourself stay on track.
Aeon+Psyche
How to calm your inner storm
Aeon+Psyche
~18 min read · Apr 14th · When your emotions become too painful and overwhelming, regain control using skills from dialectical behaviour therapy
Elemental
Anxiety Is in Your Body, Not Your Mind
Elemental
9 min read · Apr 6th · Why you might want to stop talking about your anxiety and try this instead
Harvard Business Review
Make Time for “Me Time”
Harvard Business Review
5 min read · Apr 1st · A five-step plan to help you let go.
The New York Times
We Have All Hit a Wall
The New York Times
7 min read · Apr 3rd · Confronting late-stage pandemic burnout, with everything from edibles to Exodus.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
How Anxiety Hides in Your Habits
greatergood.berkeley.edu
4 min read · Mar 13th · Before you try any tips to reduce anxiety, you have to understand your own anxiety routines, a new book argues.
The New York Times
Science Plays the Long Game. But People Have Mental Health Issues Now.
The New York Times
6 min read · Apr 1st · I’ve reported on behavior and mental health for 20 years. As I exit, I can’t help but wonder why researchers have placed so little emphasis on helping people in distress today.
WIRED UK
The weird science of loneliness explains why lockdown sucked
WIRED UK
8 min read · Mar 29th · Social isolation is linked to poorer physical and mental health, but we don't know why. Now we’re starting to understand what loneliness does to our brains
The Atlantic
Zoom Is Good, Actually
The Atlantic
7 min read · Apr 16th · For people like me, who have social anxiety, videoconferencing can be easier than in-person interactions. I’m going to miss it when it’s gone.
The New York Times
Opinion | That Anxiety You’re Feeling? It’s a Habit You Can Unlearn.
The New York Times
2 min read · Apr 20th · An addiction psychiatrist’s counterintuitive approach to dealing with worry, craving and anxiety.
