Category: Psychology
Biblical Boundaries: 8 Christian Myths About Setting Healthy Limits
Biblical boundaries can become confusing when saying no feels selfish, disobedient or unloving. Christian boundaries are sometimes interpreted through beliefs about responsibility, forgiveness and sacrifice that can make setting healthy limits feel wrong. Yet boundaries are also about responsibility and ownership. They help distinguish what belongs to us from what belongs to someone else and…
Social Media Notifications, Compulsive Phone Checking and Why We’re Addicted to Our Phones
Social media notifications can make compulsive phone checking surprisingly hard to resist. Messages, alerts and unpredictable rewards can keep us checking our phones, even when we intended to look only once. The result is phone addiction. But why do unpredictable notifications keep us checking our phones? We do this even when most notifications lead to…
Your Mind Knows You’re Safe – But Your Body Doesn’t
The danger may be over, and in your mind you know you are safe. Yet your body still reacts as though the threat is recurring. Your mind knows you’re safe, but your body doesn’t. Sudden noises, changes in tone or small disruptions may trigger tension, fear or a racing heart. As your muscles tighten and…
Autistic Hyperfocus, Flow State and Time Blindness
People rarely intend it as a compliment when they say you’re “living in a world of your own”. Yet what looks like withdrawal or disengagement from the outside may actually be a deeply absorbing and emotionally regulating state known as autistic flow. To this extent, autistic flow and losing track of time may very well…