As someone who considers herself a highly sensitive person, I understand the struggle that comes with the strong emotions I experience on a daily basis. Although I am aware that I am separate from my ...

What many people label as habitual overthinking often reflects a deeper psychological skill: the ability to analyze emotions, social cues and consequences with care.

What do you do when you feel a difficult emotion? Do you push it away or dive into it? Do you express it in words or become flooded into a state of screaming, sobbing, or shutdown? Every adult—and ...

Some people feel everything more intensely than others. They cry during commercials, celebrate small wins like major victories, and sense when something is wrong before anyone says a word.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever caught yourself saying "I shouldn't feel this way" or "Just get over it already"? Society has trained us to view ...

Why do our favorite songs evoke such strong emotions? Songwriter Scarlet Keys teaches the many methods musicians use to boost a listener's mood—or break their heart. About Scarlet Keys Scarlet Keys is ...

On Father’s Day I took my kids to see "Inside Out 2." After the movie, when I asked them what they thought, they turned the question on me: “What did you learn?” This made me realize they had serious ...

We make very different choices depending on what takes the dominant role in decision-making: the head or the heart. Behavioral economists have long relished exposing our illogic when it comes to ...