Tag: social imagination
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Work life balance may not be what you think
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/work-life-balance-happiness/ I found the above, really good article on Big Think. Apparently eudaimonic happiness is a concept that work and, in general, making an effort is what makes us happy. It doesn’t necessarily apply to every person, as some of us prefer hedonic happiness, which is basically having fun. The article states, however ‘there really…
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Imagine that things could be worse
I just finished reading this article on Big Think. Apparently when we engage in contemplating how our circumstances could be worse than they are, we appreciate our lives more. I wonder why this technique is never advised in popular magazines? This is apparently why bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists: bronze medalists think that…
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Being heard is better than being seen
That’s an interesting article about Paulina Porizkova, I don’t know if you remember her? She used to be a famous model several years ago, now she’s in her 50s. It’s really interesting so please read it. It will help you improve your social imagination. The article was clearly written to promote a book but I…
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Challenging but rewarding
That’s how people who work in care often describe their work. I had a challenging shift yesterday and I’m anticipating another similar today. I came home feeling a bit anxious and worrying about the future. Yes, challenging behaviours can still happen even in the best care homes and I need to remember to be realistic…
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The need for importance
I’m reading ‘How to win friends and influence people’ by Dale Carnegie. I’m sure you heard about this book, it’s a classic in psychology and social skills training. First published in 1936, so a little while ago; one of the chapters talks about how every human has the need to feel important, the author goes…
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Moral licensing trap
I’m reading a book ‘How confidence works’ by Ian Robertson and I just came across a description of this phenomenon: apparently when people initially do something good they feel licensed to later act in morally ambiguous way. This could explain what I noticed when living in Poland, which is pretty much a Catholic country: people…
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Why some people never apologise?
In an attempt to create some content for my blog I came across a blog by Guy Winch, a psychologist who I mentioned on my blog a while ago. Basically Mr Winch states some people don’t apologise because they have a weak ego. The explanation is actually a bit longer and it’s possible I oversimplified…
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Autistic ghost
Have I ever tell you that I used to believe I have a ghost in my spare bedroom? That’s why I barely ever used it. That was all probably because this flat seemed to be too big for me. But isn’t that strange that every room here makes me feel differently? Anyway, I was thinking…
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This serious business of mine
I did see several ads on Facebook about ‘an online business’ that didn’t disclose what the business was about – you’d need to register to find out and I didn’t want to do that. But just the fact that the type of business wasn’t disclosed was enough for me to know it’s not something legit.…
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Stereotypes about less social people
I found this article interesting: https://www.succeedsocially.com/lesssocialstereotypes Normally I don’t spend much time thinking what if I knew I was autistic sooner but reading this made me think I wish I could have said to a couple of people from my past exactly that: I’m not a weirdo you think I am only because I don’t…
Autistic and me 