Women guilty of feeling too guilty, study shows
Kim Moldofsky can feel guilt over just about anything — her children, stray cats, her work, her husband. “I am easily guilted,” she told me, laughing.
Meanwhile, her husband, Brad, 41, remains blissfully guilt-free. “He is kind and caring but he can be more detached,” said Moldofsky, a 41-year-old “mom blogger” and social media strategist near Chicago. “Sometimes I want him to get caught up in the emotion.”
So, apparently, does a team of Spanish psychological researchers. In a reversal of Professor Henry Higgins’ plaintive cry “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?,” it suggested that when it comes to guilt, men should be more like women
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The Shocking Truth About Effects of Insomnia
If you’re worried about your insomnia, you’re probably also worried about insomnia side effects.
Insomnia is a really unpleasant problem itself, since it’s a horrible feeling to never be able to relax after working all day, and to never feel rejuvenated after a night of sleep.
Side effects of insomnia can be short term or long term depending on the cause. They can last for as little as a month or so, or continue for a long period of time. The lack of sleep can be harmful to living a healthy life. Sleep disorders can bring about a number of issues besides causing you to feel unhealthy.
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Here’s to defeating Insomnia once and for all, everyone!
Napping in the Afternoon May Make You Smarter
Great news for pzizzers - especially students!
Want to ace that next test? Try taking a mid-afternoon siesta. (i.e. “have a pzizz!”)
While the findings are preliminary, new research raises the prospect that sleep, specifically a lengthy afternoon nap, prepares the brain to remember things. Think of it as similar to rebooting a computer to get it to work more smoothly.
“Sleep is not just for the body. It’s very much for the brain,” said study author Matthew Walker, an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
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