Source: Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-ANke from Pixabay In Part One of "Hack Your Unconscious: Why Negative Feelings Linger," we learned two curious facts about how we process emotions. 1.

Defense mechanisms are primarily unconscious responses that allow people to protect themselves from anxious thoughts, strong feelings or emotions, unwanted impulses, or painful memories. They are ...

Have you ever made a mindless mistake at work and ended up knee-deep in quicksand of irritability, fear, and embarrassment for a full week? Or felt the exhausting “emotional hangover” of anxiety, ...