Mindfully Healing

Depression and anxiety risk much higher in some people using social media. Using over seven different social media platforms is linked to a tripling in depression risk, psychological research finds. The study asked about the 11 most popular social media platforms: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, Tumblr, Pinterest, Vine and LinkedIn. Those who used between 7 and 11 of these, had 3.1 times the depression risk. They also had 3.3 times the risk of having high levels of anxiety symptoms. Professor Brian A. Primack, who led the

It seemed like simple gesture. A college football player who was visiting a middle school spotted a red-haired sixth grader eating lunch alone, so he joined him. Then the boy’s mother posted a photo on Facebook capturing the moment: her autistic son sitting across a cafeteria table from Travis Rudolph, the Florida State University wide receiver. “This one day,” she wrote, “I didn’t have to worry if my sweet boy ate lunch alone.” The heartwarming image spread on social media, and news stories reported that after that, the boy’s popularity

New study reveals the personality trait that is attractive to both sexes. When it comes to dating, both sexes prefer a non-conformist partner, a new study finds. Although most people know a rebellious man is sexy; the results upend the common assumption that men prefer women who play by the rules. Women in the study guessed that the personality trait of conformity would attract men, but it didn’t. The study’s authors write: “Women overestimated how attracted men would be to the conformist women. People think that men prefer conformist women,