A person may experience “feeling blue” if they have emotions of sadness or feel down. Although it is possible to feel blue for no apparent cause, it usually happens for a reason. People with the blues ...

Consider this. Would you rather live a life filled with ups and downs, joy and sadness, frustrations and pride, and surprise? Or a life that goes along, one day after another, with few disruptions or ...

When an emotion arises, how do you usually respond? For many, suppression and analysis are the default, but truly processing emotions is key to healing and stronger connections. Most of us were never ...

Can you feel alone in a crowd? Unloved in a decades-long marriage? Indeed, that’s often when loneliness strikes hardest: when you experience social connections and seemingly intimate relationships, ...

Psychologists say that after the need for food and shelter, humans want to feel valued. But that need usually goes unmet. Nearly a quarter of American adults struggle with mental health problems like ...

Everyone knows what it’s like to care about someone. Remember being with a friend, a mate, a pet: You feel warmly connected and want him or her not to suffer and to be happy. On the other hand, you’ve ...

A feeling of impending doom is a sense that something tragic or life threatening is about to happen. It can occur due to mental health or medical conditions. People may describe a feeling of impending ...

It's 9 a.m. and your to-do list is a mile long. Before you tackle it, your partner criticizes you, and your teen greets you with an eye roll. Meanwhile, you see a news clip about war or politics that ...

A “water up the nose” feeling seems like something that would only happen when you're in a swimming pool. That burning sensation can make it feel like your nose is drowning, which can be irritating ...