All posts tagged: frequent

How Borderline Personality Disorder Causes Frequent Lying

How Borderline Personality Disorder Causes Frequent Lying

Published by Jenni Sidey

People who suffer significant symptoms of BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) often remember events differently than those around them. When they state their version, or narrative, others accuse them of lying or “making stuff up”. The emotional dysregulation that is experienced by most individuals who suffer symptoms of BPD changes the way they experience events. This is often perceived by others as lying and interferes with most relationships. A healthy understanding of what is going on around you comes from consideration of both cognitive and emotional factors. The cognitive data comes from perception and logical thought. Ideally, understanding what is going on around you is primarily achieved by utilizing perception and cognition (what you see and what you think about it). Emotions are understood as reactions to the environment as you understand it. Emotional dysregulation causes sufferers to process what is going on around them primarily by how they feel about it. Healthy processing requires deferral of emotion until understanding is achieved through thought and perception. Dysregulation causes emotions to be accentuated to the point that …

Frequent church attendance strongly predicts whether a woman will marry before having a child

Frequent church attendance strongly predicts whether a woman will marry before having a child

Published by José Betancourt

An analysis of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data investigated the types of family-forming transitions people experience. They found that women who attend religious services frequently or belong to a conservative denomination were the most likely to marry before cohabiting with a partner or giving birth. The paper was published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Family-forming events are life events through which people create, expand, or redefine a family unit. They usually include marriage, cohabitation, and childbirth. Decades ago, most U.S. women married without ever having cohabited. However, more recently, approximately 75% of young women live with their partner sometime in young adulthood. Many also give birth to a child before entering into a union with a partner. What a person’s first family-forming event will be depends on many factors. These include cultural norms, personal values, relationship opportunities, education, and various life circumstances. One important factor is religion. Many religions encourage early marriage and discourage cohabitation and nonmarital births. Study authors Man Xu and Paula England wanted to examine how religion …

The Best Luggage Brands For Stylish Frequent Flyers

The Best Luggage Brands For Stylish Frequent Flyers

Published by Akaay

Travelling can be a stressful endeavour at the best of times. Early starts, endless passport-control queues, labyrinth-like terminal buildings and delayed flights are just a few of the obstacles to contend with. With this much to worry about, why let a subpar suitcase or bag cause problems, too? Here, we examine men’s luggage in depth, including where to shop and what to look for in the perfect travel companion. The Ultimate Luggage Collection From checked baggage to something for the weekend, these are the pieces of luggage no frequent flyer should be without. Carry-On/Cabin Case Carl Friedrik If you spend a lot of time airborne, whether for business or pleasure, it pays to be able to get through an airport as swiftly as possible. A carry-on case will help facilitate this. Simply fill it with essentials for a few days away and stride directly to departures, bypassing the giant, snaking queue for the check-in desk. Hard-Sided Suitcase GLOBE-TROTTER Of course, in a perfect world, we wouldn’t have to check any bags at all. But if …

More frequent ejaculations may boost men’s fertility, research suggests | Fertility problems

More frequent ejaculations may boost men’s fertility, research suggests | Fertility problems

Published by Sam Flores

Encouraging men to have more frequent ejaculations may boost their fertility, according to researchers who found that sperm deteriorates over time as it remains in the body. The longer men went without sex, the more their sperm showed signs of DNA damage and oxidative stress, and the more tests rated the sperm as less viable and poorer swimmers. The work has implications for fertility clinics and suggests that if doctors want to collect the best quality sperm, men should probably not abstain from ejaculating for several days as guidelines suggest. “In men, the negative effects we found on sperm DNA damage and oxidative damage were large-ish, so we are confident that this is a biologically meaningful and important effect,” said Dr Krish Sanghvi, a biologist at the University of Oxford and lead author on the study. The findings emerged from a meta-analysis that combined 115 human studies involving nearly 55,000 men, and 56 studies that looked at the impact of sperm storage in 30 non-human species. In humans and other animals, sperm tended to deteriorate …

Frequent flyers will love this tiny Bluetooth gadget, and it’s on sale now

Frequent flyers will love this tiny Bluetooth gadget, and it’s on sale now

Published by skeptic

Jada Jones/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. With spring break and summer vacation on the horizon, there’s no better time to consider upgrading your repertoire of travel gear. One of our team’s favorite recommendations is a handy Bluetooth dongle that turns your wireless earbuds into the perfect plane companion, so you can watch in-flight entertainment without needing to pack or purchase wired earbuds or headphones.  Also: This viral wireless dongle lets you share your audio on a flight – how it works The Twelve South AirFly Pro 2 is the best plane pal you can scoop up now for less.  During Best Buy’s Tech Fest sale, the device is $15 off in black or white, bringing the cost down to just $45. You can shop several other colors at Amazon ahead of the Big Spring Sale, but you won’t be able to score those $15 savings there as of now.  ZDNET audio reviewer Jada Jones tested the AirFly Pro 2 on domestic flights, and said she was impressed. Jones says the original AirFly was …

Brain scans reveal the unique brain structures linked to frequent lucid dreaming

Brain scans reveal the unique brain structures linked to frequent lucid dreaming

Published by José Betancourt

A recent study published in the Journal of Sleep Research suggests that people who frequently experience lucid dreams have specific physical network patterns in their brains. Scientists found that the tendency to realize one is dreaming while asleep is associated with integrated brain structures responsible for self-awareness, mental imagery, and cognitive control. This provides evidence that lucid dreaming might reflect a distinct physical organization of the brain rather than just a temporary sleep state. Lucid dreaming occurs when a person becomes aware that they are dreaming and can sometimes direct the dream’s events. While past studies using brain scans have explored the mental activity that happens during these dreams, the physical anatomy supporting this ability has remained largely uncharted. The authors of the new study wanted to understand if the frequency of lucid dreaming is linked to structural differences in the brain that vary from person to person. “Lucid dreaming is a fascinating state because it sits at the boundary between two worlds: the immersive imagery of dreaming and the self-reflective awareness of wakefulness,” said …

Many neurological conditions are more frequent among individuals with severe mental illness

Many neurological conditions are more frequent among individuals with severe mental illness

Published by José Betancourt

An analysis of data on individuals with severe mental illness available in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink found that 13 of the 15 groups of neurological conditions considered were more prominent among people with severe mental illness than in individuals without severe mental illness at the time of their psychiatric diagnosis. Most notably, the odds of dementia and Parkinson’s disease were around 4 times higher, while the odds of having epilepsy were 3 times higher 5 years after the diagnosis of severe mental illness. The paper was published in BMJ Mental Health. Studies indicate that individuals suffering from serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and other psychotic conditions have an increased likelihood of suffering from various adverse physical medical conditions. For example, these individuals have elevated rates of cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal diseases, with cardiometabolic disorders receiving the most research attention. However, the relationship between psychiatric and neurological conditions is not fully understood. Neurological conditions are disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves, leading to impairments in …

Frequent pornography use does not always indicate a problem, new study suggests

Frequent pornography use does not always indicate a problem, new study suggests

Published by José Betancourt

New research published in the International Journal of Sexual Health suggests that the reasons why individuals watch pornography are more predictive of their sexual health than how often they watch it. The study provides evidence that viewing pornography for enjoyment or curiosity is linked to adaptive sexual functioning, while viewing it to cope with stress is associated with problematic use and emotional withdrawal. These findings challenge the common assumption that frequent pornography consumption is inherently harmful. Pornography use is a widespread activity among adults in the modern digital age. Despite its prevalence, public discourse and clinical assessments often prioritize the frequency of consumption as the primary indicator of potential issues. This focus on quantity can overlook the psychological context of the behavior. The authors of the new study sought to address this gap by investigating the specific functions pornography serves for different individuals. “A major gap in the literature is that pornography use is often evaluated mainly by how frequently people use it, even though frequency alone tells us very little about whether use is …

I have frequent nosebleeds. What causes them and are they normal? | Well actually

I have frequent nosebleeds. What causes them and are they normal? | Well actually

Published by Sam Flores

If you frequently experience nosebleeds, you might come to regard them as nothing more than a messy inconvenience. Yet, even though most nosebleeds are mild and benign, they should not happen “if everything inside the nose is healthy”, says Dr Patricia Loftus, an otolaryngologist at the University of California, San Francisco. Here’s what experts say about nosebleeds. What is a nosebleed? A nosebleed, known medically as epistaxis, comes in two forms: anterior and posterior. About 90% of nosebleeds are anterior, and start in the area between your two nostrils, called Kiesselbach’s plexus, says Loftus. This area contains a lot of blood vessels – little capillaries that keep the nostrils well supplied with blood, to warm the air you inhale. These can break open, creating a bleed that mostly pours from the nostril, though some blood may trickle into the mouth or throat, especially if you lean your head back. Posterior nosebleeds are rarer and bigger. These are triggered when larger blood vessels deeper in the nasal passage burst. If there is significantly more blood flowing …