5 Things To Remember When Your Life Is Falling Apart

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It’s hard to talk about things. That’s why sugarcoating exists. Pain, in fact, makes some of the world’s greatest actors, because they know which face to put on to hide it. As we go through life, we accumulate more difficulties along the way. It’s impossible not to feel jaded at times we may often find ourselves on the verge of giving up. But, not all hope has to be lost. Psych2Go shares with you 5 things to remember when your life is falling apart:

1. Pain is temporary.

I know it might not seem like it right this second, but everything you’re going through right now will pass. Even the heaviest rain storms eventually find calm. Whether you’re going through a breakup, job loss, or the death of a loved one, things will eventually stabilize again. You may not always fully recover from traumatic events depending on the severity of them and grieving is never a linear process. Some days, you may plunge back into the familiar darkness and wonder when it’ll stop feeling heavy.

But no matter how brief, subtle, or unpredictable, there will always be moments of light you’ll find in between. Sometimes, pain doesn’t listen to our pleas of instant gratification. Instead, it asks for patience. The heart is a strange place. Just as equally as it knows how to drown, it also knows how to…

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6 Reasons Why Smart People Cant Find Happiness

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Happiness is the feeling of contentment and satisfaction that is craved by many but only achieved by some. Happiness is relative and subjective. But for many successful individuals, the presence of a great family life and a flourishing career is often not enough. On some occasions these do not prevent an smart individual from feeling a sense of loneliness, often sadness and melancholy.

Here are six psychological reasons why smart people have a harder time finding happiness.

1. Intelligent people over-analyze

Many individuals with high levels of intelligence often over think and analyze everything that occurs in their life and surroundings. While their ability to analyze things is a great asset, the constant analysis of everything often lead to frustrations especially when coming up with an undesired conclusion.

Being able to see through people’s intentions is a burden that most people don’t get to carry. Oftentimes, knowing how ugly the real world is like is……