The microscope will make you anxious. It will make you question every decision you make and do things that you wouldn't ordinarily do. It will add significant stress to your parenting experience, if you let it.
Neuroticism may not seem like it's a good thing -- after all, past research has even suggested being not-neurotic is a common trait for healthy aging....
At the core of many neurotics is an inability to comfort, calm, reassure or feel good about themselves and needing those to come from someone else.
I confess -- I was 110% neurotic about nutrition. I drove my friends, my relatives, and especially myself crazy about the food we all eat. I was ...
Why is it that we get a warm feeling when someone understands us? Why is it that a simple caring "Are you okay?" can so move us?
Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.
"Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and...
