Self-harming and self-sabotaging behaviors, from skin picking to ghosting people, all stem from evolutionary survival ...

Just again in the media, and from a colleague, I heard “we are procrastinating more today than a couple of decades ago.” I could not disagree more. True, 2020 brought us a global pandemic and it ...

Young adults love TikTok. In 2024, the app had nearly 2.5 billion active users, 60% of them under 35 years old. Increasingly, young people are turning to TikTok for advice and information on a range ...

Procrastinating can be a positive thing to do. Yes, you read that correctly. People who do it and judge themselves poorly will benefit by looking at how procrastinating helps them. That said, those ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Procrastination is a common behavior many people struggle with ...

Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly ...

If you took a psychology class in high school or college, you may remember something about the work of B.F. Skinner, one of the most famous psychologists of the 20th century. He’s the guy who trained ...

These three habits might seem harmless, but could be the reason your mental health and quality of life is secretly deteriorating. For many people, the most obvious solution to psychological pain is ...

In a culture that celebrates constant productivity, slowing down is often mistaken for laziness. Yet, psychology shows that what looks like procrastination, avoidance, or lack of motivation often ...

Americans lose over 300 hours of sleep per year to “revenge bedtime procrastination,” according to new research. The survey ...