Christians are more self-compassionate than atheists, but also more narcissistic, suggests a new study. ✝️❤️🤔📊

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Forgiving Yourself is Harder Than It Sounds 🤔💔✨

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Chronic pain worsened by harsh self-criticism 🩹🧠, study finds. People living with chronic pain tend to be more perfectionistic, less self-compassionate and – depending on the measure – less confident in their ability to cope. These psychological traits may intensify suffering.

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🌟 New research from Shaanxi Normal University in China reveals that teenagers practicing self-kindness are more likely to experience a life rich with variety and perspective-shifting events.

🧠 The study, published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, tracked 528 high school students aged 14-18 for four months. It found that self-kindness and mindfulness positively predicted psychological richness, while self-judgment and isolation negatively predicted it.

📊 This research suggests specific positive mental habits, particularly self-kindness, can serve as an "engine" for adolescents to develop a psychologically rich life, characterized by complex mental experiences and novel events, rather than just traditional happiness.

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Negative Thoughts and Self Criticism Can Age Your Cells Faster. Research reveals why changing how we speak to ourselves may be more than self-help rhetoric. It may be a genuine cellular survival strategy.

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Psychologists test the popular belief that you must love yourself to love a partner. Results suggest that psychological exercises aimed at improving self-compassion and self-love might eventually serve as useful tools for couples seeking healthier relationships.

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Psychological network analysis reveals how inner self-compassion connects to outward social attitudes. The research provides evidence that empathy serves as a bridge connecting self-compassion to a reduced preference for dominance over other social groups.

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🧠 A recent study in the journal Mindfulness found a link between how people treat themselves and their views on social equality. The research suggests self-compassion (treating yourself with kindness) acts as a bridge, connecting to greater empathy and a reduced preference for social dominance over other groups.

🤝 This connection between self-compassion and social equality remained stable even during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period of heightened stress and intergroup tension. Data collected from 979 undergraduate students before and during the pandemic showed the psychological links between self-compassion, empathy, and social attitudes did not significantly change.

🔬 The study used network analysis to visualize these connections, finding that empathic concern (emotionally feeling care for others) was more strongly linked to egalitarian views than perspective-taking (mentally understanding another's viewpoint).

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Oxytocin nasal spray may help people with borderline personality disorder engage in self-compassion meditation. Findings suggest a potential new way to support people who often find self-compassion practices difficult or uncomfortable.

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