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In one early Seinfeld episode, George Costanza became convinced that his girlfriend was going to break up with him. When they talked on the phone, he was so tense that he made a list of odd, unnatural ...

Suicidal behavior, I recently argued, usually “stems from an intersection of three things: 1) difficult circumstances resulting in major stress or trauma; 2) a neurotic temperament; and 3) an internal ...

Imagine the following scenario: You’re waiting for a friend to pick you up for dinner and a movie. They’re running late. What are your thoughts? Do you start getting anxious or stressed, thinking: ...

Researchers found that more-neurotic people took worse care of themselves To some people, the word “neurotic” can conjure images of a certain type of psychotherapy: Woody Allen types splayed out on ...

Consider, if you will, your favorite neurotic. You may need to look no further than across your breakfast table, or conjure a picture of the nation’s neurotic laureate — Woody Allen. Or perhaps you’d ...

Do you often act first and then worry immediately about the consequences of your actions? Do you say whatever enters your mind but then immediately regret what you’ve just said? Are you often not ...

THE investigation of neuroses has made decided progress during the last few years. As recently as two decades ago the concept of neurosis was familiar only to a few specialists. Through the ...

Could creativity and worry be linked? Kristin Andrews/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Psychologists have advanced a new theory linking neurotic unhappiness and creativity, arguing that natural worriers may also ...

Suicidal behavior, I recently argued, usually “stems from an intersection of three things: 1) difficult circumstances resulting in major stress or trauma; 2) a neurotic temperament; and 3) an internal ...