Liana Georgoulis, PsyD

15 Heartfelt Texts to Send Your Boyfriend After a Fight

You’ve had a fight with your boyfriend and, instead of worrying about who’s to blame, you’ve wisely focused on how to patch things up. You want to send a text to get things started, but what should you write? To he...

How to

Make Yourself Emotionally Numb

Life can make you experience some intense, turbulent emotions: sadness, anger, jealousy, despair, or emotional pain. It is not always possible (or even a good idea) to turn off these emotions, since they can help you wor...

How to Frighten a Narcissist: 13 Tactics to Use

Tired of being pushed around by someone with a big ego? Scaring a narcissistic person may seem like a tall order when they act so grandiose and confident all the time, but it’s actually quite easy to rattle an egoist's...

8 Things That Separate Obsession from Love

How to spot and handle obsessive loveLove and obsession are two extreme emotions; one’s rooted in feelings of deep affection, and the other is an intense infatuation. While obsession might feel like love sometimes, we�...

How to

Get a Fearful Avoidant Back

If you want to reconnect with a fearful avoidant ex, you're probably wondering what the best approach is. Someone with a fearful avoidant attachment style won't respond to grand gestures, emotional apologies, or attempts...

How to Spot a Sociopath: Identifying Traits & Signs of Antisocial Personality Disorder

Are you wondering if someone you know is showing signs of being a sociopath? Sociopathy is actually a commonly-used descriptor for a mental health condition called antisocial personality disorder (APD). Sociopaths can be...

How to

Forget Something Horrible You Saw on the Internet

The Internet is a wide, wild place, full of wonders and horrors. Perhaps your curiosity got the better of you and you wandered onto a nasty webpage. Maybe you unwittingly opened a link to a horrible, triggering picture....

How to Stop an Obsession with Someone or Something

Expert advice on dealing with an obsession to stop letting it rule your lifeBeing obsessed is like having tunnel vision: you lose the ability to see or care about anything outside the object of your obsession. But if you...

How to Get Your Narcissistic Ex to Regret Losing You

Move on from the relationship while making them sorry they let you goIt can be difficult to be in a relationship with a narcissistic person, and even if you decide it’s best to move on, it’s natural to still feel hur...

How to React When Someone is Shouting at You to Defuse the Situation

How to stay calm when someone raises their voice at you If someone raises their voice at you, it’s totally normal to feel intimidated, frightened, upset, or angry. Being yelled at is never a pleasant experience, but th...

How to

Identify a Psychopath

Psychopathy is a personality construct consisting of a cluster of characteristics used by mental health professionals to describe someone who is charming, manipulative, emotionally ruthless and potentially criminal. Base...

How to

Deal With a Sociopath

Sociopaths come off as charming and personable, but once you get to know them their true personalities are revealed. If you know someone who's manipulative and remorseless, it's important to deal with the situation so yo...

Lack of Empathy: What It Looks Like and How to Improve It

Recognize a lack of empathy and learn what to do about it Empathy involves understanding what another person is feeling and experiencing—not just how you would feel if you were in the same situation. Empathy exists on ...

How to

Come Down from a High

If you’re too high and you’re feeling a little anxious, that’s OK — it happens! Fortunately, there are some things you can do to calm yourself down and minimize the effects of your high, like drinking water and g...

How to

Stop Taking Effexor

Effexor and Effexor XR are the brand names in the United States for Venlafaxine, an antidepressant pill that is used to treat millions of people. Effexor is prescribed by doctors to treat depression, anxiety disorders, a...

How to Get Over an Avoidant Partner

When an avoidant partner pulls away, it's natural to miss them. Fortunately, there are many ways for you to cope with an avoidant partner's behavior and heal your heart. In this article, we'll share expert-backed informa...

How to

Control Your Mind

When you don’t have control of your mind, your thoughts and emotions can run amok. You might find yourself ruminating on things a lot, constantly doubting yourself, or having trouble dealing with your emotions. It does...

13 Psychology-Supported Signs That You’re a Super Empath

A guide for super empaths: your core traits, self-care strategies, and qualities that attract narcissists Have you ever felt someone else’s pain physically? Can you sense when something isn’t right? Or, do you feel e...

How to

Protect Yourself from a Psychopath

Dealing with a psychopath can be frightening, but there are ways to avoid being victimized. Psychopathy is a form of antisocial personality disorder, and is characterized by a lack of empathy, disregard for rules, and im...

How to

Show Empathy

Being able to practice empathy is one of the most important skills you can learn. In a world that spends so much time picking at flaws and igniting fear and anger in people, empathy can be a balm to that fear and anger. ...