Seneca on Grief and the Key to Resilience in the Face of Loss: An Extraordinary Letter to His Mother
Summary: “Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be, “Joan Didion observed in her classic meditation on loss. Abraham Lincoln, in his moving letter of consolation to a grief-stricken young woman, wrote of how time transmutes grief into “a sad sweet feeling in your heart.” But what, exactly, is the mechanism of that transmutation and how do we master it before it masters us when grief descends in one of its unforeseeable guises?”
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Digitally mined from: www.brainpickings.org
When It Comes to Heartbreak, Placebos Are the Best Medicine
Summary: As Neil Sedaka once harmonized for all the boppin’ kids, breaking up is hard to do. If only he knew about this new study. It suggests you can bounce back from a breakup just by believing you’re doing something to help yourself get over it.
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Digitally mined from: www.lifehacker.com
Rage Rooms: Hourly Russian Service Lets You Vent Aggression
Summary: “Has life in the modern world given you a simmering sense of resentment, anxiety and anger you wish you could unleash upon some highly breakable objects? Maybe you’re fuming over your job and fantasize about smashing a copy machine, Office Space-style, or maybe you’d like to give a certain public institution a piece of your mind. In Russia, you can pay by the hour to take out these aggressions on the environment of your choice – safely, legally and as violently as you like.”
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Digitally mined from www.weburbanist.com
Cranky crabs in broken shells often have the upper claw in fights
Summary: “Sheer aggression rather than pure muscle strength often gives hermit crabs living in broken shells the edge during a fight. Crabs living in broken shells value an intact shell and will fight more aggressively to get a better one, according to new research.”
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Digitally mined from www.sciencedaily.com