“God loves us too much to let us lead a life marked by poor thinking. He made our brains; he can retrain our brains. God has not left us alone in this battle of the mind.” Max Lucado, “Tame Your ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. On average, people have about 6,200 thoughts each day. Inevitably, some will be unwanted, alarming, or ...

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. More than 48,000 Americans died by suicide in 2021, the most recent year for which data is available, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Cognitive defusion, or defusion as it is called for short, is a mindfulness process from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in which you observe your thoughts from a distance. One of the reasons ...

You may have noticed a lot more chatter on TikTok these days about intrusive thoughts. While some people use the term to describe their random impulses to, say, open and close their fridge door ...

Imagine you had a friend, Bill. While you enjoyed his company at first, he now follows you around all day, talking to you nonstop. You wake up in the morning, and Bill is right there yammering away.