When you have depression or anxiety, it is often pretty clear. You feel nervous or down and that misery is very much on your mind. But what does it mean to have a dysfunctional personality? This is a ...

Citations: Maner, Jon, Douglas Kenrick. 2010. When adaptations go awry: Functional and dysfunctional aspects of social anxiety. Social Issues and Policy Review. 111-142.

When my brother and I were feuding—on our way to an estrangement—our mother repeatedly admonished me to “be the bigger person” and reach out to address our differences. Every time she said it, I ...