The Olympics are almost upon us. During every Olympics, we see happy, heartwarming stories portrayed on television, but we also see desperately unhappy ones. We see favorites devastated to win silver, ...

There are new words for how we process bad news. They’re cynical, hopeful or maybe delusional. By Nitsuh Abebe Forget the awkward half-a-glass metaphor we use to describe optimism and pessimism.

Have you ever had scary thoughts pop into your head that you just couldn't stop thinking about? They're called intrusive thoughts, and they are distressing, repetitive and unwanted. They can be ...