A Neuroscientist’s Strategy for Controlling Your Emotions

It turns out there’s a right way to second-guess yourself

Ashley Abramson
Forge
Published in
3 min readAug 9, 2021

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It happens lightning-fast. Someone on my Twitter feed makes a big announcement about their career — a cool new staff writing job or a book deal—and before I have a chance to think about it, I’m seething with jealousy. Or am I? I love freelancing, I remind myself, and I’ve…

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Ashley Abramson
Forge

Writer-mom hybrid. Health & psychology stories in NYT, WaPo, Allure, Real Simple, & more.