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We all have people with whom we struggle, problematic people who seem to drain us of our energies, rub us the wrong way, poke, provoke, frustrate or trigger us. What’s really happening when we find ...

Joanna could have screamed in frustration, but she had promised herself she wouldn’t. Her mother, Barbara, who had progressing vascular dementia, made everything more difficult than it had to be. If ...

Most of us have dealt with that person before, right? Someone we’d classify as “difficult.” Someone we don’t like to spend time with, or who makes us feel stressed. We all have at least one person in ...

Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and having a hard time being comforted, are only slightly more likely than other children to have insecure ...

IS HARD. SO HARD THAT THE SURGEON GENERAL SAYS IT HAS BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. CONSUMER REPORTS HAS MORE ON WHAT THIS WARNING MEANS, AND OFFERS ADVICE ON DEALING WITH STRESS AND A DEMANDING WORLD ...