Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Mixed feelings in relationships can stem from unresolved conflicts, differences ...

Kelley Kitley, 45, thought her family was complete with two sons and a daughter. Then, after realizing she was a few days late getting her period, she took a pregnancy test. It was positive. "I was in ...

Source: Car Pickhardt Ph.D. Ambivalence is the motivational inconsistency between simultaneously desiring and not desiring to make a given choice, or the perceptual inconsistency between seeing some ...

“In these times I don’t, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don’t want what I know and want what I don’t know.” — Marsilio Ficino, 1460 We usually associate anger with intolerance of ...

After losing 30 pounds a few years ago, Rosanna Gill wanted to lose 10 more, but a few factors kept her from making the effort it would require. After all, she didn’t need to drop additional weight ...

Life often presents mixed emotions. This feeling is called ambivalence. It means having conflicting feelings about the same ...

After years of engaging with parenthood from a distance, it’s time for a psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health to take her own advice. By Pooja Lakshmin, M.D. I’m not someone who dreamed ...

Start by creating a list of pros and cons. It may help make you more likely to act. By Malia Wollan “You can use ambivalence as a shield against the fear of rejection,” says Taly Reich, an associate ...