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 ...

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

“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 ...

We’re all familiar with the agony of ambivalence. 16 The vicious cycle of internal conflict, avoidance, rationalization, impulsive action, and self-blame, driven by the anxiety of freedom, mortality, ...