Interesting Articles
Cooking as a Therapeutic Tool
Cooking is one of those activities that combines art, technique, and knowledge. It’s a field in which culture and affections are put into play in a single task. Basically, we eat the landscape that surrounds us. We prepare it based on…
How Jealousy Can Make You Lose Your Mind
Jealousy is an emotion that comes out of an excessive desire to be the exclusive owner of something. We usually think about it in terms of people and love. The dictionary defines the word jealousy as, “jealous resentment against a…
6 Ways to Clear Your Mind for a Better Sleep
Do you have trouble sleeping? Do you feel like your mind is always preoccupied with something when you’re going to bed? Are you constantly going over things in your head when you’re trying to sleep? Rest is fundamental for a healthy body and…
Insomnia the Film: Those Inner Demons That Don’t Let You Sleep
In 2002, Christopher Nolan directed a thriller entitled “Insomnia,” about a rather strange murder in Alaska. The main character is Will Dormer (Al Pacino), an influential policeman from Los Angeles. He travels there with his colleague Donovan to investigate a…
Psychology
What Are Behavioral Addictions?
Behavioral addictions don’t involve substances or drugs. People who suffer from them experience considerable deterioration in all areas of their lives. In many ways, they’re very similar to drug or substance addictions in their characteristics and consequences. According to a…
Eating Disorders and Personality
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) from the American Psychiatric Association states that “feeding and eating disorders are characterized by a persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of…
When Anxiety Takes Over Your Life, You’re not You
When anxiety takes over your life, everything falls apart. Anxiety is like an annoying, uninvited guest that takes advantage of your hospitality. It’ll refuse to leave when you tell it to and, without you even realizing it, will throw everything…
Should We Call Addiction Attachment Instead?
A hundred years ago now, drugs were banned for the first time. In this century of the “war on drugs“, countless professors and governors have told people stories about addiction. They’ve become so rooted in our minds that we believe…
Neuroscience
How Does the Body Perceive Pain and Temperature?
Have you ever wondered why you’re capable of feeling pain? Or how you can tell when things are hot or cold? How do humans acquire this skill that’s so important to our survival? In this article, we’ll talk about the…
The Olfactory Bulb: Function and Characteristics
Smells have the power to evoke fond memories. Not only can your sense of smell transport you to the past, but it also helps you make important decisions every day. Today, we’re going to talk about an essential part of your…
The Four Types of Attention
Understanding that there are multiple types of attention is important. Most people believe attention is the ability to focus. Anytime someone is distracted or simply not listening to you, you say they’re “not paying attention”. But here’s our question: is…
Isolated Brain – Living without a Body
Recent studies made us question whether an isolated brain can have a life of its own after the body dies. Can it be alive on its own? Let’s find out. Our brain is the “operating center” of our body, it…
Human Relationships
Feeling Lonely in Your Relationship
Feeling lonely in your relationship can be extremely painful. It hurts not knowing why your partner is acting emotionally indifferent. After all, the point of being in a relationship is to feel loved and to have your partner’s companionship. Few…
Are Women Who Play Hard to Get More Attractive?
Women who play hard to get tend to create obstacles during the love conquest. Traditionally, people think that this attitude gets men more interested in women, so those who are “easy” don’t attract them as much. But is it true?…
Age Gaps in Relationships: Love Is More than Just a Number
True love doesn’t think about age differences; it’s about passion, attraction, and sharing the same values and a life project. Many people criticize relationships with big age gaps. However, many of them seem to be quite strong. Big age differences…
Why Is it so Hard to Forget a Past Love?
It can feel impossible to forget a past love, like trying to break a mountain in half. In the end, some memories are impervious to rust. Some stories and experiences were written in the ink of passion, on a kind…
Frozen or Delayed Grief: Pain that Becomes Chronic
Frozen or delayed grief is when a person hasn’t overcome a loss. It’s mourning that becomes chronic, that you drag along with you permanently. This suffering manifests itself in various ways. It can manifest as anxiety, stress, fatigue, apathy, or…
Wellness
Liquid Modernity and Consumerism: Why We Buy
Everything nowadays is constantly changing: politics, values, ways of thinking and interacting, education, the work world… Right now, we’re living in a globalized society characterized by rampant consumerism and the disappearance of past structures. This has led to feelings of uncertainty,…
Difficult Relationships: How to Reinterpret Your Narrative
Humans are social beings. Thus, they wouldn’t be able to lead healthy lives if they didn’t relate to other people. We start socializing during childhood and become part of social groups that change and grow over time. Being part of…
The Dangers of Excessively High Self-Esteem
Having excessively high self-esteem is neither positive nor healthy. Being overly confident and overestimating your worth leads to problematic behaviors and attitudes. These kinds of people don’t take responsibility for their own mistakes and they also have narcissistic tendencies. Self-esteem…
Blowing Betrayal Out of Proportion
For many people, betrayal is unforgivable. It leaves a gaping wound and deep scars. In fact, it has even become taboo. We often blow betrayal so out of proportion that we refuse to talk about it because the betrayal has spoken…
Health
5G Networks: What Everyone Should Know
Several experts have drawn our attention to the new 5G networks, which are currently on the brink of worldwide implementation. Many researchers claim that this technology will cause serious health consequences and electromagnetic pollution. For some time, people have been…
Erectile Dysfunction: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Erectile dysfunction is defined as the inability to get and maintain an erection that allows for satisfactory sexual performance. Although it’s not a severe condition, it can affect a patient’s social and personal life, as well as their partner’s. It…
The Benefits and Side Effects of Treatment with Pregabalin
Treatment with pregabalin has proven to be effective in controlling neuropathic pain and improving a patient’s quality of life. In this article, we describe its effects in detail. Pregabalin, also marketed as Lyrica, is an antiepileptic medication used for the…
Weight Gain Associated with Psychoactive Drugs
Weight gain associated with psychoactive drugs is one of the side effects that worries patients the most. Consequently, it’s a delicate subject that should be given special attention. Weight fluctuations vary from patient to patient and depend on the type…
Culture
Psychosocial Rehabilitation: The Art of Reconstructing Lives
Today, we’ll be talking about a therapeutic strategy that’s helping many people who suffer from psychological disorders. Psychosocial rehabilitation has made a name for itself among treatments that motivate patients to control their symptoms. Patients who try psychosocial rehabilitation are…
Is Charity the Same as Solidarity?
The increasing gap between the rich and the poor in modern society means that a significant portion of the population has to survive on very limited resources. Day after day, we see images in the media of the terrible things…
Keanu Reeves, A Different Kind of Celebrity
Keanu Reeves became famous for his portrayal of Neo in the movie The Matrix. At first glance, he seems like any other Hollywood celebrity: successful, rich, and probably a bit disconnected from how “normal” people live. However, Keanu Reeves isn’t a…
The Sex Raft: An Odd Experiment
Santiago Genovés was a Spanish man who immigrated to Mexico when he was 15 to flee from the Spanish Civil War. In Mexico, he became an anthropologist. Along with his Norwegian colleague Thor Heyerdahl, he designed a famous experiment that…
Work
The Many Faces of Work-Related Fatigue
Work-related fatigue comes in different packages. Some types have repercussions that last long after you leave the workplace, which is why it’s so important to know and understand how to identify them. Some are irreversible. Often, the issue is that…
I’m Addicted to Work – What Can I Do?
Being addicted to work, also known as workaholism, is a problem that many people face in today’s face-paced, stressful world. In this work-obsessed culture, it’s easy to believe that being a workaholic is a good thing. After all, workaholics get…
How to Adapt to the Gig Economy
The world has changed a lot. In many aspects of life, transformation is faster than our ability to assimilate it. One of the most disconcerting changes is the one we now know as the “gig economy”. The gig economy is…
Occupational Burnout Will Be an Official Syndrome
Occupational burnout syndrome (or just burnout syndrome) was begging for more attention. Now, the WHO is giving it the official classification it deserves. It’s going to go from being a medical condition to an occupational disease. That’ll really help workers, giving…