Pregnancy requires a great deal of attention and not just physical care. In this section, we provide you with advice, studies, and strategies for managing your feelings and emotions, as well as information about what happens during each stage of your pregnancy, how to maintain a healthy relationship with your partner, and above all, enjoy this wonderful experience.

Perinatal death refers to the death of an unborn child. Some women can prevent it by controlling the risk factors that endanger their pregnancy. Continue reading to find out more about it.

Perinatal Death - Losing the Baby During Pregnancy

Society tends to portray pregnancy as a magical time of good health and happiness. In reality, however, it can have some difficult repercussions. In this article, we&#039;ll talk about one of the most serious mental health issues related to pregnancy and birth: postpartum psychosis.

Postpartum Psychosis: Description, Prevention, and Treatment

Today, we&#039;re going to talk about a little-known phobia called tokophobia. People with tokophobia have an irrational fear of pregnancy and birth. It can affect both men and women, and it originates from traumatic first-person or second-person experiences.

Tokophobia: The Irrational Fear of Pregnancy and Childbirth

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It&#039;s been almost a year and I&#039;m still trying to process what happened. My story is really difficult, but I just hope by telling it, I can help someone. In fact, there can be no more devastating physical and emotional pain than that caused by a miscarriage.

My Miscarriage: The Little Girl I Lost

Recurrent miscarriage is a rare condition, but it seriously affects couples who want to have a baby.

The Emotional Consequences of Recurrent Miscarriage

Medication, when there&#039;s a pregnancy involved, is always a sensitive issue. That&#039;s because pregnancy is an exceptional state in which medication taken by the mother can also affect the fetus.

Antidepressants in Pregnancy: Different Countries, Different Views

Pregnancy brings with it many changes, including diet. So, what happens if a pregnant mother consumes caffeine? In fact, it can be beneficial for her, but cause some harm to the baby. Find out more here.

Is It Safe to Consume Caffeine in Pregnancy?

Mothers usually take special care with certain risk factors during pregnancy. However, what about their emotional life? What role does it play in the development of the fetus?

Can Babies Feel Their Mothers' Emotions in the Womb?

Pregnancy is a revolution for a woman&#039;s body. During the nine months of gestation, her body adapts to various changes, many of which aren&#039;t obvious to an outside observer.

The Invisible Changes of Pregnancy

During a respected delivery, the woman feels respected, listened to, and owns her own experience of childbirth. Find out what psychological benefits this type of childbirth brings.

Respected Childbirth and Its Psychological Importance

Miscarriage tends not to be spoken about, either by society or many professionals. Today we&#039;ll talk about this phenomenon. Furthermore, we&#039;ll examine why its psychological effects often tend to be underestimated. 

The Psychological Impact of Miscarriage on a Couple

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Aileen Wuornos was an American serial killer who robbed her victims, all men, before she ultimately shot and killed them. Remembered for her hostile, sullen, and intimidating character, she was executed by lethal injection in 2002.

Aileen Wuornos: The Manhunter

No one enjoys feeling rejected. However, not all people are capable of finding a way out and they find themselves trapped. What can be done in these cases?

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: An Extreme Reaction to Rejection

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The myth of Poseidon is about the god of the oceans, a fundamental deity for all the Mediterranean peoples. He dethroned Cronos and created the famous Olympus.

The Myth of Poseidon, God of the Ocean

A New York University study raises the question as to whether it&#039;s possible to identify an individual with psychopathic traits based on their musical preferences.

The Favorite Music of Psychopaths

When I ruminate, I get stuck with intrusive and unpleasant ideas. Fortunately, I&#039;m gradually learning how to act in these situations.

Rumination: My Hated Friend

Crimes have been committed in all known human societies. They&#039;re more common in some civilizations than others, but none are exempt from them. Criminology is responsible for studying crime and discovering why and how it happens.

Some Curious Facts About Criminology

In countries that celebrate Christmas, the figure of Saint Nicholas is often no longer mentioned. He&#039;s been replaced by Santa Claus. However, in all cases the Christmas tradition involves giving gifts to children.

Saint Nicholas: The Biography of Santa Claus

A heart attack has nothing to do with an anxiety attack, although they can produce similar sensations. In this article, we&#039;ll talk about eight differences between an anxiety attack and a heart attack.

The Differences Between an Anxiety Attack and a Heart Attack

Going from diet to diet means going from one frustration to another. How about applying the 80/20 method to break the dynamic? It means you can lose weight and be healthy by consuming any type of food without guilt. We&#039;ll tell you how.

Don't Diet, Use the 80/20 Rule

We&#039;ve all had our hearts broken at some time in our lives, which is why we know what a difficult situation it can be to face. However, there are some helpful tips that can help you overcome it. 

How to Be Strong When Your Heart Has Been Broken

People with compulsive sexual behavior disorder suffer greatly. In fact, for them, sex loses the pleasurable nature it has for most of us.

Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CBSD)

For a relationship to be healthy and satisfying, it must cover the needs, desires, and preferences of both partners. Therefore, you need to find out what your non-negotiables are.

The Importance of Non-Negotiables in a Relationship

Have you ever been dumped by text? It&#039;s an increasingly common experience in the digital age, where relationships are created and sometimes destroyed over WhatsApp. How should you handle these distressing breakups?

What to Do If You've Been Dumped by Text

Frequently, when parents are fighting their own battles and the family relationship collapses, older siblings have to take on the responsibility of caring for their younger brothers and sisters. Consequently, they end up wearing shoes that are too big for them, and in which they&#039;re unable to walk.

Older Siblings Suffer More From Parental Conflict

The nervous system is a network of neurons. It&#039;s key to our survival and adaptation to any environment. In this article, we&#039;ll explain the differences between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems

The amygdala is responsible for states such as anxiety or the sensation of threat. However, it&#039;s possible to modulate its hyperactivity so that it offers us more harmonious and relaxed states. We explain how.

How to Regulate the Activity of Your Amygdala and Improve Your Life

A study reveals that you&#039;re more likely to trust faces that look similar to yours. Find out why here.

Why You Trust Some Faces More Than Others

When you get angry, automatic processes take place in your brain that determine how you feel and how you act. Find out about them here.

What Happens in Your Brain When You Get Angry?

What do you know about the neurobiological bases underlying body dysmorphic disorder? We examine them in this article.

The Neurobiology of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

What&#039;s dissociation? How&#039;s it related to trauma? How do people remember trauma? Find out here.

Memory and Dissociation

Do you work with someone who&#039;s uncooperative and always complaining? Some personalities are impossible to work or even live with. Find out how you can deal with these kinds of individuals.

How to Deal With Antagonists, People Who Won't Cooperate

Panpsychism is a disruptive theory put forward by some philosophers and neuroscientists. It proposes that human consciousness is only one of many kinds in the known universe.

Panpsychism: A Fantastic Theory About Consciousness

Technology is here to stay. One of its advantages is the development of digital intervention in different disorders. In this article, we&#039;ll tell you about some of its successful initiatives.

How New Technologies Are Helping in the Treatment of Psychosis

Addictions are common among individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder. This combination complicates any interventions. Safety Seeking therapy has been developed for these conditions. Find out about it here.

Safety Seeking Therapy: A New Treatment for Addictions

Resilience is the ability to overcome adverse situations. Zen suggests we activate this capacity with three essential questions. Find out about them here.

How to Activate Your Resilience According to Zen

When you refuse to forgive yourself, you don&#039;t change the past (that&#039;s impossible anyway), but you paralyze your present and limit your future.

Seven Tips to Help You Forgive Yourself

Often, people avoid goodbyes because they find them uncomfortable. However, adopting this habit can be really dangerous for our emotional health and that of others.

How to Say Goodbye

What excites you? What makes your heart vibrate and fills your mind with plans, hopes, and dreams to fulfill? We all need these little daily &#039;highs&#039; of dopamine to feel alive and move forward. Find out how to achieve it.

Discover What Excites You and Your Life Will Improve

How do you deal with your difficult emotions? Do you keep them under lock and key and pretend that nothing&#039;s happening? Or, do you get carried away by your anger and frustration? Remember, good emotional processing will allow you to live better. 

Your Emotional Processing Style and How to Improve It

Work often involves extremely long hours, difficult shifts, and the impossibility of reconciling work life with social or family life. The best intervention is to remove the source of stress. However, if this is impossible, what can you do?

When Work Becomes a Nightmare

You spend a good part of your day at work. However, it&#039;s often a problematic environment. In fact, time and demand make certain changes take place in your brain. Find out here what they are and what implications they have.

Five Work Environment Factors That Influence Your Brain

Recurring tasks consume more time than it might seem at first glance. However, if you stop doing them, they cause you problems. How can you deal with these kinds of chores without wasting too much time?

How to Manage Your Recurring Tasks

A leadership crisis occurs when people stop believing or trusting those who lead them. It happens frequently today and is at the base of instability in many organizations and countries.

How to Overcome a Leadership Crisis

You have a tendency to identify with your work. However, by taking this dimension as the basis for building your identity, you take on certain risks. 

Work and Identity: How Are They Related?

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