Why paper cuts hurt so much
Source: BBC By Jason G Goldman 5 September 2016 Paper seems completely harmless, but anybody who has refilled a photocopier or thumbed too quickly through a book knows that this […]
Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
Source: The Teaching Company By Professor Mark W. Muesse, Ph.D. Rhodes College The first of these 24 half hour videos can be watched online in Youtube. What is meditation? For thousands […]
‘You Are Not the Prettiest, Or the Thinnest,’ Writes Victoria Beckham in a Letter to Her 18-Year-Old Self
Source: Motto By Kate Samuelson Victoria Beckham has penned a powerful and sympathetic letter to her 18-year-old self, to accompany her cover shoot for the October issue of British Vogue. The mother-of-four reveals the insecurities with her looks and weight that she felt during her teenage years. “You are not […]
How tricksters make you see what they want you to see
Source: BBC By David Robson Could you be fooled into “seeing” something that doesn’t exist? Matthew Tompkins, a magician-turned-psychologist at the University of Oxford, has been investigating the ways that […]
Why College Is a Risky Time for Students’ Mental Health
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan Dana hadn’t had any prior experiences with mental illness when her son Oliver went back to school at Kenyon College, but just three weeks into his […]
A Mother’s Expert Tips on Raising Confident Daughters
Source: Motto By Charlotte Alter When Esther Wojcicki gave birth to her third daughter Anne in 1973, her friends offered their condolences. “There was this sort of commiseration,” recalls Esther […]
The reasons why politics feels so tribal in 2016
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 24 August 2016 Imagine you’re in a bar, discussing the upcoming election with your friends. You admit you’re undecided. In fact, you can see both […]
Why you don’t want a nice boss
Source: BBC By Sydney Finkelstein Everyone wants a nice boss. And if a nice boss is one who respects me and my work, challenges me to get better and wants […]
Why bullying is such a successful evolutionary strategy
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Frodo ruled with an iron fist. He incited fear among his fellow group members. His “demonic streak”, as it was later called, started early. From […]
Curing Sigmund Freud’s Atheism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to a BBC survey, in 2007, one billion people world wide are suffering from anxiety and […]
Freudian Conflicts and Slips
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Sigmund Freud remembered all his life the disgust and bitter disappointment he felt as a boy of […]
As a psychiatrist I’ve seen how culture affects views of mental illness
Source: The Guardian The UK has become more ethnically diverse in the past 20 years. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/LNP/Rex/Shutterstock By Yasir Abbasi Clinical director and consultant psychiatrist for addiction services, Mersey […]
Why Am I Always Hungry?
Source: Time BY Markham Heid Too little sleep and too much stress can make you hungry.Watching TV can make you hungry. Your hormones and moodand even the wrong-sized fork can make you hungry. “Hunger is not as simple as needing food to meet physical needs,” says Aner Tal, a research associate […]
How Nature Can Help Prisoners
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Inmates who watch nature videos have fewer violent infractions Watching videos of nature can reduce levels of aggression among prisoners, and possibly lead to fewer aggressive […]
The Secret of How Hypnosis Really Works
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander The unique effects of hypnosis on the brain suggest that it can be a powerful way to relieve pain—and might even be an alternative to opioids, […]
What is Patience or Sabr?
What is Sabr? Sabr is suppressing that angry voice in your head the one that wants to yell at people for being inconsiderate to your struggle. Sabr is swallowing this […]
Why Aren’t We Sleeping With Our Babies?
Source: Huffington Post By Margaux Khoury, co-Founder http://www.Birth.world,CEOTheBestDeodorantInTheWorld.com Since the dawn of time mothers have been sleeping next to their babies, without ever even thinking about it. In fact, they […]
Tackling the Ever Present Question of Suffering from Agnostics’ and Atheists’ Works
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I recently had dinner with a friend of mine, who is an agnostic and is a professor of […]
Another horrible example of herd mentality: The man hired to have sex with children
Source: BBC In some remote southern regions of Malawi, it’s traditional for girls to be made to have sex with a paid sex worker known as a “hyena” once they […]
Video: Could Donald Trump Pass a Sanity Test?
Keith Olbermann provides his decidedly amateur analysis. Source: Vanity Fair Short answer: probably not. First, several important caveats. There is little worse and nothing cheesier than questioning the psychological stability […]