Nearly one in three people report obsessive-compulsive behaviors in their lives. But the condition is poorly understood – the families of those affected, though meaning well, frequently do more harm than good. You know that nagging feeling when you leave the house and think, “Did I turn the stove off?” We all have momentary panics […]
Adrenaline is quite secreted when you’re under stress; it elevates the heart rate and blood pressure, boosting the amount of body energy. The hormone is generated by the medulla of the adrenal glands, as well as certain neurons in the central nervous system, and is swiftly released into the bloodstream during a stressful event, delivering […]
Dennis Rader’s daughter once claimed that her father could be a good and decent one. Damn, that was seriously shocking for many. It’s so hard to put into words how all the victims’ families thought and felt about this statement made on their loved ones’ murderer. Since then, I’ve seen this question often, “can serial […]
Postpartum depression (PPD), also called perinatal depression, is a mood disorder that occurs during pregnancy or after a recent birth. The condition can cause problems with bonding between mother and child, sleep and feeding issues, and mental, emotional, verbal and developmental complications in children. PPD affects one out of eight new mothers, but the risk […]
For a very long time, I had thought that psychopaths are people who could cut you up with a chainsaw. Turns out, I was wrong – at least half wrong. See, a psychopath is an unemotional social predator with the ability to manipulate, using violence if necessary, to get what they want. These agents of […]
When it comes to cleaning, I’m what you might call a cleaning-phobe. Many avoid saying they don’t like cleaning up. But I don’t. I don’t like torturing myself, cleaning and maintaining things that are repetitive, time-consuming and not fun at all. When I hear people’s dream of living in a perfectly clean and tidy space, […]
To a greater or lesser extent, we all need our dose of external approval since we are social beings by nature. However, a line separates the healthy from the pathological in the context of relationships and that we must take into account if we do not want to establish ties of dependency. In fact, some […]
Becoming a positive person, if you are not already one, can seem easy. But it is not always so easy. To choose to think positively is especially important if you agree with the approach that we are what we believe. Thinking positively and adopting an optimistic attitude have many ups and downs. It is far […]
For some time, we have been hearing the term ALPHA FEMALE – ALPHA WOMAN, and many will wonder: what does this exactly mean? Countless will have a perhaps wrong and a bit sexist idea of the subject. To get a better view of it, I’m breaking down the term a bit. In this article, I […]
Mental illnesses are present in the social debate, but … is everything that is said about them really true? Did you know that 25% of the population will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their life? – That is what’s suggested by recent data from the WHO. However, although mental disorders are […]
How do we get happy or in a good mood? Yes, when someone makes us laugh or when we meet someone after a long time. But what actually results in happiness? Have you ever thought about it? Well the answer lies in one word: serotonin! What is Serotonin? Serotonin is a neurotransmitter produced by neurons […]
Improving self-control is essential to avoid excess behaviours such as overeating or addictions, among others. People who can control themselves are more successful in many areas of their lives. However, as we all know, self-control is often absent. Part of the problem is overestimating our ability to resist temptation. Self-control can be exercised like a […]
