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My Phone Told Me My Brother Was Dead
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (945+ words) Posted May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. The official statement says my brother and his four-year-old daughter were not the target. But death psychologically blurs the line between intention and consequence. March 12, 2026: Airstrike on a residential building in Lebanon. 1: 57 a. m. Mohamad…...
The Body Doesn't Keep the Score?
2+ hour ago (533+ words) Posted May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. A paper published recently in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience is making some waves in trauma circles, and for good reason. Written by Steven Kotler, Michael Mannino, Glenn Fox, and Karl Friston, it takes…...
At the Edges of Explanation
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (411+ words) Updated May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. Most hallucinations provide no medical information at all. They are symbolic, chaotic, or simply irrelevant. Yet this one pointed, accurately, to a specific pathology. Not all anomalies lean toward clarity. Some blur it....
Betty Broderick and the Cinderella Complex
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (313+ words) Posted May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Somehow eight years went by'she was thin and taut, her hair no longer thick as it had once been. The velvet skin of girlhood had begun to lose its lustre. Carolyn could not find…...
Does Raising Kids Keep You Young?
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (535+ words) Posted May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch As an adult adoptee, I've borne witness to the stress my parents endured once they signed my paperwork and brought me home to another foster kid and a much smarter German Shepherd. It would…...
Reducing Drug Overdoses that Lead to Suicide
9+ hour, 24+ min ago (317+ words) Updated May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods While more people in America kill themselves with a firearm than by any other means, the majority of people who attempt suicide do it by overdosing. Drugs are also a risk factor for suicide…...
Do You Have Bixonimania?
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (664+ words) AI medical information can be flawed " or even doctored. Psychology Today Do You Have Bixonimania? AI medical information can be flawed " or even doctored. Posted May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. - Research suggests AI medical information is "problematic" about half…...
Living Well in a Troubled World
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (218+ words) Posted May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. When I talk about what's going on in the world, my husband gets nauseated. He tells me to stop. He wants to hear music in the car, not the news. It isn't that…...
Existential OCD " Or Is It? | Psychology Today Ireland
9+ hour, 20+ min ago (498+ words) Posted May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. Christina sparkles with enthusiasm for life. She is 27, working in a new job in a graphic design firm, which she loves. She loves her team. She loves the creativity that permeates the office,…...
Using Music to Reframe Health
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (400+ words) Updated May 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods In a culture obsessed with measurable outcomes, it's easy to overlook that growth and impact may not show up in the result (yet) but in the creative process itself. As a music connoisseur and…...