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Alcohol Gives Me Hangexity
“Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.” — Alex Hitch, Hitch
By Chantal Christie Weiss2 months ago in Psyche
When Winter Teaches Us How to Feel Again. AI-Generated.
December doesn’t arrive loudly. It seeps in. Earlier sunsets after a day of rain. Streets that look familiar but feel emptied of color. The air sharp enough to make you aware of your breath. Winter, more than any other season, doesn’t ask for productivity or performance. It asks for honesty.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran2 months ago in Psyche
The Psychology of Emotional Contagion. AI-Generated.
Walk into a room where tension hangs in the air, and you may feel uneasy before anyone says a word. Enter a space filled with laughter, and your mood often lifts almost instantly. This phenomenon is not coincidence or imagination; it is emotional contagion at work. Emotional contagion is a subcategory of social psychology that explores how emotions transfer from one person to another, often unconsciously. It shapes group dynamics, relationships, workplaces, and even entire societies, influencing how we feel and behave in ways we rarely notice.
By Kyle Butler2 months ago in Psyche
Watch Out Wednesdays (12/17/25)
During the holiday season, here are some things that we all need to watch out for on this Watch Out Wednesday! Wow! 1. Beware of the flu season. This is the time that we are normally around family more than usual, but this flu season is more than aggressive this season. The new flu strain this year is called subclade K that affects adults over twice as much more than children. This strain is shown to be more resistant than the ones from last winter. Social distance comes to mind, especially with who is currently the US Health and Human Services Secretary.
By Adrian Holman2 months ago in Psyche
The Gift of Detachment
For most of my life, I believed that holding on tightly was a sign of love, commitment, and responsibility. I held on to plans, to expectations, to people, and to outcomes. I told myself that if I cared enough, worried enough, and tried hard enough, things would turn out the way I hoped.
By Fazal Hadi2 months ago in Psyche
The Simple Science of Self-Love
For a long time, self-love felt like a mystery I couldn’t solve. I saw people talk about it online—loving yourself, choosing yourself, accepting yourself—and I wondered what they were doing that I wasn’t. I assumed self-love was a feeling you woke up with one day, like confidence or happiness.
By Fazal Hadi2 months ago in Psyche
The Science of Solitude: Why Being Alone Is Beneficial for the Mind
Introduction Being alone in the modern world carries a subtle stigma. We are in an age of hyperconnectivity: smartphones chirp constantly, social media beckons continually, and the cadence of life rarely permits meditative quiet. Being alone is mistakenly equated by many with loneliness, a sense of isolation and disconnection. Solitude and loneliness are quite different. While loneliness is painful and involuntary, solitude is voluntary behavior—a conscious stepping away from external stimuli to re-engage with oneself, reflect, and regenerate.
By The Chaos Cabinet2 months ago in Psyche
Build Better Habits in 21 Days
For a long time, I thought habits were something you either had or didn’t. Some people just did things every day—woke up early, exercised, journaled, stayed organized—while people like me tried, failed, and quietly felt ashamed for not sticking to anything.
By Fazal Hadi2 months ago in Psyche
The Power of Tiny Efforts
For a long time, I believed that change had to be loud. Big goals. Big plans. Big transformations. If I couldn’t do something perfectly or all at once, I often didn’t do it at all. I waited for motivation to strike, for energy to appear, for the “right time” to arrive. And while I waited, days quietly passed.
By Fazal Hadi2 months ago in Psyche
Super-Flu on the Rise: What the New H3N2 Wave Means for You and Your Family
This winter, health officials around the world are watching a faster-spreading influenza A(H3N2) variant — often called subclade K — that’s driving earlier and sharper spikes in flu cases in several countries. The technical name matters because this specific H3N2 evolution is less well matched to some vaccines and has shown rapid spread in recent months. Public health agencies say the good news is there’s no clear evidence yet the virus causes more severe illness per case, but the combination of high spread + imperfect vaccine match can still mean more hospitalizations overall.
By Waqar Khan2 months ago in Psyche
