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(Word count: 932) Ever clicked “no thanks” online and immediately felt like a bad person? Imagine you’re buying a first aid kit online. You’re about to check out when a pop-up appears asking for notifications. You expect a simple “Deny” Continue reading When Saying ‘No’ Feels Like a Crime: The Internet’s Favorite Trick
Research consistently shows that being active plays an important role in our mental well-being. Run, walk, dance or swim, it doesn’t really seem to matter, as long as we’re getting moving. While we are far from understanding exactly how physical Continue reading Mind the (Implementation) Gap: Introducing Physical Activity into Mental Health Treatment
TLDR: For just £16 and four hours, chronic procrastinators went from procrastinating more than 90% of people to procrastinating less than 75%. We’ve all procrastinated: scrolling social media instead of assignments, tidying to avoid difficult tasks, promising to exercise tomorrow. Continue reading Can £16 Fix Your Procrastination?
Image credit: Openclipart. Text: Author’s own. Unpopular opinion: pain is great. As our body’s fire alarm, it keeps us safe – it tells us when something’s not right, and keeps going until the problem is fixed. But when the alarm Continue reading Pain, pain, go away! But you’ll come back another day…
(987 words, 5-minute read) Why do we laugh 🙂 ? Everybody laughs, but why? The simple answer is that laughter is a non-verbal way of expressing positive emotions. People laugh at many things, watching humorous videos, joking around with Continue reading Would You Laugh With Me? What We Learned From Laughter In Interactions Involving Autistic and Non-Autistic People
Tinnitus? What’s That? 🧐 Ever left a loud concert with ringing ears? That’s tinnitus – the sound of your ears doing their own thing, even without noise around. Curious what tinnitus sounds like? Check out these simulations! For some, tinnitus Continue reading Buzz Off, Tinnitus! Tinnitus Tracking: A Small Practice with Big Potential
[996 words, 6-minute read] You just can’t stand to see someone you love be in pain. A spinal cord injury (SCI) turns life upside down — for them, and for you. You want to know they’re getting the best care Continue reading Can we trust the tests? – Unlocking Mental Health Support After Spinal Cord Injury
999 words, 6-minute read Imagine your phone buzzes—a game notification says your friend unlocked a rare item in a time-limited event. How does it make you feel? Are you excited to unlock it yourself, or do you feel pressured? However Continue reading Fear of Missing Out in Game: Why Some Players Feel More Stress Than Fun
Something is indeed cooking… The Trauma-Informed Approach (TIA), which emerged in the 1990s (Bloom, 2013) has gained traction over the past 20 years, with staff training being a key intervention used in efforts to implement it in the UK (Purtle, Continue reading Something’s cooking: Trauma-Informed Approach Implementation through Staff Trainings
<999 words, 5-minute read> Unlike how psychotic disorders are depicted in the media, there is not just hearing voices and paranoia. The stories patients tell are often fundamentally different. To treat this complex disorder, we need to listen to their Continue reading Taking the ‘Psycho’ out of Psychosis – Towards a Better Understanding of Co-occurring Hallucinations and Delusions