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Why raves are such a reliable source of spiritual experience
Amid the pounding bass, ravers achieve a transcendence long associated with sacred practices. Neuroscience explains how.
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5 months, 1 week ago
How to be defiant
Staying silent often feels like the safe choice, but the costs can be profound. Here’s how to stand up for yourself.
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5 months, 1 week ago
The existential balm of seeing yourself as a verb, not a noun
In the therapy room, I’ve seen how rethinking what we are – and what it means to ‘be dead’ – can lighten our fears.
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5 months, 1 week ago
For maximisers, bad choices really sting
We all make wrong decisions, but if you’re a ‘maximiser’ rather than a ‘satisficer’, the regret hurts all the more.
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5 months, 1 week ago
It’s not always clear when someone’s lost the ability to decide
The complex changes of dementia and legal concepts like ‘lucid intervals’ show why patients and families must plan ahead.
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5 months, 1 week ago
Which ‘you’ does your partner see?
Researchers analysed how much romantic partners agree about their personal characteristics – and where they agree most.
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5 months, 1 week ago
For some exercisers, a healthy habit spins out of control
When is a typically celebrated practice – working out – more like an addiction? Researchers have found some patterns.
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5 months, 1 week ago
Letting friendships die
I knew I was committing a small social crime. But we hadn’t truly been friends for a long time.
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5 months, 2 weeks ago
How to come back to your senses
Screen-based life is deadening. Try some simple adventures and exercises to reconnect with the world’s sensory richness.
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5 months, 2 weeks ago
The unravelling
I’d lived through two eras: pre and post OCD diagnosis. Nothing prepared me for what the third era held.
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5 months, 2 weeks ago