When the Brain Stops Staying in Its Lane: What LSD Reveals About Flexibility and Synchrony
When brain networks loosen their grip, experience can change fast Some mental states feel “locked in.” Anxiety loops, depressive rumination, compulsive checking, or rigid perfectionism can trap attention in the same grooves, even when we know those grooves are hurting us. A major question in psychology and neuroscience is why the brain sometimes struggles to […]
Teaching Compassion Online: What ACT Training Gave Bereavement Volunteers—and Why It Matters
When Help Is a Human Voice: Training Grief Volunteers in a Digital Age When someone dies, the first responders are often not therapists but neighbors, friends, and trained volunteers. These volunteers are the steady voices on helplines, the listeners in community services, and the people who help hold the immediate shock of loss. Yet their […]
The Quiet Signals of the Body That Shape Teenagers’ Inner Worlds
Why Sensations and Self-Talk Collide in the Teen Years Teenagers often describe feeling “on edge,” hyperaware of every rustle in a crowded hallway or every flutter in their stomach before meeting new people. These are not just growing pains. They are clues to how the body’s sensory systems connect to the mind’s voice. The research […]
Where We Look Shapes What We See: How Fixation Patterns Drive Face Processing in Autism
Why Eye Contact Feels Different—and What Fixations Reveal Eye contact is a social shortcut. With a glance, we gauge interest, trust, and intent. But for many autistic people, those few seconds can feel complicated—less like a shortcut and more like a traffic jam. A new research paper, Pattern of fixation explains atypical eye processing during […]
Screens That Calm, Screens That Worry: What Parents of Autistic Children Say About Digital Media
Screens as Soothers and Stressors: What Parents of Autistic Children Are Telling Us Digital devices are now woven into childhood—part reward, part tool, part escape hatch. For families raising children on the autism spectrum, screens can be a lifeline for calming, communication, and structure. They can also be a source of late-night battles, skipped meals, […]
Cutting Weight, Carrying Worry: Food, Mood, and Performance in Lebanon’s Taekwondo Elite
When the Fight Extends Beyond the Mat In weight-class sports, the scoreboard isn’t the only place athletes feel pressure. The scale can become a second opponent. That tension is at the heart of the research paper Mental health, eating disorder risk, and disordered eating patterns among Lebanese National Taekwondo Players: A cross-sectional study, which takes […]
Turning Harsh Inner Voices Into Help: What a Compassion Group Offered NHS Staff
When Caring for Others Leaves Scars on the Self Healthcare workers are trained to stay calm under pressure, make quick decisions, and carry others through crisis. Yet the same habits that help them excel—high standards, vigilance, and a sense of duty—can quietly harden into relentless self-criticism. Over time, this can feed burnout, emotional numbness, and […]
Parents on the Frontline of Autism and Mental Health in the UK
When the Helpers Need Help Too Across the United Kingdom, many autistic children experience anxiety, depression, and distress that can spill into daily life—sleep struggles, school refusal, panic, meltdowns, self-injury, or shutdowns. In those moments, parents become the first responders. The research paper “Constantly overwhelmed and desperate for help”: Parents’ experiences of supporting their autistic […]
Understanding the Potent Epistemic Insurgency of Non-Binary Narratives in Developmental Psychology**
Introduction – Context of the Study Non-binary identities have long been sidelined in the discourse of psychology, often reduced to binary understandings of gender that marginalize or pathologize diverse experiences. The journal article titled “Non-Binary Trajectories as Epistemic Insurgency: On Decolonial Disobedience in Developmental Psychology” offers a compelling critique of these mainstream paradigms. By positioning […]
The Unwritten Pages of Healing: Expressive Writing in Health and Social Care
Introduction: Beyond the Chart—Making Sense of Caregiver Stress Picture a healthcare worker on a seemingly ordinary day—donning crisp scrubs, juggling patient charts, and sprinting through hospital corridors. Yet, behind the mask of professionalism, many are silently wrestling with a storm of emotions. In the UK, health and social care professionals are experiencing alarming levels of […]