Why Many Victims of Domestic Violence Do Not Leave Their Abusers
Why victims of domestic violence do not leave their abusers explained for courts and legal professionals, including coercive control, financial abuse, fear, and safety risks.
How To Suppress Bad Memories
While completely erasing bad memories isn’t possible, learning how to suppress or manage them effectively can play a significant role in healing and improving mental well-being.
Relationship Breakups: When Love Ends but the Pain Lingers
An honest, first-person article on relationship breakups, unrequited love, divorce, and healing, offering practical guidance on what to do and what not to do when your heart is broken.
Taking Things for Granted: Lessons I Learned Too Late
A personal reflection on taking things for granted, regret, grief, empty nest syndrome, and the connection to mental health—highlighting how loss teaches us the value of people and moments.
When Stigma Comes From Home: My Experience With Mental-Health Judgement
A first-person account of mental-health stigma within a traditional rural Polish family: why it’s hard to explain mental health to older generations, how judgement impacts wellbeing, and what the statistics say about stigma and discrimination in Poland.
Loneliness at Christmas: You Are Not Alone
Loneliness at Christmas can affect anyone. This heartfelt first-person article reminds readers they are not alone, explores depression and seasonal sadness, and offers practical ways to cope, learn new skills, and find hope as the New Year approaches.
What If Death Was Not The End But A New Beginning
The Hall of Mirrors concept offers a compelling way to think about life, death, and consciousness within a multiverse framework. Rather than viewing the universe as singular and final, this perspective suggests the existence of multiple parallel universes emerging from identical initial conditions. At the moment of divergence, these universes are indistinguishable, yet over time they evolve independently due to minute quantum-level variations. Each universe becomes a near-reflection of the others, similar, but never exactly the same. Within this framework, death need not be understood as an absolute ending, but as a transition between states of existence.
Erasing Memory: The Possibilities and Challenges of Selective Forgetting
Managing distressing memories through existing therapies, mindfulness, and support networks remains the most accessible path. As research continues, the dream of selectively forgetting the bad while keeping the good may one day become a reality. Until then, moments of natural relief, like forgetting an OCD trigger and finding the anxiety has passed, remind us of the brain’s capacity to heal itself.
Eating Disorders and Mental Health
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that involve a persistent disturbance in eating behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. They are often deeply intertwined with mental health issues and can significantly impact physical health, emotional well-being, and quality of life.
Understanding the Window of Tolerance in Mental Health
Intrusive thoughts and the window of tolerance are closely linked through the lens of stress and emotional regulation. When you are within your window of tolerance, intrusive thoughts are easier to manage and less likely to overwhelm you. Conversely, being outside this zone can amplify their intensity, making emotional regulation strategies essential.