I’m announcing an official, psychology-related name for our new quasi-post-maybe-it’s-over period of COVID-19. I’m calling it the “Analysis-of-Variants” phase, or AOV. “Analysis-of Variants” Phase AOV is different from the initial stages of the pandemic. Two years ago my students and I were all in crisis mode, adjusting to (a) being home, (b) remote interactions, (c)…
Cæsar died last night at Shakespeare in the park. While the last dagger extracted Julius’s “Et tu, Brute?” I was wondering: Why did the Roman populous love Caesar so much? What turned Caesar into a leader to live for and die for, even after his own death from him? And what can we learn from…
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Source: Kyle Broad/Unsplash Your early experiences with your parents and caregivers influence your relationships later in life. It’s a statement that is often heard in psychology. It makes intuitive sense, but often we don’t realize the full extent of this influence. Attachment theory, initially proposed by John Bowlby, has helped many people better understand their…
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Source: Dragana Gordic/Shutterstock When I began writing this, the unthinkable tragedy in Uvalde, Texas was the most recent incident of a mass shooting in our country. Already since then, the community of Tulsa, Oklahoma has been rocked by another violent massacre, and all while the news of what happened in Uvalde, Texas continues to unfold….
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Many households are yet to feel the impact of higher mortgage repayments but further interest rate hikes will start to “bite” as the cost of living also rises, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned. Mr Lowe warned both interest rates and inflation will continue to climb higher this year, but he does…
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Few medical conditions affect us more intimately than infertility and sexual dysfunction. Although many medical conditions cause uncomfortable symptoms and different types of functional impairment, infertility is a dagger stabbing at the very heart of our identity as women and men. For this reason, the infertility statistics from sources such as the CDC and Cleveland…
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Toxic relationships generally follow three stages. Source: Eric Ward/Unsplash Toxic relationships generally follow three stages: idealizing, devaluing, and discarding. Learn about each of these stages and the impact it has on you. Idealizing Love-bombing is a clear sign of the idealizing phase. You are told you are the best thing to happen to your partner,…
I recently read one of the most original, wide-ranging, and thought-provoking books I’ve seen in a while called Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence by writer, artist, and technologist James Bridle, and I’m thrilled he could answer a few questions about his landmark book.1.2 why did you write Ways…
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Grieving is a reaction to the loss of a loved one. However, it is also a natural reaction to having to let go of an idea–specifically, beliefs about our expectations for life. This is especially true with regard to those concerning our basic needs: food, shelter, love, identity, social connection, and security. Grief is associated…
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It is shocking to consider what we have lost in the last two years. More than a million people in our country have died from COVID. In the college psychiatry clinic where I work, I’ve seen young adults who have lost grandparents, aunts, and uncles. While we mourn this terrible loss of life, there is…
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