Can we inherit our ancestors’ trauma?
A therapist wondered if my family history could help explain my terrible homesickness on moving to Canada. Is she right?
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Marianne Eloise: “People dismiss your illness if you’re not bleeding on the floor”
The writer’s memoir uses her life as someone diagnosed as autistic to fuel intense dives into pop culture.
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It’s no surprise fathers need help with postnatal depression
The problems are the same for all new parents, not just the birth mother – too much screaming, too little…
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Prince Andrew and the false memory wars
The claim that sexual assault victims may be mistaken about their memories has become a political and scientific battleground.
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How do we solve our pandemic fatigue?
There needs to be a way to talk about what we have lost that acknowledges both the real risks of…
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Sorry-not-sorry: the science behind Boris Johnson’s non-apology
The Prime Minister might have said “sorry” for attending a party during lockdown, but his language suggested no remorse or…
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How Google makes you know less but think you know more
Experiments have found that constant googling is leading people to mistake the internet’s knowledge as their own.
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Why I’m wary of the ADHD industrial complex
I used to think it would help that influencers are raising awareness about a disorder I struggle with. Today, I’m…
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