Our brains aren't programmed to make us happy, but to keep us safe. And this isn't a trivial distinction because when something overwhelms us emotionally, whether it's an unfair situation …
What if feeling lost in life was a good sign?
There are few feelings as unsettling as not knowing where you're going. It doesn't always manifest as a Shakespearean drama or escalate into an existential crisis; instead, it accompanies you like a …
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Do you listen to music while you clean? 3 things it reveals about you
“Without music, life would be a mistake,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. Plato also believed that “Music is to the soul what gymnastics is to the body,” and even Cervantes attributed positive powers to it, …
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3 unexpected signs that your tiredness is not physical, but mental
Tiredness doesn't always originate in the body, although it often manifests physically. Sometimes we sleep, rest, or even reduce our physical activity, but despite this, we still feel exhausted. We …
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AI has made us ultra paranoid
It seems that Artificial Intelligence is here to stay, largely due to the scant resistance we humans have put up. We surrendered before even putting up a fight, assuming that the supposed …
One step back
If you live in the same world as me, you've probably grown up bombarded with the idea that you always have to move forward, "Never backward, not even to gain momentum," I've always heard. It's the …
Letting things out isn’t always a good option – why sometimes it’s better to wait
There's a phrase that's repeated everywhere, to the point that it's become a kind of emotional mantra: "Let it out, don't keep it inside." Social media has amplified it ad infinitum , …