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When Pain Won’t Leave: Chronic Pain and the Nervous System
Pain that persists is not imaginary and it is not "in your head". It is a nervous system that has learned too well — and learning can be revised.
The Anniversary Effect: Why Grief Comes Back on Schedule
A date on the calendar can undo months of steady progress — and it is not a setback. Here is what is happening, and…
Read the articleSurviving the Two-Week Wait: A Psychologist’s Guide to the Hardest Fortnight
Fourteen days of not knowing, conducted in public. What helps, what does not, and how to come out the other side still recognisable to…
Read the articleFive Senses, One Room: How Grounding Really Works — and When It Doesn’t
Grounding is the most recommended and least understood skill in mental health. What it is actually for, how to do it properly, and why…
Read the articleThe Anxious Mind, the Quiet Body: Why Calming Down Starts Below the Neck
You cannot reason your way out of a body that has decided you are in danger. Here is what to do instead — and…
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