Dissociation — our brain's attempt to protect us from pain — is problematic when it becomes a longstanding strategy. Learn how to begin to undo it.

Living with chronic illness often means living in a body that hurts. The pain can be searing or dull; intermittent or constant; affecting the body as a whole or specific body parts. Experiencing pain ...

But, all too often, your childhood trauma has made (and is making) you suffer. And that child hidden inside has suffered ...

A massage from an AI robot kind of felt human, but lacked certain aspects of the human touch and required me to engage in too ...

According to Myran, dental fear is easily understandable from a psychological perspective. But it’s also clear that dentistry’s inherent physicality exacerbates the issue. Myran said this is ...

We sat down with the beloved DM to talk about the worlds he built for Dimension 20 — and what he has planned for Critical Role ...

The internet, video games, and an alienated, atomized culture have made young men unable to grasp that anything, or anyone, is real.

Some couples broke under the pressure of Hurricane Helene. Others found something solid and surprising in each other.

We cannot turn away from the horrendous things that are happening. Not now. The less love and empathy there is in the world, ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Patricia Lockwood about her latest novel Will There Ever Be Another You. She spent years fighting long COVID and her book captures that sense of disorientation.

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has ...

When you feel that one well-worn argument bubbling up with your partner, you know it’s going to go the same way as usual, right? However, knowing how you react to conflict could actually help you ...