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Making friends as an adult: why it can be hard and what may help
Why can making friends as an adult feel difficult? How time, opportunities and initiative shape friendship, and what may help new connections grow.
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Autism in adulthood: from recognition to diagnosis
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Recognising yourself in accounts of autism online is not a diagnosis. Explore late recognition, adult assessment and support for everyday life.
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Hanging up your boots: who are we when we stop doing what defined us?
Leaving a career can change routines, relationships and identity. How can we accept the transition without defining our worth by what we do?
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When success is not enough: academic pressure and adolescent mental health
Academic pressure can motivate learning. But when a grade begins to determine personal worth, fear of failure can take up too much space...
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Why can’t we look away? Morbid curiosity and true crime
The fascination with the macabre and true crime is not explained only by a taste for violence. It often begins in the tension between threat, uncertainty and the wish to understand...
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FOMO: the fear of missing out
The fear of missing out may look like simple curiosity, but it can become a cycle of comparison, anxiety and constant checking...
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Procrastination: much more than lack of discipline
Putting things off is not always laziness. Procrastination often grows from discomfort, self-criticism, perfectionism and difficulty getting started...
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Emigration, repatriation and mental health: adapting without losing yourself
Moving country can open possibilities, but it can also reshape identity, belonging, relationships, language and mental health...
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AI as therapist: help, risk or dangerous substitute?
Artificial intelligence may be useful as a complement, but a convincing conversation is not the same as psychotherapy...
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Mobile phones in school: what research really says
Restricting phones during lessons makes sense, but research does not support miracle solutions for learning, wellbeing or cyberbullying...
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Are we different people when we speak another language?
Speaking another language can activate different memories, emotions, cultural references and ways of expressing ourselves...
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Physical exercise and mental health: caring for the mind
Physical activity can influence mood, sleep, anxiety, energy and the way we deal with stress...
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Emotional exhaustion or burnout: when to seek help
There are periods when we simply feel tired. We sleep less well, have too many things to do, or go through a more demanding phase...
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Loneliness at Christmas: more common than it seems
Christmas is usually associated with togetherness, family, and reunions. Yet for many people, this season makes loneliness more visible…
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Psychology and Christmas: why this season affects us so deeply
Christmas is often portrayed as a magical time, full of joy, family togetherness and perfect moments…
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Mental health stigma: why it persists and how we can change it
How stigma affects confidence, help-seeking and opportunities — and how to support people without reducing them to a diagnosis.
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The time change: what it does to our body and how to adapt
Clock changes can affect sleep, mood and energy. Explore the research and ways to adjust.
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When love hurts: how to recognise a toxic relationship
It is not always easy to realise that we are in a relationship that is hurting us. The wear and tear can appear gradually...
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How to cope with losing a pet
Molly died unexpectedly. We still think of her in the small moments of everyday life…
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5 ways to manage media anxiety
We are witnessing a widespread increase in negative news about the state of the world. Wherever we turn, something seems wrong…
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