You’re staring at your computer screen for hours and hours. You feel like you can’t type anymore. Or your mind feels numb from ringing up dozens of people at the cash register. No matter what kind of work you do, it’s the same feeling: Your brain is fried. Most everyone has experienced burnout at work, and now the condition is recognized as an official syndrome by the World Health Organization.
It’s way past time to sound the alarm, but finally someone’s paying the price in the opioid epidemic. Doctors, pharmacists, and corporations who overprescribe or understate the dangers of pain pills are finally feeling the pain themselves.
After video game addiction was recognized as a disorder by the World Health Organization in 2018, some other studies and academic papers are showing that video games can actually be therapeutic.
Marijuana makes me paranoid. Irritable. I can’t leave the house if I am high or I will panic. A new study finds that THC, the chemical in marijuana that causes you to get stoned, in high doses and of high potency can cause psychosis.
A perfectionist strives for that which is flawless. Impeccable. Immaculate. My name is Conor, and I’m a perfectionist. I also have bipolar disorder.
Note: This article contains information about self-injury, which can be a trigger for some readers. Trigger Warning. Nearly one in five teens have self-injured.
Grating two-and-a-half cups of Gruyere cheese takes forever, but when you are either cooking or baking, there’s something about prepping a recipe that is soothing. You see colors come alive, you hear the sound of sizzling olive oil, you smell tantalizing scents like melted butter, you munch on ingredients as you go, seasoning your tastebuds.
The opioid crisis is still a five-alarm fire, as I’ve said before, and it couldn’t be more palpable than in Florida, where over the last two decades “pain clinics” were popping up faster than Starbucks. The situation in Florida was so dire that one of the biggest manufacturers of OxyContin, Mallinckrodt, sent 500,000 pills to the state between 2008 and 2012 to keep up with demand, according to 60 Minutes. That’s enough Oxy to supply each and every citizen of Florida with 25 pills apiece.
Holiday music is like egg nog: They’re both great in small doses, but too much of either can make you sick. And when it comes to holiday tunes, a study shows that this is scientifically true.
Ayahuasca is a plant known among shaman as the “vine of the dead,” and its adherents swear by its antidepressant, mind-expanding qualities.
