#mental-health

#mental-health

The U.S. Surgeon General recently called loneliness a public health epidemic, comparing its impact on our health to smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. It's not hyperbole. It's data. In one CDC survey, nearly a third of adults said they feel lonely at least once a week. Among younger adults, that number rises to almost half. Harvard researchers found that 61 percent of young people and over half of mothers with small children report "serious loneliness."

Fajr Khan has learned the value of small things - giving somebody a meal, providing a safe place to sleep, or being fully engaged during a conversation with a lonely person. Most her volunteer work with homeless people has been done quietly. But now the senior is trying to grasp a very different experience that is not so anonymous: winning a Rhodes Scholarship. "It still hasn't really settled in," Khan said with a laugh. "It just feels very not real. There's like this level of disbelief. But it's very cool and exciting."

is a show that gives viewers lots to consider and contemplate, and at the center of all of it is Rhea Seehorn's deft portrayal of Carol. Celebrated for her role as Kim Wexler on Better Call Saul, Seehorn is an actress with astounding range and emotional depth - even a minute widening of her eyes or a twitch of her lip can convey volumes - and it's easy to see why Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan wrote this role specifically for her.

Some of these users, like 48-year-old Allan Brooks, survived, but allege that ChatGPT wrought emotional and psychological harm, and in some cases led to crises requiring emergency psychiatric care. Others, the suits claim, tragically took their lives following obsessive interactions with the consumer-facing chatbot. Per the WSJ, the suits include claims of assisted suicide, manslaughter, and wrongful death, among other allegations.

A few, for sure. About four times, actually. And my family's rather small. Suicide has impacted my old friend group quite a bit. I've lost friends. I've lost family. My older brother. My sister's youngest. I never thought I'd have that many people. Alcohol and depression, it comes hand-in-hand. One day the smiles stopped. I don't mind talking about it. You guys are actually talking to the right person.

Tucked away amid tall grasses and verdant woods in rural Montana, it seems idyllic. But Grace (played by Jennifer Lawrence) appears uncomfortable as soon as she sets foot inside her new home. She flops over like a rag doll while her boyfriend, Jackson (Robert Pattinson), explores the building, which he inherited from his uncle. Months later, she and Jackson have a baby. Grace becomes a doting mother.

Whitesburg is home to Appalshop, an Appalachian nonprofit dedicated to community storytelling. A beloved regional hub started in 1969, Appalshop found itself at the center of both support and recovery efforts. At the same time the nonprofit was needed by the community it served, it needed help of its own. Floodwaters swept away some of Appalshop's library, while other archived materials were severely damaged. Three years later, the nonprofit's historic building is still not inhabitable-the group is operating out of rented headquarters.

Seiichi Furuya is an image maker who, over the past few decades, has become well loved for the intimate portraits of his late wife Christine Furuya-Gössler during the seven years they spent together, first as a couple, then husband and wife and later as parents. Defined by their soft mundanity and Seiichi's clear dedication to the life he and Christine had built together, his images are backdropped by the strange brutalist beauty of East Germany not long before the wall fell.

For the children of Gaza, front-line victims and witnesses to unspeakable violence, Israel's more than two-year genocidal war has left deep wounds, both physical and psychological, ones that will remain long after it comes to an end. Tens of thousands have lost parents and siblings while many others have suffered life-changing injuries. Some are also experiencing trauma from witnessing the deaths of other children. They have been displaced numerous times, lost their homes and had their educations stamped out.

If convicted, Thompson could face up to 20 years in prison. Thompson — an active member of Oakland's queer art community, as the founder of an art collective that routinely staged open mic nights and other workshops in the East Bay — said little during the hearing. Appearing shackled in black jeans and a black hoodie, Thompson said only Yes, your honor, when asked if she understood the charges against her.

You'll find a plethora of articles on how it affects the individual subscriber, citing the effects of excessively high standards for oneself on one's long-term motivation, self-esteem, and passion for one's work. Those articles consistently relate this form of perfectionism back to oneself. The problem, however, is that the preoccupation with self continues with a further preoccupation with self. "How does this affect me?" is the perfectionist's seminal question.

The latest chapter in this story is the rise of AI companions, or digital confidants that promise empathy, conversation, and companionship at any hour. From Replika and Snap's My AI to ChatGPT's persona-driven companions, these chatbots are marketed as accessible, nonjudgmental partners in a world where genuine human connection often feels out of reach. Yet our recent research reveals a striking paradox: The very tools people adopt to feel less lonely may, over time, deepen their sense of disconnection.

Rob had long been an unreliable narrator, and his latest story had been a doozy about owing back rent and borrowing thousands of dollars from a shady loan shark who had threatened him with bodily harm if he was late with his payments. There was always a germ of truth in Rob's stories, and this one involved even more disturbing details, but I was going through some of my own stuff at the time, mainly looking for a new job,

In early 2020, on the eve of lockdown, Phil Neville, then head coach of England, dropped Mary Earps from the squad. For the first time ever, I began to feel something unimaginable; I felt disillusioned with football and unsure what I was doing in life, chasing this dream that was constantly in reach but never fully within my grasp. And then, abruptly, lockdown hit. And the world changed, at either the best possible time for me or the very worst.

Contraception may be the main reason most women start hormonal birth control, but it does a lot more than just prevent pregnancy. In addition to impacting skin and menstrual cycles, ongoing research suggests that the synthetic hormones in birth control can also influence brain development, mood regulation, and overall mental well-being - which may help explain why people's experiences with side-effects vary so widely.

In my 20 years as a college mental health counselor, I was surprised by the amount of pain that was caused by the lack of time management skills and the number of students who sought help to address it. In an earlier era, time management was thought of as the purview of the study center; however, more and more studies show the connection between time management and mental health.

Research submitted to the UK Parliament has revealed explicit threats to life and the deaths of family members and colleagues directly linked to the Ministry of Defence's 2022 Afghan relocation scheme data breach. Led by charity Refugee Legal Support and assisted by academics from Lancaster and York universities, of the 231 individuals affected by what may be one of the UK's most damaging data protection failures, 49 of them said family or colleagues had been killed in Afghanistan.

In an announcement first reported by Wired, the Sam Altman-led company estimated that, in any given week, around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show "possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis and mania." Grimly, an even larger contingent, 0.15 percent, "have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicide planning or intent."

I spent three years on dating apps and came away with carpal tunnel, trust issues, and the emotional intelligence of a goldfish. Sound familiar? Here's what nobody wants to admit: dating apps haven't democratized love-they've weaponized loneliness. While 50% of engaged couples now meet online, 70% of new relationships fail within the first year.We've created the most sexually frustrated, emotionally disconnected generation in American history. The only thing standing between us and complete romantic collapse?Couples therapy podcasts that actually understand what we're dealing with.

Recently, people around the world marked World Mental Health Day, a time to reflect on how we care for our minds and bodies. Yet one dimension of mental health remains virtually absent from the conversation, one that sits in plain sight, on our heads. For women, Black women, and girls, in particular, hair isn't just a style; it is a crucial part of mental health and well-being.