Have you ever stared at a billboard, catalog, or magazine and felt inadequate? Many people harshly criticize their bodies when beauty depictions of models center around popular “highly desirable” body shapes. The media and beauty industry inundates us with unrealistically glamorous ideals. There are insider guidelines and other little hacks with step-by-step tutorials on how ...

Read earlier installments here “Do you know who she looks like, Miss Greta?” Philip said as he shuffled his piano books on the music stand. Greta looked at the teenager curiously, not sure who the “she” was. “Christina,” he clarified. “Oh yes,” Greta said. “Your new friend at school.” “She looks like Yvonne,” Philip stated ...

I have struggled my whole life to find that one thing I’m more passionate about above all else. Growing up, I wanted to be everything from a teacher to a singer to a lawyer to an astronomer. When I was about 11, I decided I wanted to be a fashion designer, and this is the ...

I have always had this problem, my entire life I’ve wanted to rescue people. Not from imminent danger, but if they’re in a situation and there’s any way I can help, I want to do it. I want to help people with any and everything I can help them with – whether it be financial, ...

***Trigger Warning*** The following article deals with mental illnesses. I have a complicated disorder. An affliction that people can see. It all started as a child. I would pick my cracked lips until the blood trickled out. My tongue licked the crimson liquid, cleaning my wounds. Once my kisser healed, I did the awful deed all ...

The search for inner peace. Does anyone really have right answers? Does anyone know the answer to the age-old question? Everyone disagrees. Some people meditate; some people pray; some people just earn money or sex with many nameless and faceless strangers until one day their sins catch up to them and they die. But, of ...

Let’s take a  look at how the developing nervous system is affected by childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS), and how genetics vs. environmental factors influence a child’s likelihood of exhibiting signs of schizophrenia in adolescence. While there is some research that explores COS, it feels like more could be done to understand the disorder from a research ...

Have you ever watched a show like Criminal Minds and found yourself wondering what they meant when they referred to a serial killer as organized or disorganized? Have you ever wondered how the profile of the murderers are formed?   Weird as it may sound, serial killers are my passion. Older followers of my articles ...

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) does not recognize the terms psychopath or sociopath as their own unique disorder within the text of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Instead, the terms psychopathy and sociopathy are grouped together within a cluster B personality disorder called Antisocial Personality Disorder. The key pattern ...

As a psychology major, I have had the opportunity to study a lot of very interesting topics. One that has always interested me the most is Thantaphobia that occurs during late adulthood, and the negative impacts it can have on a person’s quality of life. Thantaphobia, or death anxiety, is the fear or anxiety that ...