Dear Brain, Please Stop Being a ‘Doomsday Prepper’.

Dear Brain, Humans no longer live in caves. I don’t live in a cave. We are no longer hunted by dangerous creatures on a daily basis. Bad things still happen, but we are not in constant danger, nor are our lives hanging in the balance Read More …

Would You Fear Drowning if You Could Breathe Underwater?

A violent storm rages unpredictably on the ocean’s surface. A bad-tempered, blustery wind gusts endlessly whipping the ocean in to giant peaks and troughs as whitewash churns on the crest of dark ominous waves. Yet beneath the surface and under the swirl and throw of Read More …

Is Human Suffering Hard Wired?

‘Suffering’ is a very broad term. People use the term ‘suffering’ across a vast array of life experiences. Sometimes the way in which it is used justifies its definition and negative connotations whilst others bastardise and dilute the concepts of suffering itself through claiming to Read More …

Life: The – ‘Biased’ – Director’s Cut

Life – The Director’s Cut In National Depression Week: A Tribute to Friends and Anyone Suffering from Any Form of Mental Discontent I’m never really here, only briefly through moments of short-lived clarity. I see and appreciate the good things, but as if they are Read More …