What makes a man sleep with a gun under his pillow? …and what are the odds that a tragedy will happen as a result? People who live in a high crime area might think about what they would do if an intruder came into the house. Would a gun be a good way to ensure [...]

I wonder if cavemen ever had to sit and pay attention to cave-teachers. I suppose if they did, a number of them would be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, or whatever the cave equivalent of ADD was in those days. If you read the criteria for attention deficit disorder I’m pretty sure you’d swear you [...]

Coconut. I suppose it is a legitimate thing to eat for some of you but I’d rather eat a handful of crickets. When I was a teenager and feeling like I could eat something (i.e. always) I looked in my cupboard and saw a bag of coconut macaroon mix. I decided to bake a batch. [...]

Have you ever noticed how common certain fears are while others are surprisingly rare? People can develop fears of just about anything but for the most part this doesn’t happen very often. Common fears seem to cluster around a few scary things and can include snakes, spiders, heights, and enclosed spaces. The interesting thing is [...]

Comment aider quelqu'un qui a de graves problèmes psychologiques et personnels et refuse tout traitement?

Comment traiter quelqu'un qui a développé de l'anxiété suite à un traumatisme et qui est dépendant à la marijuana?

Pourquoi sommes-nous capables de contrôler certaines peurs mais pas certaines autres comme voir quelqu’un qui nous rappelle un événement traumatisant?

Dans quelle mesure la « culpabilité du survivant » joue-t-elle un rôle dans le trouble de stress post-traumatique?

Y a-t-il plus de risque de développer un stress post-traumatique lorsqu’on vit l’événement, plutôt que d’en être témoin?

Que puis-je faire pour aider une connaissance qui a subi un accident de voiture et qui semble bien se porter, mais qui souffre d’insomnie?