Psychology

On a whirlwind morning, a couple learns if they’re facing an unplanned pregnancy

7 minutes

The joy of sulk

Full of implicit rules and paradoxes, sulking is a marvellous example of intense communication without clear declaration

Rebecca Roache

A decade after his wife was swept away in a tsunami, Yasuo still searches the sea

9 minutes

In praise of irritation

Unlike anger, irritation has neither glamour nor radicalism on its side. Yet it might just be the mood we need right now

Will Rees

An unvarnished, poetic account of a new mother’s struggle to breastfeed

3 minutes

‘Let me dream you into my reality’: memories illuminate an unthinkable isolation

12 minutes

Wesley wants to solve the rooftop mystery – but does he have what it takes?

14 minutes

A century of letters captures the emotions of life in a new city, far from home

21 minutes

When hope gets in the way

Hope is usually seen as a positive agent of change that spares us from pain. But it can also undermine healing and growth

Santiago Delboy

Wry animations expose the gap between anxious aspiration and real life

5 minutes

Alone on a small island in Belgrade, a father grieves his daughter in quiet solitude

12 minutes

Close-ups on the night of anticipation in the 2020 US presidential elections

6 minutes

Autistic children and adults sketch out the look and feel of their sensory world

11 minutes

Hope is not optimism

Even when you know that prospects are grim, hope can help. It’s not just a feeling, but a way to step into the future

David B Feldman & Benjamin W Corn

The meaning of anger

Is anger like energy, forever changing form but never dissipating, or part of our repertoire of desires, the cry of a need unmet?

Josh Cohen

Feeling, in situ

What if emotions are not universal and hardwired but exquisite acts of meaning-making specific to context and culture?

Elitsa Dermendzhiyska