Psychology

The highly sensitive person

Those with this little-known trait think more deeply and feel more empathy. But they also deal with significant challenges

Elaine Aron

A haunting scene from ‘Minority Report’ inspires a voyage into time and memory

7 minutes

The stream-of-consciousness thoughts and memories that emerge while cooking a meal

5 minutes

We’re not the only animals that appear to grieve. What are the implications?

6 minutes

Naira pitches a new sport to her husband in this strange, sweet portrait of marriage

5 minutes

Trauma on a loop

I was the victim of a carjacking. The trauma from that experience was unendurable. Then I discovered eye movement therapy

Madison McLoughlin

An Oceanic lullaby, ‘Gimme Shelter’ and more elucidate how music taps into our emotions

58 minutes

Moments of poetry pierce through the mundane at a small-town grocery

13 minutes

When grief doesn’t end

Suffering the sudden death of a loved person leaves some survivors stuck in grief. Can they win their lives back – and how?

Martin W Angler

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