BY: CAROLINE ROLF The percentage of the world’s population living in urban places continues to grow. Currently, over half the world’s population resides in cities and that is expected to grow to nearly 70 per cent by 2050. This is…
Don’t blame weed for anxiety or depression says new study
A new paper has found no link between marijuana use and a variety of disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. The study, published in the JAMA Psychiatry journal on Feb. 17, found that “cannabis use was not associated with increased…
Why solitude is a blessing not a curse
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS We live in a state of relentless connection. When we’re not connecting physically, we connect compulsively through some medium. The concept of solitude is starving. Being completely alone is a form of vulnerability. You’re presented with infinite…
Why this One Percenter thinks the only cure for wealth anxiety is working for the 99
BY: AIDAN MACNAB “With great power comes great responsibility.” These were Uncle Ben’s dying words to his nephew Peter Parker. So why am I quoting Spiderman? Because it is an essential lesson for anyone with any kind of power or…
Turns out anxiety-ridden over-worriers have a much higher capacity for creativity and imagination
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Overthinking, neurotic, worry-obsessed and anxious—according to a new study, these are the faces of creativity. This is good news for people who identify with an exhaustively over-worried personality, offering a fair trade between creative intellect and happiness.…
Why having anxiety is a blessing in disguise
BY: BENEDICT SMITH I’ve often mulled over why I’m so keyed up. Is it a genetic misfiring? Clusterfucked logical processing? Ritualized naval-gazing? Internalized childhood bullying that’s crystallized into a repressed psychological wedgie? Do I need to pull myself together? If…
Are writers destined to be depressed?
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS At the beginning of November, I boarded two bumpy planes to fly to Charleston, South Carolina. I wasn’t going for the fried chicken or tomato pie or to visit any plantations. I wanted to attend YALLFEST, a…