LUCY Shiel was living her best life in college when her mind was attacked with dark thoughts that made her believe she was a ...

Your first love occupies a unique space in your heart, no matter how many years pass. That initial taste of romance – whether ...

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Your heart pounds, thoughts obsess over one person, and rational thinking flies out the window. Love doesn't just feel like a ...

We explored how intrusive thoughts can hijack someone’s mind, how compulsions feel like the only way to quiet those false alarms, and how exhausting it can be to live trapped in that cycle.I also ...

Gut microbes are involved in brain health via the gut-brain axis. New research shows they are also involved in ...

Straight up, I cannot tell you for sure what this is. It isn’t widely reported enough to be able to say for certain (and if ...

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a mental health condition involving recurring, unwanted thoughts or obsessions and repetitive behaviors or mental acts or compulsions that individuals ...

A cerebral itch, impossible to scratch. They wield their own special power over my brain, shaping the architecture and rhythm of my thoughts. An immovable nest, weighing heavy in my skull.