Author: Ania Dimond-Koroza
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The Closet Doesn’t Always Disappear When You Come Out
Coming out is often described as the moment when the closet door finally opens. You tell your family, your friends, your colleagues. You stop pretending. You can finally be yourself. And sometimes that is exactly what it feels like. But coming out does not necessarily make the closet disappear. Sometimes it simply changes its shape.…
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When Meditation Isn’t the Answer
Meditation has become one of those things we are told to do for almost everything. Feeling stressed? Meditate. Anxious? Meditate. Can’t sleep? Meditate. Can’t stop thinking? Definitely meditate. Meditation can be helpful. For many people, it can reduce stress and improve attention and emotional awareness. The problem is not meditation itself. It is the idea…
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How To Support a Loved One Struggling with Depression
Supporting someone you care about who is dealing with depression can be challenging. It’s hard to watch someone you love struggle, and you might not always know the right thing to say or do. However, your support can make a significant difference in their journey towards recovery. Here’s how you can offer the best support…
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Burnout or Depression? When Work Starts to Mess with Your Mental Health.
Burnout or Depression? When Work Starts to Mess with Your Mental Health Let’s be real: work can be a lot. Deadlines, emails, back-to-back meetings, that never-ending to-do list—it piles up. And some days, you just want to pull the covers over your head and pretend the day doesn’t exist. But here’s the thing: when those…
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Dopamine Addiction – Why the Click Myth Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
Everyone talks about dopamine like it’s some secret drug hidden in your phone. One click, one like, one scroll, and boom—you’re hooked. Social media is supposed to be addictive, right? But here’s the truth: it’s not that simple. The idea that every little ping from your phone floods your brain with dopamine and keeps you…
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When “Chemistry” Is Actually Anxiety
You meet someone and suddenly your brain has abandoned all other responsibilities. You’re supposed to be working, but you’re thinking about them. You tell yourself you’re not going to check your phone, then check it anyway. Nothing. You put it down. Two minutes later, you check again. Still nothing. Then, finally, their name appears on…
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Your Feelings Know More Than You Think: Why Being Rational Isn’t Always Enough
Emotions are often treated as the opposite of rational thought: something to control, suppress or overcome. Yet psychological and neuroscientific research suggests a more complex relationship between emotion and cognition. Feelings can provide information about threats, values, needs and interpersonal situations before these are consciously understood. At the same time, emotions are shaped by previous…
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Happiness is a terrible goal. We’re chasing the wrong thing.
If you ask people what they want from life, happiness is usually near the top of the list. It’s one of the few ambitions that almost nobody questions. Yet psychology suggests we’ve been asking the wrong thing of ourselves all along. Happiness is often something we experience as a consequence of living well, not something…
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The ADHD Meltdown That Nobody Talks About
When people hear the word meltdown, they tend to picture autism. The image is familiar: sensory overload, bright lights, too much noise, a body pushed past its limit. But there’s another kind of meltdown that lives mostly in the shadows — the ADHD meltdown. It doesn’t look the same, it isn’t triggered the same way,…