By Andrew Wilkinson, Loughborough University and Jamie Barker, Loughborough University It isn’t easy being a professional athlete. Not only are the physical demands greater than most people could handle, athletes also face intense psychological pressure during competition. This is something 18-year-old British tennis player Emma…
By Matt Agorist For years, the Free Thought Project has been reporting on the beneficial effects of psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelics ranging from treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to addiction and depression. In the land of the free, however, in all places except for…
By Brett Cooper Beth Palmer was 17 and dreaming of becoming a singer in March 2020 when the United Kingdom went into lockdown because of the coronavirus. One month later, she was dead. “She was a wonderful, wonderful daughter. She was just funny, she lit…
By GreenMedInfo Research Group In the face of the mounting costs of anxiety in the U.S. and globally, here are seven substances that act as natural anti-anxiety agents and may make a difference in addressing the unprecedented levels of stress people are facing today, in…
By Christina Thatcher, Cardiff Metropolitan University Ernest Hemingway famously said that writers should “write hard and clear about what hurts”. Although Hemingway may not have known it at the time, research has now shown that writing about “what hurts” can help improve our mental health….
By Lindsay Bottoms, University of Hertfordshire Before COVID-19, the popularity of hiking was on a downward slope in both adults and children. But its popularity has spiked during the pandemic, seeing many more people taking to trails than usual. Hiking is not only a great…
By Hannah Cox In any given year, one in five Americans will have a diagnosable mental health condition, and 2020 and 2021 were anything but “any given years.” Research continues to pour in showing an increase in mental health problems from the COVID-19 pandemic (and…
By RT The number of young people in Canada who attempted suicide increased by 100 to 200% during the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent restrictions, according to charities and hospitals, which are warning of a youth crisis. Children First Canada – a charity that advocates for…
By Amanda Froelich Some people gain calmness and relaxation through Yoga. For some, it’s through baking their favorite pies, cakes, or cookies. Whipping up treats and pastries in the kitchen won’t just give you delicious comfort desserts but some therapeutic and relaxing feeling. Like Yoga,…
By Matt Agorist A study carried out by researchers at the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London has led to breakthrough discoveries about the impact psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, has on depression. The study found that treating depression with psilocybin may be at…
By Mayukh Saha Tiny doses of magic mushrooms are used to help this man with PTSD. Psychedelic drugs have been in discussion and research for helping cure mental illnesses like depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and addiction. Although controversial, drugs like magic mushroom and LSD…
By Paul Levy, University of Brighton Just as other brand names make their way into the dictionary, Zoom has now become a daily verb and a noun. We Zoom each other, we say “Let’s have a Zoom,” and we get Zoom fatigue. Now there’s Zoom…
By Micha Gartz Before Covid, an American youth died by suicide every six hours. Suicide is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death for those aged under 25 — one far bigger than Covid. And it is something that we have…
By Brad Polumbo Billions of people across the globe continue to live under COVID-19 lockdowns or heavily-restricted life. And for almost all of us, life amid the pandemic in 2020 was an isolating and difficult year. Yet doctors are warning that children in particular are…
By Tyler Durden There’s no question that the virus pandemic has impacted the younger generation that could deeply scar them, mentally and physically, for years. More than one year since the pandemic began, UNICEF warns, “progress has gone backward across virtually every key measure of…
By Michail Georgiou, Glasgow Caledonian University and Sebastien Chastin, Glasgow Caledonian University We know that people are more likely to experience mental health disorders in areas with greater population density. Overcrowding, pollution, urban violence and less social support may all be contributing factors, and this…
By Nilufar Ahmed, University of Bristol Over the past year, our lives have seen extensive changes which have led to many of us feeling a sense of exhaustion and burnout. The luckiest among us have been able to remove ourselves from harm’s way and work…
By Matt Agorist Despite the overwhelming evidence showing that kidnapping and caging people for possessing illegal substances does nothing to prevent use and only leads to more crime and suffering, government is still hell-bent on enforcing the war on drugs. Like a crack addict who…
By Neenah Payne Register for DIGITAL RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: The continued threat of Big Social’s business model which will air online for free on February 25 from 1-2 PM EST with human rights experts and unreleased clips from the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma….
By Kerry McDonald Loneliness among Americans has been growing in recent years, but the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically exacerbated the problem. A new report by Harvard University researchers finds that 36 percent of Americans are experiencing “serious loneliness,” and some groups,…
