Psychology

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

An unvarnished, poetic account of a new mother’s struggle to breastfeed

3 minutes

‘Let me dream you into my reality’: memories illuminate an unthinkable isolation

12 minutes

Wesley wants to solve the rooftop mystery – but does he have what it takes?

14 minutes

A century of letters captures the emotions of life in a new city, far from home

21 minutes

When hope gets in the way

Hope is usually seen as a positive agent of change that spares us from pain. But it can also undermine healing and growth

Santiago Delboy