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The Only Happy Memories Are False Ones

“Scientists have succeeded in creating false but happy memories in mice, in the first demonstration of memory manipulation during sleep. In the study, positive feelings about a particular place were...

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An Interview With @SoSadToday

by Safy-Hallan Farah Geniuses is a series where we interview geniuses from all walks of life. For our first installment of Geniuses, we’re talking to Twitter sensation and sad girl @sosadtoday. Do you...

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Maybe You're Sad Because You Want To Be Sad (And Also Because You Suck)

“New research suggests that even when depressed people have the opportunity to decrease their sadness, they don’t necessarily try to do so.”

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Are Grocery Stores The Well Of Human Sadness?

In a piece this week discussing the secular sainthood of David Foster Wallace, New York’s Christian Lorentzen makes a few observations about that Kenyon College commencement speech which helped so...

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Are You Posting On Social Media For The Right Reasons?

“Social media participation has been linked to depression, anxiety, and narcissistic behavior, but the reasons haven’t been well-explained. We found envy to be the missing link.” — If you find yourself...

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Alcohol Is An Antidepressant Too

Here’s why you don’t hate yourself as much when you’re drinking. “I’m here to help.” Photo: Paul Kline If you think you like drinking because it makes you happy, you are correct. In a study published...

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Letting Kids Use Social Media Is One More Way We Show Them We Don't Care...

Why did we think this was a good idea for anybody? Photo: Troy Benson Science, tell us what else is terrible in the world right now. Young adults who use seven to 11 social media platforms are three...

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is Closer And Warmer Than You Think

Image: Eden, Janine, and Jim via Flickr “I get depressed when the seasons change from Summer to Fall. What can I do?”—Bummed About Autumn Who wouldn’t get depressed? The days are getting shorter. The...

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The Peculiar Sadness of Animated Alcoholics

Screenshot: Netflix In 2015, writer Jenny Jaffe coined the term “sadcom” to refer to an emerging genre of television show. Less dire than black comedies but far bleaker than the unmixed type, these...

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Fake Thoughts

Image: sunshinecity via Flickr I stopped taking so many pills all at once! This is probably not medically advised and I certainly wouldn’t recommend it but sometimes you just do things, I guess? The...

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