Psychology
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The Role of Relaxation in Alleviating Anxiety, Pain, and Stress
ndividuals can calm the mind, reduce physical discomfort, and restore emotional balance by engaging in intentional relaxation practices. Understanding the…
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“The Collector”: Psychological Fear and Gothic Horrors in a Modern Nightmare
The Collector turns a suburban home into a Gothic labyrinth, where grotesque traps echo medieval torture, blending historical cruelty with…
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Madness and Demonic Obsession: The Psychological Horrors of “The Exorcist”
“The Exorcist” explores humanity’s dread of the unexplained, blending historical narratives of mass hysteria and witch trials with modern fears.…
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“Saw” and the Gothic Psychology of Fear: Exploring the Darkness Within
“Saw” redefines Gothic terror through grotesque traps that echo medieval torture, transforming suffering into moral trials. Its labyrinthine challenges force…
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Corpses of Desire: Necrophilia and Victorian Morality in the Nineteenth Century
Victorian necrophilia reflected contradictions in strict morality, exposing repressed desires and fears. Later reframed as medical deviance, it continues to…
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The Global Echo: Cross-Cultural Interpretations of Nocturnal Terrors
When sleep turns suffocating, shadowy figures and vivid nightmares blur reality and imagination. Once deemed supernatural, these nocturnal terrors became…
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Deadly Minds: The Psychology and Pathologies of Victorian Arsenic Killers
Arsenic, ubiquitous in Victorian life, blurred the lines between domesticity and crime, offering a tool for secrecy and control. Women…
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Strategies to Cope with Anxiety and Study Stress
Students of all ages struggle with anxiety and study stress in today’s fast-paced, high-pressure world. This comprehensive post provides practical…
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Are You Out of Your Mind?: Representing Madness in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’
By examining issues of Spiritualism, Freudian theory, and women’s medicine in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,’ readers and scholars alike can see…
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Saint Valentine: Patron of Lovers and Epilepsy
Saint Valentine was imprisoned for secretly marrying couples disobeying the edict of Roman Emperor Claudius II, and beheaded on February…
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European Mysticism: A Case for Criminal Law?
The nineteenth-century uses of the supernatural implied an ideological intent and constituted a political threat within the European secular–Catholic conflicts
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Psychiatry and Psychopathology of Paranormal Phenomena
Anyone inquiring into the nature of paranormal experiences and events does so with some apprehension and at some peril to…