8+ hour, 11+ min ago  (589+ words) Posted June 13, 2026 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan Anxiety Club, directed by Wendy Lobel, is an award-winning documentary that follows a group of comedians navigating the raw, uncomfortable, and unexpectedly funny experiences of living with anxiety. I have written multiple articles on…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (195+ words) Posted May 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. Those in the second camp insist laughter's purpose is fundamentally physiological. It either dissipates built-up emotional tension, as suggested in Tension Relief Theory, or serves as a pleasant reward for having solved some…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (141+ words) Posted May 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. Group reveals authenticity to be something elusive, difficult, charged, contingent, and fleeting. Again, like Naked, the performances have the texture of something uncovered rather than written. In eighteen years as a psychotherapist, I…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago  (234+ words) Posted October 9, 2025 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk "There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." "Charles Dickens In childhood, we naturally laugh, play, and find joy in what we do, but as adults, it's often…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (11+ words) When "I can't" really means "I won't. Psychology Today...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (782+ words) This post is written by Apoorva Thakur, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India. Humor, specifically political humor, serves a purpose. It can be a. .. How Culture Shapes Perception of Political Humor Does the perception of…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (556+ words) Posted April 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch We did sneak our fix'afternoons at my grandparents' house watching Bonanza and Bewitched, or football games flickering in friends' basements. But the household belief was clear: Television rots the mind. In a famous 1994 Seinfeld…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (108+ words) Posted July 16, 2025 | Reviewed by Davia Sills And Remy, a White male, has difficulty finding where he fits with his same'aged peers. He finds solace when he is accepted by a Neo'Nazi group and is led down a road of psychological…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (972+ words) Posted April 6, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills Walk into almost any bookstore today, and you'll find a section'formal or not'devoted to what's come to be known as "Quit Lit." These are often the books people turn to when they're questioning their…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (554+ words) Posted August 5, 2025 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk From an evolutionary perspective, sarcasm might seem like a waste of time. It is inefficient and ambiguous, two things natural selection tends to weed out. However, that is precisely what makes it interesting. One…...