Category: Mental Health & Well-Being
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Humans Forgot How to Pause Before Acting
Why did so many people stop pausing before reacting? This essay explores the neuroscience, psychology, and social forces behind humanity’s growing impulse control crisis. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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The Neurology of Overreaction
Why do people overreact? Explore the neuroscience behind threat responses, cortisol, social media algorithms, and collective dysregulation — and what it reveals about human behavior. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Recklessness as Cognitive Exhaustion
How cognitive exhaustion drives reckless behavior — exploring the neuroscience and psychology of decision fatigue, pandemic behavior, and why mental overload looks like poor choices. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Emotional Compression and Reduced Reactivity
Emotional compression and reduced reactivity explain why so many people felt emotionally flat during and after 2020. Explore the psychology, neuroscience, and social forces behind this widespread experience. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Rebuilding the Self from Biological Ground Zero
How the disruptions of 2020 sent millions searching for identity at the biological level — and what sleep science, neuroscience, and psychology tell us about rebuilding the self from the ground up. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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When the Reward System Lost Its Environment
What pandemic lockdowns revealed about the brain’s reward system, the environmental roots of motivation, and why digital life couldn’t fill the gap. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
