The physical impact of sadness

When Katja Faber learned that her 23-year-old son, Alex, was brutally murdered, she felt a physical pain, as if her body had been hit by a truck. “From the moment the police were at my door and told me the news that he had been killed, I felt changed, not only emotionally, but also neurologically […]

Schizophrenia 101

Schizophrenia and the people who live with it are very wrongly understood. The name itself is misleading: schizophrenia means “Split spirit“In Latin, but the disease does not cause” split “or multiple personalities. One in 100 people-all already about 2 million people in the United States with schizophrenia, a condition that can significantly influence daily life […]

What is a very sensitive person?

Ann always knew she felt things deeper than most people. She was always ashamed easily, cried quickly and felt overwhelmed in busy places. “As a child I was called ‘too sensitive’, a ‘crybaby’ and ‘thin skin,’ said Ann. As a result, she often felt insufficient and an” inappropriate amount of shame “. Nowadays Ann, now […]