What affects us affects cats
In an age of overstimulation and under-fulfillment, a growing number of young adults find themselves trapped in a quiet crisis—disengaged from education, employment, and training. Known as NEETs, they often cite anxiety as the barrier to re-entry. But beneath the surface lies a deeper truth: the human brain is designed to work, to be …
Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine with dreams of empire. What he has achieved instead is the accelerated decline of Russian power, prestige, and trustworthiness on the world stage. His ambition to redraw borders and intimidate NATO has backfired catastrophically. NATO has grown larger and stronger. Ukraine has evolved into a battle-hardened, technologically …
Dr. Heather Ashton’s benzodiazepine guide is the exit from benzo addiction and withdrawal hell. This is not about cats, which is pretty obvious but indirectly it possibly is because quite a lot of people are on benzos as prescribed by their GP because they suffer from the effects of anxiety in its various forms …
Another study, this time from Australia (the country where they hate feral cats), concluded that dog owners have a personality which allows them to better bounce back from stressful situations i.e. they are more resilient than cat owners who they conclude are more likely to be neurotic (‘demonstrating higher levels of neuroticism’). Let’s have …
The linkedin.com website reports that the Gen Z generation’s primary reason for adopting a companion cat or dog is to help them through a difficult time and/or to improve their mental health. It seems to square up with another finding in a survey or through personal experience that hiring Gen Z people “is a …
I have learned to believe that men need to be more aware of the anxieties of women. Under certain circumstances, women can feel justifiably anxious. But under the same circumstances men often do not feel anxious. This reflects gender inequalities in society. Walking home after dark What got me thinking about this is a …
