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The Great Brain Bake-Off: Why Your Noggin Might Be Undercooked, Overbaked, or Just Deliciously Different...

Reporting from Inside the Flour-Dusted Mind of Modern Psychology WELCOME TO THE NEURAL CARNIVAL—PLEASE MIND THE SENSORY OVERLOAD Once upon a neurotypical Tuesday, someone in a sleek boardroom decided that “normal brains” were the gold standard and everyone else was a defective knockoff—like off-brand cereal in a crumpled box. Autism? ADHD? Clearly mistakes. Disorders. Deviations. Dangerous. Probably contagious via eye contact. And so, for decades, the mainstream marched on, painting neurological differences with the same grayscale palette they use for printer manuals and political speeches. But now—hold onto your dopamine—because the neurodivergent are rising like sourdough starters during a power outage. And they’re here to say: stop diagnosing us like malfunctioning toasters. We’re not broken. We’re just wired differently —which, last we checked, is also the secret sauce behind the Eiffel Tower, quantum computing, and whoever invented ice cream. The neurodiversity movement, that...

💘 WTF Is Love Anyway? A Guide for Ugly Little Beasts With No Good Reason to Be Loved...

An excruciatingly long and extremely unreasonable exposé on the absurd miracle of love, the doom of gym memberships, and why asking “Why do you love me?” is emotional terrorism. By The Department of Emotional Damage & Enlightenment Special to the International Absurdity Tribune Let’s get one thing out of the way: you are unlovable. Yes, you. Don’t flinch, don’t blink, don’t even try to moisturize and correct that with a charming anecdote or a trip to therapy. You’re moody, inconsistent, passive-aggressive before coffee and psychotically idealistic after two drinks. Your Spotify Wrapped is embarrassing, and you definitely have at least one pair of socks older than your last meaningful conversation. And yet—someone, somewhere, loves you. Not because you are lovable. But in spite of that glaring cosmic injustice. Welcome to the greatest WTF of them all: love . PART I: Gains, Delusions & Other WTF Life Choices THE ABSURDITY OF REASONS In a world where you can’t even get a...

Autism, Algorithms & Antivax Allegories: Trump and the Curious Case of the 1-in-36 Diagnosis...

  PANIC, POLITICS, AND PANDEMONIUM IN THE NEURODIVERSE ERA By The NeuroTimes Global – An Extremely Long Read for an Extremely Complex World PLANET EARTH  — Once upon a 24-hour news cycle, a curious statistic leapt off a spreadsheet at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and landed squarely into the court of American politics:  1 in 36 children in the United States are now diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). That figure — up from 1 in 44 just a few years ago and a massive leap from the 1 in 150 figure in the early 2000s — has sparked a firestorm of commentary, speculation, science, conspiracy, and cocktail-party psychiatry. Enter former President Donald J. Trump and his signature rhetorical blend of alarmism and unfiltered curiosity, asking none other than Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,  “There’s got to be something artificial out there that’s doing this.” Cue the national whiplash. Autism by the Numbers: Statistics, Spectrums, and Society’s Growin...

Intoxicated by Emptiness: Baudelaire, the Algorithm, and the Human Condition...

From Virtue to Virtual Likes – The Eternal Search for Meaning in an Existential Shopping Mall There is a strange irony in the fact that Charles Baudelaire, 19th-century poet of the spleen and wine-stained despair, may have predicted 21st-century life better than any modern thinker. In a world of curated Instagrams, dopamine-drenched scrolls, AI-generated influencers, and political operas starring aging autocrats, his command to “Always be drunk” rings less like poetic whimsy and more like a survival manual for a species perpetually dangling over the void. But don’t be fooled: Baudelaire wasn’t advocating for frat parties and tequila shots. No, his was a deeper kind of intoxication—the desperate yearning to escape the crushing awareness of time, death, and meaninglessness. He offered three poisons: wine , poetry , or virtue . The 21st century has added a few more: algorithms , status , and Uber Eats . So the question isn’t whether we are drunk. The question is on what —and why . I....

Sleep: The Psychological Paradox of Oversleeping and Why Our Brains Betray Us...

We’ve all been there—after a long, indulgent sleep, you expect to be refreshed and ready to seize the day. Instead, you wake up feeling like your brain is still stuck in a foggy dream world, as if you’d overshot the “refresh” button and entered a state of post-hibernation disorientation. Why does oversleeping sometimes leave us more exhausted than a 6-hour snooze? The answer, as it turns out, isn’t just in our muscles; it’s all in our psychology. The Sleep Cycle: A Mind-Boggling Roller Coaster Our sleep isn’t a uniform state of rest. It’s a dynamic, ever-changing roller coaster that consists of several stages—light sleep, deep sleep, and REM sleep. Each cycle, lasting around 90 minutes, is like a mini-episode in the nightly drama of our brain’s inner workings. The key psychological twist? When you oversleep, you might wake up in the midst of deep sleep, a state in which your brain is less prepared for the sudden jolt of morning. This abrupt interruption can leave you feeling disorien...

The Surprising Science of Swearing: How Cursing Can Boost Your Health and Happiness...

For centuries, society has frowned upon the use of profanity, relegating it to the realms of vulgarity, bad manners, and unrefined speech. Parents scold their children for using it, workplaces discourage it, and certain circles consider it downright offensive. But what if we’ve been looking at swearing all wrong? What if cursing isn’t just an unruly habit but rather a scientifically backed tool for improving mental and physical well-being? It turns out that letting out a well-timed expletive might not only be cathartic but actually beneficial for stress relief, pain tolerance, social bonding, and even athletic performance. The Painkilling Power of Profanity Imagine this: You stub your toe on the coffee table, and before you even process the pain, you unleash a string of unprintable words. Ever notice how that seems to make the pain more bearable? That’s not just your imagination. Studies have shown that swearing induces what’s called hypoalgesia —a reduced sensitivity to pain. Research...

Trump Derangement Syndrome: A Symptom of Modern Politics or a Mental Health Crisis?...

In a move that has sparked widespread debate, Republican lawmakers in Minnesota have introduced a bill seeking to officially classify "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (TDS) as a psychiatric disorder. The proposal aims to amend the state’s legal definition of mental illness, adding TDS as a condition that manifests in extreme reactions to the policies and persona of former U.S. President Donald Trump. The bill's introduction has reignited a heated conversation about the nature of political discourse, psychological disorders, and the mental health implications of contemporary politics. What is Trump Derangement Syndrome? The term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (TDS) has become a widely used phrase in American political discourse, particularly among Trump supporters. It is typically used to describe individuals who react to Donald Trump’s policies, presidency, and personal characteristics with such intensity and irrationality that their views on him and his administrat...