A good psychological thriller is an ultimate page-turner that will surprise and engage you even if the stories feel somewhat familiar. So if you’re looking for a gripping and pulse-pounding read that will keep
For fans of the Amityville Horror story comes a similar story that's also fresh to death. Maggie's father became famous after publishing an account of their experience living in a haunted house, but Maggie never believed it. When she returns to renovate the house after her father's death,...
Example 1:Non-intentional speechlessness: A young woman has her annual breast cancer screening. For her, this is a normal situation. No family history of the disease exists, nor are there any other predispositions that would increase the likelihood of a positive diagnosis. The examination is foll...
and transcendent states (Davidson and Lutz2008; Waxman and Geschwind1975). Of course, we need not refer to neuroscience to know that physiological processes are responsible for the induction of transcendence—and all other psychological states, for that matter. Drugs and sleep deprivation, for instan...
Examining these issues does not imply that adoption turns people into killers or possessed creatures portrayed in Greek tragedies and horror movies. Dr. David Kirschner, author ofDirections in Child and Adolescent TherapyandAdoption:Uncharted Waters, is in fact clear to point out...
We can see in this boy’s face that all the artificialities of human life have been rendered meaningless and ineffectual by the horror of losing all his friends, leaving bare only the sad, painful awareness of a world devoid of any real love, meaning or truth. ‘Too poor to go on ...
for good reason. Evolutionarily, pleasurable feelings are associated with survival and reproduction, whereas painful feelings are associated with harm and death. Despite people finding beauty in horror and pain, aesthetic sensations are usually associated with pleasure. (Indeed, part of the aesthetic ...