The digital age has reshaped our world, offering unprecedented connectivity and a global audience accessible through handheld screens. Social media platforms have crafted a cycle of seeking validation through likes and comments, triggering a rush of pleasure-inducing dopamine. Yet, beneath
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Why Childhood Trauma is More Than Just a Mental Health Issue – Grace Homan
Childhood trauma is often categorized as a mental health issue—an assumption that fails to encompass the long-lasting, devastating consequences of childhood trauma in the realm of public health across generations. Childhood is the foundation on which our brain is built.
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The Inside Voice by Rosaura Cuevas
The Inside Voice We have been together for two years, I knew I loved him. But why? Why was that voice in my head telling me that it was all a lie? Kind words, delicate touches now felt like from
Understanding Women’s Mental Health in Ghana by Maariyah Kharal
Culture encompasses gender norms which may exacerbate gender-specific risk factors for mental disorders in women. In Ghana, women are more likely to experience gender-based violence which will undoubtedly result in psychological harm (Quarshie, 19:40). A phenomenon coined “Superwoman Syndrome” describes
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If I Know Everyone by Bingwen Chen
A word with the creator (Bingwen Chen, NYU ’26): Why did you decide to submit to OPUSzines? I enjoy the feeling of reading words written by the old me: they always bring me on a time machine back to a