illness

In the post-COVID era, many of us instinctively reach for a disinfecting wipe to clean the grocery cart handle before shopping. While a healthy awareness of germs can protect us, excessive fear can disrupt daily life and well-being. Mysophobia, an intense anxiety about dirt, pathogens (germs), and contaminated objects, can…

When it comes to getting sick from what we eat or touch, we know to avoid certain things—especially in a post-pandemic world. From experience, science, or what we’ve been taught since childhood, avoiding contaminated products is often second nature.  But that doesn’t mean we can’t take things too far, which…

One of the biggest fears we have for our grandparents, our parents, and our lovers is the onset of Alzheimer’s. As we age, we start to become more forgetful. We can’t remember where we threw our keys or why we just walked to the kitchen. It’s normal. But still, we’re…