mental health
Mental health and psychology are essential in life extension and leading a healthy and happy life.
The Cost of Staying Strong
There is a particular kind of compliment that people who endure difficult things learn to expect. I don't know how you do it. You're so strong. I could never handle what you handle. It is offered with admiration, and it is usually received with something like pride. But underneath that pride, if you sit with it long enough, there is often a quieter, less comfortable question: what would happen if I stopped?
By Khali Sollis2 months ago in Longevity
The Power of Deliberate Waiting
There is a particular kind of discomfort that comes with waiting. Not the passive waiting of sitting in a doctor’s office, or the resigned waiting that comes with a delayed flight. The specific discomfort we are talking about is the experience of deliberately holding back — choosing not to act when every psychological instinct and technological nudge is pushing you toward immediate action. In a world built to eliminate delay, the choice to wait has become quietly radical.
By Khali Sollis2 months ago in Longevity
The Evolutionary Mismatch That's Quietly Exhausting Your Brain
You wake up. Before your feet touch the floor, your thumb has already found your phone. In ninety seconds you've absorbed a headline about a distant conflict, a photo of an acquaintance's vacation, a message flagged urgent, a notification that three strangers liked something you posted last night. You haven't stood up yet, and your brain has already processed more information than a person living two centuries ago might have encountered in a week.
By Khali Sollis2 months ago in Longevity
Isabel: Sings in the Dark
I asked my mom, “Why do you sing so much?” Her answer came quickly: “Because she likes singing.” She answered in the third person. Leti, our friend and caregiver, and I were surprised. We were pleasantly surprised. The noise she had been making for nearly ten hours consistently was not out of agitation but out of enjoyment.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 months ago in Longevity
Naloxone Can Reverse Drug Overdoses
What is Naloxone? Naloxone is a life-saving opioid reversal medication that can help with heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medication overdoses. Known as an opioid antagonist, naloxone medication will attach itself to opioid receptors and reverse and block the effects of other opioids. Naloxone can quickly restore normal breathing to a person if their breathing has slowed or stopped because of an opioid overdose within 2–3 minutes.
By Annelise Lords 3 months ago in Longevity
