The Incredibly Well Hidden Easter Egg!

Congratulations, you have found the incredibly well hidden easter egg! Here, you can thrill at my ever-growing collection of inspiring and thought provoking articles on a variety of topics.

Enjoy! :)

Mental Health (Serious)

• The Undiagnosable (via Daily Life)
• Men are suffering a depression epidemic too…and some of it is caused by women (via The Daily Mail)
• Bipolar disorder and creativity are linked (but not by some mad genius) (via The Conversation)
• Hearing voices need not mean you’re crazy, says activist (via The Star)

Mental Health (Oddities)

• A Good Caning takes Some Beating (via The Age)
  This is for all you depressed masochists out there – you see you have it right! Why are we all taking medications when this cure has so fewer side-effects?
• Beating addiction out of you – literally (via The Siberian Times)
  Another article further examining how copororal punishment can be effective in treating depression, anxiety and addiction. My post on the subject can be read here.
• Got the Blues? Try a cold shower (via Discovery News)
  I completely understand the benefits of a hot shower. I also understand the benefits of a cold shower. I am however a little hesitant as to how one can “prevent” depression…but still!
• Alien Soul Theory is no Cure for Depression (via The Telegraph)
  All hail scientology and their obscure theories! Personally, I think opt for the cure posted above than this bizarreness!
• Facebook is a Mental Health Threat! We must ban it! (via The Telegraph)
  In this delightful story learn how a Brussels MEP has some unresolved issues from his school years and thus thinks Facebook is a mental health risk. Does this mean they’re gonna ban it under the Lisbon Treaty?

Abuse

• For victims of abuse, revenge is often best served online (via The Conversation)

Homelessness

• It’s social housing – so why are the needy locked out? (via The Independent)
• Caught in a longterm cycle: homelessness in Australia (via The Conversation)

Other Topics

• Why do geeks like kinky sex? (via io9.com)
• Female writers write only chick lit (via The Age)
• Spank me silly: sadomasochism and the modern woman (via The Conversation)
• 50 Shades of Grey (Matter): How science is defying BDSM stereotypes (via Huffington Post)
• Beast international: does rock music rouse the animal within? (via The Conversation)
• Longer lives, better jobs and 13 other reasons you need friends (via iVillage)
• Explainer: What is forgetting? (via The Conversation)