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Why Time No Longer Has Meaning, According To Science
These past few weeks, time has lost all meaning. Days feel like weeks. Weeks feel like months. Although it has technically only been a couple of weeks since the World Health Organisation has declared this to be a pandemic, for many of us, it feels like this has been going on for years now.
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How To Help Kids Get Over A Scary Movie
Despite our best efforts to not scare the crap out of our kids at an early age, our kids have friends. And those friends have older siblings or YouTube and are often all-too-happy to introduce them to the horror villains of our childhood — Freddy Kruger, Pennywise, Michael Meyers, Jason Voorhees. Remember how creepy Gremlins…
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How To Help If Someone On Your Flight Is Having A Panic Attack
For some people, boarding an aeroplane and flying somewhere is no big deal. Maybe it’s a holiday, maybe it’s for work, but whatever the reason for your trip, you’re pretty much OK with it. For others, though, it’s not so simple.
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The Scaredy-Cat Guide To Watching Scary Movies
You can hate getting scared and still want to watch scary movies. I’m a little crying baby, but I didn’t let that stop me from enjoying The Babadook, or enjoying and then hating 10 Cloverfield Lane. My strategy for both was simple: Watch on the couch with a friend, pausing a little for drinks. It…