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Living with sexual OCD

2026-02-13 19:01:00

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How Martin made peace with the disturbing, intrusive thoughts that characterise sexual obsessive-compulsive disorder

- Video by ABC Science

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How to network when you’re socially anxious

2026-02-13 19:00:00

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Do networking events fill you with dread? Here’s how to manage your fears, show up, and take advantage of the opportunities

- by Fallon Goodman

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Existential crisis? Try reading Wordsworth

2026-02-12 19:00:00

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For many generations of readers, the poetry of William Wordsworth has been an irreplaceable balm for the soul

- by Sam Dresser

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Why the search for proof can’t be separated from faith

2026-02-12 19:00:00

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Rather than being an enemy of empiricism, belief in what can’t be known is part of how we gain knowledge, even now

- by Adam Kucharski

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The hard art of comfort

2026-02-11 19:00:00

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Sick in a London hospital, I understood the Book of Job and his rage at all the miserable comforters

- by Lisa Simone Kingstone

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Nestor

2026-02-10 19:01:00

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Inspired by his own experiences, an animator evokes the stormy tides of order and obsession in a striking portrayal of OCD

- Directed by João Gonzalez

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