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Why you should learn to accept compliments: https://t.co/wBX41cHmWL — TED Talks (@TEDTalks) August 23, 2016 Many of us recognize the value of improving our feelings of self-worth. When our self-esteem is higher, we not only feel better about ourselves, we are more resilient as well. Brain scan studies demonstrate thatContinue Reading

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http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/wearable-device-may-improve-sleep-reduce-ptsd-risk-2981247/ A wearable device developed by Arizona-based research firm Brain State Technologies could help improve sleep and thereby lower the risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suggests new research. We all know how important sleep is for us to be able to function properly. From products such asContinue Reading

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/82043062/teacher-disciplined-for-historical-sexual-relationship-with-student The complainant was referred to the Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust and encouraged to take his complaint to the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. In December 2015, the Education Council’s Complaints Assessment Committee lay a notice of charge against the teacher, although it did not find theContinue Reading

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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/311648/’mob-mentality’-over-sex-offender The man is being shifted to a house on the grounds of Christchurch Prison until Corrections can find him somewhere else in the Wellington region to live. Some 400 residents had turned out to two meetings expressing concern at the decision to allow the offender on extended supervision toContinue Reading

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11698789 Women are programmed to have affairs as a way of testing for better partners, according to research. Humans, and women in particular, have evolved to pursue affairs in case they decide to leave their partners. This “mate switching hypothesis” suggests that humans have developed instincts to constantly test their ownContinue Reading

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/dark-and-lonely-road-for-survivors-of-sexual-abuse/article9016114.ece Counsellors, including those empanelled with the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), say that many cases of sexual abuse are still going unreported, and psychological recovery of the victim — which can take anywhere between a few years and a lifetime — is extremely important to help them resume theirContinue Reading

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A world full of annoying sounds: What it’s like living with misophonia http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/83366836/a-world-full-of-annoying-sounds-what-its-like-living-with-misophonia This is, as I’ve become aware in the past year, not just an adorable personality quirk: it’s misophonia (literally “hatred of sound”), or (the ironically sibilant) selective sound sensitivity syndrome. Or, as Broadly’s Callie Beusman’s amusing misophoniaContinue Reading

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Women Groups Condemn Chemical Castration Of Sex Offenders In Turkey http://www.signalng.com/women-groups-condemn-chemical-castration-sex-offenders-turkey-2/ “Chemical castration is a punishment that will merely assuage the victim’s immediate wish for revenge,” warned lawyer Canan Arın. “It will not address the underlying problems. Sexual abuse is not only committed because of a man’s genitals. Sexuality andContinue Reading

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Hamilton residents upset paedophiles living in neighbourhood http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/83104299/hamilton-residents-upset-paedophiles-living-in-neighbourhood The woman said Corrections staff informed them a few weeks ago the man was moving into the area. It is examples like this that show why private community developments like the hunt midwest development are so popular with house hunters who haveContinue Reading