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There isn’t one best therapy for burnout—there are a number of good options and the best one for you will depend on your specific needs, situation, reasons for burning out and severity of your symptoms. I’m a licenced psychologist and in this article I outline five evidence-based therapies and how each one could help. If you are in functional burnout, it means you are struggling with the symptoms but managing to push through somehow. You might feel exhausted, disconnected, and stretched too thin, yet you don’t know how to address this or are in denial that this could be burnout.…

You’ll be shocked and amazed at all that’s coming soon to Wicked Horror TV. Zombie birthday parties, a vampire circus, bigfoots seeking brides and deadly knife-wielding killers are on the agenda. Whether you’re a fan of classics or modern indy horror, you’re sure to find plenty to chill and thrill you for the month of February, and the scares begin even sooner.Scroll down to check out where you’ll find Bela Lugosi, John Carradine plus psychological horror, giallo, grannies that kill and things lurkin’ in caves.January 25, 2026The Anomalyst: Pilot (2020)After Mr. Roderick tragically loses the young Sean into a mysterious New…

As far as horror debuts go, Leviticus beams with promise. Writer-director Adrian Chiarella sports a keen eye for what’s scary, as my shrieking Sundance audience can attest. It’s familiar in structure, but confident in execution. Chiarella puts a queer horror spin on It Follows and It Lives Inside, exploiting the still-too-poignant terrors of religious homophobia. Familiarity isn’t an instant negative, as Leviticus proves; it’s all about how filmmakers put their unique spin on reusable templates. Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen star as secret lovers Naim and Ryan, two boys sharing tender emotions in an isolated Australian town. Unfortunately, the territory’s…

Human beings have apparently always treasured scenic outdoor beauty, and this tendency has only increased as the world has become a more urban place. One of the benchmarks of the English Romantic movement of the early 19th century was the belief that nature had an uplifting, comforting, and beneficial effect on us. Romantics, who were almost all city dwellers, sought out natural settings and painted and wrote about the magnificent feelings those settings inspired. Nature Can Inspire Awe The most dramatic aspects of nature, especially mountains and the sea, have long induced a mixture of awe, fear, and reverence in…

The Zombie Movie That Forgot To Be A Zombie MovieI‘m not sure how many different ways I can say “I’m totally lost” while I was watching 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. The movie begins with a bunch of kids wearing Jimmy Saville wigs stabbing each other in the thigh arteries in an empty swimming pool and I guess now’s a good time to tell you that I haven’t seen any of the 28 Days/Weeks/Years/Centuries/Eons Later movies, not even the first one. So I apologize if my knowledge of the franchise lore is lacking, to put it mildly. But I…

In 1985, a murder case rocked the small town of Niantic, Connecticut. A pregnant wife was found strangled in the bedroom while her husband was away on a sailing trip.  The crime went unsolved until a witness came forward to give investigators a clue, in of all places, a VHS copy of a horror movie. [Editor’s Note: This article is taken from our archives. It was originally published in 2022] Ed and Ellen Sherman appeared to be a happy couple around town, both professionals; Ellen a publisher, Ed a teacher at the local community college.  Although they appeared to be…

We all know reinforcement systems. They are go-to strategies for many clinicians, teachers, and parents. However, some have strong objections to behavioral rewards or other related techniques. Some think they work wonders, while others say they undermine intrinsic motivation. Still others feel they are the only way to successfully manage behavior. And then there are those who argue that their kids love them. They can be useful, but they follow from the assumption that the challenge is largely with motivation. They can also create a transactional environment in which children will only do something if they get “paid.” As with…

Currently, undefeated and No. 7 Nebraska has a road tilt against Minnesota in the Big Ten (live on FS1) and No. 2 UConn is hosting Villanova in a Big East bout (FOX). Then, No. 4 Purdue and No. 11 Illinois face off in West Lafayette at 3 p.m. ET (FOX). Later, No. 13 BYU hosts in-state rival Utah at 5:30 p.m. ET in a Big 12 clash (FOX). And following the aforementioned matchup, No. 19 Kansas plays in-state rival Kansas State at 8 p.m. ET (FOX). 

In Saccharine, Australian-American filmmaker Natalie Erika James paints a clear picture of her wheelhouse. This haunted take on fad diet culture bakes in poignancy and bone-chilly accents. What begins with The Substance and Grafted vibes, condemning harmful beauty standards forced down women’s throats, veers more into Relic’s wounded horror territory. It’s not the cleanest or zippiest storytelling, floating through a just-roll-with-it body dysmorphia nightmare stained with jelly filling, but that’s alright. What’s presented is jarring, troubling, and grotesque, all based around unhealthy conversations about society’s mirror-gazing obsession. Midori Francis stars as Hana, a binge-eating med student with the hots for…

Is metaphysics (the study of the ultimate foundation of reality) useful? I will argue that a substantive part of the literature is not – or what we call analytic metaphysics. Here, philosophers focus largely on pure armchair analysis, engaged in trying to understand the nature of reality by investigated their own intuitions. What may strike some of my readers, most of whom have never studied philosophy, as a bold assertion is in fact a widely shared view among philosophers who regard much of traditional analytic metaphysics as a pure form of castle-building in the sky, conducted from a philosophical armchair…