Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Suffering is hard enough to deal with, but not knowing why you’re suffering is even harder. Depression can feel like an unpredictable storm of hopelessness, but just like the weather, there are patterns that shape when and why your depression comes. There are three major categories of triggers that can cause you to feel depressed: your body, your environment, and your expectations of the future. It’s important to understand all three so that you can best prevent future depressive episodes. 1. Your Body According to the World Health Organization, chronic illness is the number-one risk factor for becoming depressed. This…

I watched Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia before I watched the original. I was in my early twenties. I thought the film was fine and I moved on. It took me until Second Sight dropped this 4K edition to find out what fine had been covering up for twenty four years. I feel pretty bad about that. Not bad enough to not tell you to skip Nolan and start here, but bad.Erik Skjoldbjærg’s 1997 original is a Norwegian thriller about a Swedish detective named Jonas Engström who goes to Tromsø to investigate a teenage girl’s murder and instead dismantles himself in daylight.…

Bring Damian McCarthy’s Horror Sensation, HOKUM, Home This Summer: “Award-winning film studio NEON announced today that Damian McCarthy’s chilling supernatural thriller Hokum will arrive on digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, 2026, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026. Starring Adam Scott, Hokum follows novelist Ohm Bauman as he retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, only to become consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance force him to confront the darkest corners of his past. Hailed by critics as “diabolically terrifying”…

Likert scales are widely used in the medical and mental health systems, as they are a useful tool for rating everything from mood to pain levels. For autistic people, however, Likert scales can be more of a hindrance than a help, as the scales often do not make sense to our neurodivergent brains. To help illustrate this, I will use my own experience as an autistic adult and my struggles over the years to use pain scales. When I was giving birth to my first child, the nurses kept asking for my pain levels. They were using a scale from…

The best players in the world will be on display this summer at the 2026 World Cup. So, let’s rank them. Ahead of the world’s premier sporting event, our experts ranked the 100 best stars who will likely feature at this summer’s World Cup, hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. We have officially released all 100 players on our list, and there are some serious star players here. We’ve got legends, rising names and players looking for their World Cup breakout moments. From Brazil’s Vinícius Júnior and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo to Spain’s Lamine Yamal and Egypt’s Mo Salah,…

Night of the Dribbler was made in 1990 … and wasn’t released until 2009.Night of the Dribbler might be the only film of its type … thankfullyNight of the Dribbler is NOT a good movie. But as far as slasher movies go, it might be one of one in the annals of horror film history. Sure, there are plenty of horror movies that are adjacent to basketball. But Night of the Dribbler might be the only horror movie ever that’s explicitly about basketball — to the point the mad slasher of the movie wears a basketball mask on his head. Pretty…

Many people—especially those who identify as neurodivergent or highly cognitive—live beautifully in their heads. Thinking, analyzing, and problem-solving are no doubt great strengths. They help us adapt, succeed, and make sense of a complex world. And yet, many people come to me in my capacity as an AEDP psychotherapist—an experiential therapy specializing in emotions and attachment—saying: “I don’t feel much” or, “I know I should feel something… but I don’t.” This is what we often call numbness. Sometimes it overlaps with a difficulty in identifying and describing emotions, technically called alexithymia. But I want to start by reframing this completely:…

June is here, which means the sun is out, the cookouts are happening, and every streaming platform has decided to remind us that staying inside with the curtains closed is still a valid lifestyle choice.This month is not equally stacked everywhere. Shudder came to play. Peacock brought a few sharp knives. Tubi opened the vault and dumped half a haunted video store into the living room. Hulu, meanwhile, gave horror fans a smaller plate, but at least one of those servings comes with zombies, drag queens, and enough glitter to confuse the undead.Here is the best horror, thriller, and horror-adjacent…

Chatbots are becoming increasingly sophisticated. And they are getting better and better at creating an emotional bond with the user. This, of course, has its risks, so much so that there has been a lot of talk about regulation. We easily form emotional bonds with chatbots, and they vary widely from person to person. Some people find it easy to connect with them emotionally, while others find it more difficult. Young people and men tend to belong to the former group, whereas older people and women are more likely to belong to the latter. A recent study examined these variations…

The best players in the world will be on display this summer at the 2026 World Cup. So, let’s rank them. Ahead of the world’s premier sporting event, our experts ranked the 100 best stars who will likely feature at this summer’s World Cup, hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. We have officially released all 100 players on our list, and there are some serious star players here. We’ve got legends, rising names and players looking for their World Cup breakout moments. From Brazil’s Vinícius Júnior and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo to Spain’s Lamine Yamal and Egypt’s Mo Salah,…