Mental health lies at the heart of our inner life: emotions, stress, resilience, psychological vulnerability, but also our capacity to adapt and grow. This section explores the psychological mechanisms and scientific insights that shed light on mental balance and the challenges of the modern mind.
Once banned, psychedelics are re-emerging in medical research. They may offer solutions where conventional treatments fall short. For decades, psychedelics were pushed into the shadows branded as dangerous, unpredictable substances tied to counterculture and moral panic. However, behind the curtain of prohibition, certain compounds like LSD and psilocybin are making an unexpected comeback at the…
What if schizophrenia were not merely a disorder, but a cry the world refuses to hear? Behind diagnoses, brain scans, and technical jargon are human beings who waver — fractured consciences crossed by a pain that no word can fully express. Reality becomes too intense, meaning unravels, and even the body no longer knows where…
Fear is an emotion we try to avoid in daily life, yet we eagerly seek it out in entertainment. Horror films, haunted houses, roller coasters, escape rooms — everywhere, humans put themselves face to face with imaginary dangers. But why do we take pleasure in shivering with fear? Since Darwin — who described a frightened…
Depression remains one of the most studied yet least understood psychiatric disorders. It affects millions of people worldwide, manifests in highly diverse forms, and often resists conventional treatment. Antidepressants—focused on neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine—are not universally effective: nearly one in three patients experiences little or no improvement. This therapeutic resistance has prompted researchers…
There are evenings when the soul falls silent, and the body, in its subtle tremors, tells the whole story: the shoulders weighed down by past sorrows, the quickened breath of silent fears, the sluggishness of movements where hope loses its way. Perhaps it is here, in this wordless language of flesh, that the most intimate…
The quiet one in a group may seem withdrawn, but is far from absent.Their behavior reveals subtle links between brain activity, emotional regulation, and social context. In every family, classroom, coffee shop, or team meeting, there’s always one person who holds back. They listen, observe, sometimes smile… but rarely speak. While others jump in, interrupt,…
The body is the child’s first learning tool.Through movement and exploration, children develop motor, emotional, and cognitive abilities simultaneously. To grow is to conquer, step by step physically and mentally,It’s a long and delicate choreography, where every gesture attempted, every movement explored, and every balance achieved helps shape the child. Long before learning to read…
Péguy’s Lucidity or the Enigma of Our “Guilty Absent‑Mindedness” The thinker Charles Péguy, in a sharply observed passage cited by Francine Lenne, pinpoints a fundamental yet widespread error of human reasoning:“Speaking of what one does not know (…) will always remain man’s favorite occupation.” With a clinical edge of irony, he notes that while the…
In his novel The Echo Maker, Richard Powers explores the fragile boundaries of consciousness through the story of Mark Schluter, a man whose grasp on reality begins to fracture. After a serious accident, Mark awakens in a hospital room. He sees a familiar face leaning over him, his sister Karen. The voice is right, the…
In Parkinson’s disease, treatments relieve but do not repair. A new approach now aims to directly replace lost neurons. Parkinson’s disease affects nearly 1% of people over the age of 60. It results from the gradual degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, a deep brain region involved in motor control. This neuronal loss…