”Waiting for Godot” or Our tendency to live in the future
Better days are coming! But, in the meantime, what happens with the ones already here? Whether we admit it or not, humans love dreaming…when we are awake. We spend endless hours imagining our future. Not a distant future with flying cars, trips to Mars and robot-servants, but our close and personal future, in which life […]
Body shaming: a common bullying technique
Body shaming is known as the tendency of people to criticize others or even themselves based solely on their appearance. It has always been a thing, but in modern times, especially through the extensive use of social media and the subsequent provided anonymity, this phenomenon is in a bigger outbreak and that’s why it’s a […]
The (self) restriction of expressing feelings
In general, we humans tend to set obstacles, giving ourselves a hard time. We overanalyze situations, dive into a chaotic vortex of thoughts, dramatize events, and, finally, drown in a spoonful of water. We end up not expressing what we want and not doing what we wish, guided by unnecessary precautions and fear, limited by […]
Cynicism: Humour in Ill Health
When someone is messing with you and you feel a discomfort, a “twinge” inside of you, an internal anger, then they are probably making a cynical joke in order to convey to you a harsh -but always indirect- message. Of course, these types of “jokes” are not funny, although they are camouflaged as being such. […]
The dark side of positivity
How many of us have wanted to open up to someone about a bad day and received an answer such as “It’s not a big deal, why are you reacting this way? Think positively.” At a first glance this seems like a harmless reaction from our interlocutor whose intention is to make us feel better. […]
“Every man is his own chief enemy”
Yet another night comes, only to find me burning the midnight oil in a tight rope between obsessions and overreactions. My mind has turned disturbing. I give in, transforming into a pawn among them. I give in and surrender with no hesitation, no second thoughts, no restraints. An incriminating finger fluttering before my face, as […]
Did Snow White suffer from Resignation Syndrome?
For the last 15 years in Sweden, millions of refugee children with traumatic experiences have been affected by the Resignation Syndrome. It’s a state of worldly withdrawal resembling a coma that can sometimes last for years. During the first stage, the children with Resignation Syndrome stop talking much and just want to lie down, then […]
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: Embrace diversity
May 17th, 1990: The World Health Organization after a general assembly, officially eliminates homosexuality from the list containing mental illnesses, suggesting that “homosexuality isn’t a mental illness, a disorder or an anomaly,” and establishing this day as the International Day Against Homophobia. The term “homophobia” appeared for the first time during the ‘70s, dispraising in […]
An ode to women
The latest developments in Greek society currently, as women are sharing their experiences, being in the spotlight of the #me_too movement, but also as the general public obscenity of gender-based discrimination is established, demonstrate the issues haunting women even today. It’s evident that gender equality is now considered to be a dire necessity more than […]
Love or virulence?
“Love didn’t meet them at their best, it met them in their mess,” with this “quote” I’ll start writing, and I’ll finish with it, too. Quotes like that flood social media home pages on the daily, while they’re being infused in movies and series, romanticized and normalized leading to a fear of missing out on […]