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USA Cards NOT Accepted: A New Digital Merchant Restriction
Hello, wonderful community. It’s Betshy here, your Plymouth-based forensic advocate, writing from my quiet seaside corner. Today I came across something quietly unsettling while browsing a website I sometimes use. A merchant had added a new restrictive policy: they would no longer accept payment cards issued in the United States of America. The notice was polite but firm. Below is a screenshot I recently took. I thought that it is interesting because what at first glance…
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The “TikTok Tics” Outbreaks: A Modern Case of Mass Psychogenic Illness
As someone who has lived with complex mental health challenges and has spent years studying the fragile boundary between mind and body, I am deeply fascinated by how psychological distress can spread rapidly through social networks. One of the clearest recent examples is the phenomenon known as the “TikTok tics” outbreaks — a striking modern manifestation of mass psychogenic illness (MPI). Beginning around 2020 and accelerating during the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of adolescents — predominantly teenage…
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Rethinking How We Unwind: What Actually Helps After A Long Day
At the end of a long day, most people reach for the easiest option. You sit down, pick up your phone, and start scrolling endlessly. It feels like a break, but it doesn’t really feel like you’re switching off. But if you pay attention, it doesn’t leave you feeling better. Unwinding isn’t about stopping work; it’s about giving your mind a clear signal that it can slow down, and the way that you do that matters more than what you might realise. Why Passive Scrolling Is Not The Reset We Think It Is Scrolling is very easy, and that’s why…
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Mass Psychogenic Illness: Mass / Epidemic Hysteria
I am here on my quiet seaside corner where the waves remind me how easily human minds can ripple and resonate with one another. I have come to respect the profound power of the collective psyche. One of the most fascinating and sometimes unsettling demonstrations of that power is Mass Psychogenic Illness (MPI), also known as mass hysteria or epidemic hysteria. Mass psychogenic illness refers to the rapid spread of physical symptoms or abnormal behaviour within…
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