June 4, 2026
“Comorbid epilepsy did not make self-injurers sicker — it pointed to a different road to the same behavior.”
“Fullness silenced the healthy brain's pursuit of food; in food addiction, it amplified it — the off-switch did not fire.”
“"Fear of fear" and "fear of the unknown" are not two dials on the same anxious brain — they drive avoidance through separate circuits, at separate moments of decision.”
“Cohesion is not a switch the group flips; it is the yield on relational investment made weeks earlier — and in an online group, that runway may simply be longer.”
“Self-compassion behaves like a single dial turned from cold to warm — not two switches — and the scale should be read accordingly.”
“Two-thirds of Europeans who need mental health care receive none — and the OECD now estimates the resulting drag at 1.7% of GDP every year through 2050.”