I was chatting to a fellah (Rob) in the local pub yesterday lunchtime, and I can’t remember how the topic came up in conversation, but back in the 1980’s he told me he was walking his dog through woodland in Essex when he was approached by a man who pulled a knife and demanded his wallet. He...

Over the summer I visited my old home town It's got a a lot of really old buildings. I decided to visit the old flea pit which has been restored to its 1911 glory. There was only me and a woman in the ticket office in the building. I sat down in the middle row of seats facing the screen admiring...

This is the name given to the feelings of dread/apprehension/tension/sadness/anger on a Sunday, when one knows the weekend is drawing to a close and the working week will begin the next day. For me it is very real, tends to kick in abut 6.30PM, when I know I have just the evening left to pursue...

This is an interesting article from yesterday's Guardian (Sat 19th Nov 2022). It's a very Fortean question: if you buy a house, or move into a property, with a troubled past and a violent murder having happened there - what happens next? How do you react, what might you feel, do you have any...

We've noted the rankings of the world's "happiest" places (e.g., The World Happiness Report) over the years. There may well be an ironic down-side to the highest-ranked places' widespread contentment in the form of increased intensity of sadness and depression amidst all the happy people. FULL...

A bit of a ramble this, but there are a few associated thoughts floating around in the old bean--too much time on aeroplanes and waking up at all hours. Feel free to respond to any aspect of it that strikes a chord. Nostalgia is a longing for the past: for a past that is idealised, crystalised...

I think it's interesting that there also appears to be an opposite of ASMR that's just as strange and recent: Misophonia. Rather than certain soft, repetitive sounds being relaxing, some people find that those sounds set their teeth on edge. A commonly cited one is the sound of chewing. Not...

I'm sure there is probably already a thread somewhere related to this, but I am interested to hear anybody's experiences of getting 'bad vibes' around certain people. What causes us to have these feelings? I always remember one incident when I was about 10 and I went into a shop that I never...

Hmm, I would have expected less intelligent people to be happier: they don't realise how bad things are. But here we have those just above subnormal intelligence being the unhappiest. That perhaps is unsurprising; they would be expected to cope in the world with few if any supports. However...

Given the choice, which is more important to you, Truth or Happiness? People often berate Christians and other religious folk, for pushing their beliefs on others, and i don't mean in a bad way (crusades etc!), just preaching the word, or something to that effect. Yet, agnostics and...

Source I want to be a happy cyborg! :(

This is a long article - it carries on for another four pages. http://tinyurl.com/rsrwh Beatles - Eleanor Rigby Lyrics Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the...

In the summer of 1994, when I was unemployed for a while, I took a walk down to St. Mary's Church in Llanfair P.G., Anglesey, North Wales, U.K. The church is centuries old and the adjoining cemetery is full - there is hardly any room left for further burials. The church is right next to a...

Meditation Shown to Light Up Brains of Buddhists LONDON (Reuters) - Buddhists really are happy, calm and serene people -- at least according to their brain scans. Using new scanning techniques, neuroscientists have discovered that certain areas of the brain light up constantly in...

Has anyone ever been affected by the cycle of the moon? In particular the full moon. Has it affected someone you know? Or does it affect any of your pets? If so how? I wish to know as it does on general affect me. luce