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Last Sunday, my colleague walked into the office with a big smile on his face and a plate of halwa in his hand, and before we said anything, he announced that his son got engaged. We all...

I recently watched the TV series “In Treatment" follows Dr Paul Weston, a psychotherapist in his fifties, through his weekly sessions with patients who come from different ages and backgrounds. The...

Last week, a friend sent me a video of a young man who works as a personal trainer and nutritionist. The video was posted on Instagram, in which he claims that Alzheimer's disease is an invention...

I recently conducted a workshop on occupational burnout for employees in one of the private companies when a middle-aged employee raised their hand and said, “Burnout is something invented by young...

For the past few weeks, psychiatrists have been in the spotlight, and for all the wrong reasons. The Lindsay Clancy trial has been posted on several social media platforms and is gaining public...

I was having coffee with colleagues from different specialties when one of them asked the questions, do you think our jobs affect our personality and how we think. The neurologist volunteered to...

Last week, several social media platforms carried news of the sad death of ten mountain climbers in an avalanche in Pakistan. Sympathetic people posted their condolences to the victims’ families....

I recently travelled to Europe with my family for a summer holiday. Since it was my first driving trip abroad, I decided to go through a travel agent who arranged not only the flights and...

In Oman and other Arab societies, it is customary for parents to arrange a bride for their son. The recommendation often included close cousins or members of the same tribe. Such a system may have...

Last week, a friend sent me a video of an Egyptian doctor who became famous for his controversial diet advice that goes against what international experts have been advocating for years. The doctor...

A while ago, I was approached by Mr A, a young man at the beginning of his career. Like many young professionals, he was trying to build a future in a job market that had become increasingly...

Miss A was preparing for her English exam when a thought crossed her mind: “What if I score less than my brother, who did the same test last year? It was past midnight, and she was halfway through...

When I learned about the new Korean series “Teach You a Lesson," I was curious to watch it. The series focuses on a fictional government called the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB), an...

A colleague recently told me about his son, a young man in his early 20s who had taken up fishing as a hobby. Initially, his parents were delighted as fishing seemed to offer a healthy escape from...

A man in his mid-sixties came to my clinic complaining about a recurring dream that had been troubling him for months. Every night, he found himself stranded in an airport after losing his passport...

While preparing for a workshop on how to deal with negative thoughts, I came across a very interesting psychological experiment conducted by an American researcher Daniel Wenger. In this experiment,...

A colleague recently told me about his son, who is in his late twenties and works as an IT specialist, spending much of his day seated behind a desk. His routine consists of long working hours,...

At a recent family dinner, my almost 26-year-old was staring at his can of soft drink in amusement. His action annoyed me, so I said in a light joke, 'someone is preoccupied today.' With a...

I have always been curious about why some people commit evil crimes. This is why, when I read about the movie ‘Nuremberg’, I was curious to watch it. The movie is based on the book ‘The Nazi and...

I recently attended a social gathering for former classmates. It was a pleasant evening filled with laughter and shared memories. For a few hours, we stepped back into a time when life felt simpler...