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Why depression leads to withdrawal, why motivation often follows action, and what current evidence suggests about starting again. From a Melbourne psychologist.
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Matthew Hallam25 Mar 2026AI helps people think, but misses crisis cues and mirrors distorted beliefs. A psychologist's rules for safer use, with copy-paste prompts.
Matthew Hallam9 Mar 2026How morning light, wake time, daytime movement, and napping shape sleep at night, and what to make of it when sleep stays difficult.
Natalia Cajide24 Feb 2026What sleep hygiene is actually doing, what the evidence says about timing, light, and environment, and what it means when the standard advice is not enough.
Natalia Cajide10 Feb 2026Worry is often a coping strategy, not a flaw. The peer-reviewed evidence on worry time, a structured technique for working with anxiety, explained.
Matthew Hallam28 Jan 2026Sorting attention into what you can control, what you can influence, and what sits outside both. A clinical adaptation of the perceived-control evidence.
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