How to conquer the clutter
A mountain of stuff that we neither need nor use is taking over our homes – twice as much as 30 years ago. Hoarder Michele Hanson wonders how she might conquer her clutter
This isn’t the life I dreamed of …
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on reader's problems. This week: depression
Are you addicted to sex?
For celebrities such as Tiger Woods, checking into a sex addiction clinic seems to be the norm these days when you have been accused of infidelity. But is it a real medical condition – or simply a convenient excuse?
Relationships: Not just for Christmas
Editorial: The welfare state was developed to ensure material needs were met, but its architects presumed that emotional and psychological needs would be met by family and community. That is not always so
Real loneliness can do serious damage
Neuroscientist John Cacioppo says social pain is akin to physical pain. So what can be done to make it better?
‘Female Viagra’ boosts sexual desire in women with flagging libido
Women who took the drug during a trial reported more satisfying sexual encounters and a higher libido
Close encounters of the faked kind
Professor of anomalistic psychology Chris French explains why he thinks The Fourth Kind is dangerously misleading
This column will change your life: What’s in a name?
Quite a lot, actually, says Oliver Burkeman, whether you're called David or Moon Unit
Welcome to the bright new world of positive living
At one time, 'self-help' books were considered a little odd. Now they have moved into the mainstream and the new 'science of happiness' has become a cultural orthodoxy. Carole Cadwalladr asks if this vogue for positive psychology really helping anyone?
The waking nightmare of sleep paralysis
Imagine awaking to intense fear and hallucinations but being incapable of moving a muscle. Chris French explains this surprisingly common phenomenon