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15 sentences to avoid when talking with people experiencing depression Lots of people around us could be depressed or suicidal. We often never know because there is a communication barrier. It's not easy figuring out what to say when someone tells you about their depression and thoughts of ending their life. Thinking of the right things to say to someone who is depressed or suicidal is very tricky. For starters, most people are afraid to say something useful because they fear to make it worse. What would you say if I come to you and tell you that 'I want to sleep and never wake up' or 'I don't feel like getting out of bed' or 'I want to just end my life and be done with it'. Or maybe the more obvious statement 'I am depressed'. What is Depression? It is mood disorder that persists for at least a few weeks and is characterized by lack of pleasure experiences, poor arousal, lack of interest in things that once interested you, and poor motivation. T...

Today, I am going to highlight some findings from my favourite body of scientific literature. Cross-modal perception . In an  earlier post , I discussed the many senses we humans have. There are at least 10. This post looks at how our senses affect and change the perception of food and drinks! Cross-modal perception is perceiving something around us with the integration of at least 2 of our senses. It is about how one sense affects the other. In this article, I'll cover 20 ways in which some sensory aspect affects our food experiences- eating, drinking, savouring, fine dining, etc.  How  many  of our senses affect the 'taste' of food and drinks!  The psychology of food perception Before we get to that, I want to introduce the idea of cross-modal perception with a little more detail.  It basically means that we perceive something in the environment based on the combined information from a lot of our senses. Information from each of these senses affects t...