Ever since I have read Atomic Habits by James Clear, I have been trying to improve my life by creating good habits and breaking bad ones. Through this process, I’ve stumbled on the idea of aversive conditioning, or the idea that you can break bad habits by associating them to a punishment – for instance, by receiving …

Ever since I have moved out of my parents’ house, my diet has consisted of junk food and trips to restaurants. I’ve tried multiple times to change that, but to no avail. With time, I came to realize that eating healthy is actually a complex habit to acquire if you haven’t developed it at a young age. I concluded that I …

Let me get straight to the point: I’ve suffered from hyperhidrosis ever since I was a teenager. In plain words, I would sweat so much that I would stink only after a few hours of being awakened – even if I had done no physical effort. Armpit odor shattered my self-esteem while the pit stains ruined my t-shirts at …