Hustle Culture and the Importance of Rest
Happy Wellness Wednesday! While trying to take a step away from the abnormal psychology of female serial killers to focus back on wellness, the same question has been on my mind: Why is it so hard to stick to a wellness routine? Well, I think I’ve…
“Snap Out of It!”: 12 Ways to Adjust a Bad Mood
While we can’t tell ourselves to just feel better, we are able to change the thoughts and behaviors that influence our mood. On this Self-care Sunday, let’s explore what those techniques entail and how they can be used to adjust our mood for the day. Clinical…
The Abnormal Psychology of Munchausen by Proxy Disorder
Do you remember the scene in Sixth Sense when Cole attends a family party and meets a young girl who gives him a videotape showing her mother poisoning her with household cleaner? This scene was one of the first depictions of Munchausen by proxy disorder on…
Women Who Kill: Lacey Spears
By now (thanks to the media), most of us are aware of the disturbing case of child abuse and murder that is the story of Gypsy Rose – a young woman subjected to decades of abuse by a mother fixated on receiving attention and affection from…
The Abnormal Psychology of Postpartum Psychosis
While postpartum depression occurs in up to 20% of women who have children, psychotic manifestations are even more rare, and thus much less understood. As most of us know, giving birth to a baby can bring about many changes, including changes in a new mom’s mood…
Women Who Kill: Andrea Yates
According to Andrea, she killed her children to save them from Satan and her own evil maternal influences… Andrea Yates’ life became a case study for the rare occurrence of postpartum psychosis, demonstrating the severe implications of untreated mental illness. From the re-telling of her story,…
Abnormal Psychology of Rosemary West
Historically, there’s been a struggle to comprehend the origins of female violence, with research painting female serial killers as reluctant sidekicks or psychotic femme fatales. Most research on serial killers suggest that only male serial killers murder out of sadistic, sexual motivations; and that when paired…
Women Who Kill: Gloucester House of Horror
Hello Spooky Season For twenty-five years, Rosemary West appeared as an unassuming British mother. Until a search of the inside of her home revealed a woman involved in brutal incest, beatings, sexual torture and the murder and dismemberment of numerous young women – including her own…
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