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...physical pain, deep in my core – like a knife being twisted. Also, I feel it in my throat – like my airway is closing – then the tears come. It’s like a mini volcanic eruption. I sometimes feel lost – like I have been in an accident at sea, and I am all alone, clinging onto driftwood, waiting to find safety. This whole experience has taught me that with great...

...physical problems. We know that locus of control moderates the relationship between control and cortisol (the ‘fight-or-flight’ hormone): people with more internal locus of control, who perceive themselves to have control over a stressor, show a reduced cortisol response. Our locus of control can influence not only how we respond to the events that happen in our...

...physical presence of this information at hand, even if it's somewhere at the bottom of a metre high stack of old newspapers, cannot compare to getting the information from the net or the library. A variant of this is the archivist who feels a religious attachment to anything old, such as faded photos, greetings cards or receipts. A strong emotional attachment to inanimate...