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Most recently published stories in Humans.
Psychology Tricks That Help Singles Create Strong First Impressions Instantly
One of the best ways of making a great first impression is through body language. Being tall, having an upright posture, and having the right eye contact conveys that a person is confident and approachable. These small gestures are indicative of confidence, and this would be very appealing during the initial encounter.
By Robert Smith21 days ago in Humans
438 Days Adrift
José Salvador Alvarenga's impossible journey across the Pacific and the madness that nearly consumed him The survival story of José Salvador Alvarenga, a Salvadoran fisherman who spent four hundred and thirty-eight days drifting across the Pacific Ocean in a small fishing boat, represents one of the longest survival ordeals at sea ever recorded, and the physical and psychological challenges he endured during those fourteen months alone on the ocean would have killed most people many times over, yet somehow Alvarenga not only survived but remained conscious and functional enough to eventually wash ashore on a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands over six thousand miles from where his ordeal began, having crossed the entire Pacific Ocean in a twenty-four-foot fiberglass skiff with no engine, no communication equipment, and almost no supplies. Alvarenga's nightmare began on November 17, 2012, when he and a young crew member named Ezequiel Córdoba left the coast of Mexico on what was supposed to be a routine thirty-hour shark fishing trip, and they were about fifteen miles offshore when a storm struck with unexpected violence, knocking out the boat's engine and radio and sweeping their GPS and most of their supplies overboard, leaving them adrift in the open ocean with no way to navigate, no way to call for help, and no way to propel the boat back to shore.
By The Curious Writer21 days ago in Humans
You’re Not Confused — They’re Just Not That Invested. AI-Generated.
If you have to decode it, something is already wrong. Read that again and let it sit for a second. When someone is genuinely interested in you, communication rarely feels like a puzzle. You don’t need a roundtable discussion with your friends to interpret a three-word text. You don’t reread conversations ten times looking for hidden meaning. You don’t study their response times like you’re analyzing stock market trends.
By Fault Lines22 days ago in Humans
A Simple Habit That Made My Life Better
A few years ago, my life felt like it was moving too fast. Every morning started with the same routine: the alarm ringing, my hand reaching for the phone, and within seconds I was scrolling through messages, emails, and social media. Before I even got out of bed, my mind was already full of noise.
By Imran Ali Shah22 days ago in Humans
The Text Message I Was Never Supposed To See...
Can't wait to feel you inside me again tonight baby" read the text message that appeared on my girlfriend's phone while she was in the shower, except I was standing in our kitchen two hundred miles away from where she claimed to be on a business trip, and the message definitely wasn't meant for me.
By The Curious Writer22 days ago in Humans
The Wedding Video That Destroyed Everything
I thought I was creating the perfect romantic surprise when I hired a videographer to follow my fiancée for a week and compile our love story, but what the footage captured instead destroyed my entire world in the span of eighteen horrifying minutes.
By The Curious Writer22 days ago in Humans
The Night I Discovered My Girlfriend's Terrifying Secret
I met Sarah at a coffee shop in downtown Portland in the fall of 2017, and she seemed absolutely perfect in every way that mattered to a lonely twenty-six-year-old man who had spent the previous two years recovering from a devastating breakup, with her bright smile and infectious laugh and the way she seemed genuinely interested in everything I said, asking thoughtful questions about my work as a graphic designer and my passion for hiking and my dreams of someday traveling through South America, and within three weeks we were officially dating, within two months she had moved into my apartment, and within four months I was thinking about engagement rings and planning a future that included marriage and children and growing old together, completely unaware that the woman sleeping next to me every night was hiding something so disturbing that when I finally discovered the truth it would shatter my ability to trust my own judgment about people ever again.
By The Curious Writer22 days ago in Humans
Mothering Sunday
Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom has a long and winding history, one that reaches back centuries before cards, flowers, and Sunday lunches became part of the day. It began as Mothering Sunday, a quiet moment in the church calendar when people returned to the place that shaped them. Over time, that return shifted from the church itself to the women who held families together. Today, the day carries pieces of all those layers, and the daffodil has become its most familiar symbol.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior22 days ago in Humans
