Welcome to tonight’s ridiculous showdown. In the blue corner we’ve got Love — quiet, stable, underestimated, the one everyone thinks is boring until they finally grow up. And in the red corner, wearing a cape stitched together from red flags and bad decisions, we’ve got Obsession — loud, needy, messy, and somehow still romanticized like … Read more

You don’t simply check your phone. You worship it. Every flick of your thumb is a ritual, every scroll a pull of the lever on a slot machine. You sit there like a gambler hunched over, eyes glazed, waiting for the next shiny thing to flash on your screen. A funny video, a shocking headline, … Read more

People like to tell themselves they’re too smart to be manipulated, too independent to fall into obvious traps, too clear-headed to chase someone who isn’t giving them what they want. Then someone starts pulling away, and the same people who swore they would never beg find themselves staring at their phone, rereading messages, rehearsing replies, … Read more

You walk around thinking you’re bulletproof. Too smart to be fooled, too independent to be manipulated, too sharp to fall into the traps that catch other people. Cute. That little voice of confidence you’re clinging to? That’s the exact weakness that makes you vulnerable. Gaslighting doesn’t just work on the gullible. It works on you. … Read more

You like to believe you’re in charge. That every decision you make comes from some deep well of independence. You order your coffee, you pick your clothes, you swipe left or right, and you call that free will. But here’s the slap of truth: you’re not in control. You never were. You’re a puppet, and … Read more