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12/08/2026

When a group gets attacked, there are four common responses: despair, counter-attack, aggressive silence, or passive silence.

Humor is the most effective.

Dr Louis Awerbuck breaks down why, using a real example: when a blogger recently insulted South African women, Mzansi Twitter didn’t fight back with anger. It fought back with jokes.

Here’s why that works:

It shows you have no power over us.
It shows we stand together.
It turns a threat into shared identity.

You don’t have to win the argument. Sometimes laughing together is the strategy, because it shows a group knows its own worth and doesn’t need to defend itself.

What’s your take?

02/08/2026

Sunday blues hitting different lately? Dr Louis Awerbuck breaks down dysthymia, a low mood state that isn’t depression, and why seasonal changes can genuinely mess with us this time of year.

Tip: happiness needs someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to. Can’t always control the first one, but the other two are up to us.

29/07/2026

The question isn’t whether South Africans are afraid. It’s whether fear controls what we believe, and how we treat one another.

Dr Louis Awerbuck closes the series: anxiety doesn’t just affect individuals. When uncertainty continues long enough, a whole society can become tense and reactive. People grow more vigilant, more suspicious, quicker to lose trust in institutions, experts and each other, and more drawn to leaders offering simple, absolute answers.

Collective anxiety also shrinks our tolerance for disagreement. Different opinions start to feel threatening. Anger starts to feel like strength.

The answer isn’t to deny South Africa’s problems. It’s to face them without letting fear decide who deserves dignity, belonging or protection.

A resilient society isn’t one without anxiety. It’s one that meets anxiety with truth, accountability, connection and humanity.

Part 4 of 4.

27/07/2026

Dr Louis Awerbuck explains: our brains are wired to detect danger before we calmly examine evidence. A dramatic video or angry accusation grabs attention instantly. A careful explanation full of nuance usually doesn’t.

Social media amplifies this. Emotional content gets shared fast, repeated often, and starts to feel true simply because we’ve seen it so many times.

And when we’re already anxious, we’re more likely to believe whatever confirms what we fear. Emotion starts to feel like evidence.

Feeling frightened is real. It doesn’t mean the story causing that fear is true.

Part 3 of 4. Next: what happens to a society when fear becomes part of everyday life.

23/07/2026

Social media: why anger is winning.

Dr Louis Awerbuck’s take: negative emotions like fear, anger and outrage grab our attention more than calm, balanced information, and platforms are built to reward that. So the loudest voices start to look like the majority, and extreme views start to feel normal.

Anxiety fuels outrage, outrage fuels clicks, clicks fuel more outrage. Social media doesn’t create prejudice from nothing, but it can magnify fear and make division feel normal.

Part 3: why are our brains so easily captured by fear? Coming soon.

Xenophobia doesn't start with hatred. It starts with anxiety.When people feel financially squeezed and unsafe, the mind ...
22/07/2026

Xenophobia doesn't start with hatred. It starts with anxiety.

When people feel financially squeezed and unsafe, the mind looks for someone to blame. And social media spreads negative news faster.

Understanding this doesn't excuse it. It helps stop fear becoming prejudice.

Part 2: why does anxiety make us blame outsiders specifically? Coming soon.

20/07/2026

Dr Louis Awerbuck’s take: xenophobia doesn’t start with hatred. It starts with anxiety. When people feel financially squeezed and unsafe, the mind looks for someone to blame, and social media spreads negative news faster.

Understanding this doesn’t excuse it. It helps stop fear becoming prejudice.

Part 2: why does anxiety make us blame outsiders specifically? Coming soon.

15/07/2026

What if worrying didn’t have to consume your entire day?

Instead of fighting anxious thoughts every moment, try giving them a dedicated place. Set aside a specific time each day to acknowledge your worries. When anxious thoughts pop up outside that time, write them down and come back to them later.

This simple habit can help you regain focus, reduce mental clutter, and remind your brain that not every worry needs your immediate attention.

Remember: the goal isn’t to ignore your concerns—it’s to stop them from taking over your day.

đź’¬ Have you ever tried scheduling your worry time? Share your experience in the comments.

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30/06/2026

Your anxiety is rarely about what's happening right now. It's about what might happen.
Louis explains how the "anxiety monster" works by pulling your thoughts toward an uncertain future, a place you can't control. That's where anxiety lives.
One grounding tool that works well: the 5-4-3-2-1 method.

When you feel anxious, steady your breathing and focus on:

5 things you can see
4 things you can feel on your body
3 things you can hear
2 things you can smell
1 thing you can taste

It's a simple way of telling your brain: I am here. I am safe.
Have you tried this technique before?

26/06/2026

Was apartheid’s war really a spiritual battle? 🔥
South Africa’s fight against communism wasn’t just political, it was theological. Communism, by definition, includes atheism. And to millions of South Africans, atheism meant one thing: Satan.
That’s why the apartheid military and police didn’t just have generals, they had reverends. Theology wasn’t a footnote. It was command structure.
This is the conversation Devilsdorp forces us to have. 👇

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