The Cell Phone Tiger in Your Pocket
Why your brain treats your smartphone like a predator hiding in the grass.
Eugene Lipov MD
Scientifically grounded insights on PTSD, digital toxicity, chronic stress, and what modern life is doing to your nervous system. The intent is simple: to make complex biology understandable - and useful.
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