Dr. Mozelle Martin
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Behavioral analyst and investigative writer examining how people, institutions, and narratives behave under pressure—and what remains when systems fail.
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The Month Everyone Gets Wrong About Suicide
The public conversation around suicide repeats a mistake every year. As soon as December hits, social media fills with somber graphics, dramatic pleas, and emotional declarations insisting that the holidays are the most dangerous time for suicidal behavior. The message is well-intended, but it is wrong. The data has been stable for decades.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin2 months ago in Psyche
The Scrutiny of Ordinary Women
There is a strange shift happening in public spaces that most professionals have avoided naming because everyone seems afraid to speak plainly. Regular women—the ones who do not treat cosmetics as daily armor or make their clothing choices a performance—are now being scanned as if they are something other than women. Many of them are being silently classified as trans or gay before a single word leaves their mouth. This judgment arrives in split-second glances, pacing, and the quiet hesitation of strangers trying to decide what category they think they are looking at.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin2 months ago in Humans
The Animals Who Watch Us Sleep:
Most people think it’s cute when their dog wanders into the bedroom at night and silently stares at them. Most people laugh when a cat sits inches from their face and watches them breathe. It feels quirky, maybe a little weird, and usually harmless.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin2 months ago in Petlife
Digital Hunting Grounds of Roblox and Discord:
Watching interviews on the Shawn Ryan Show reminded me to write this article as a follow-up to a previous one. You see, there is a moment in every digital-exploitation case where the denial dies. It usually happens when a predator stops pretending to be a decent human and speaks plainly. A Discord user once admitted, without hesitation, that he “has little children because it’s all fun,” then listed the things he tells them to do.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Criminal
Animals Are Warning Us
Wildlife is not getting meaner. Animals are not “turning on us.” What is changing is something larger and far less comfortable for people to admit: the energetic field we share with them. For months now I’ve been hearing real accounts from the field and reading incident logs that all point in the same direction.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Earth
The Man With the Walker:
I was walking into a retirement home for routine business when I saw a man who stopped every part of my attention. His back folded into a shape the spine never willingly chooses. Every step depended on the stability of a metal walker that had already lived long years of compensating for uneven ground and vulnerable joints. Two worn grocery bags hung from each of his hands on both sides of the frame. They pulled downward in a way that made the entire structure feel compromised before he even moved. He wasn’t taking them inside the building for himself. He was working.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Humans
The Confession Clock
The public imagines interrogations as shouting matches, lightbulbs, and theatrics. Anyone who has ever actually sat inside one knows how uneventful most hours can be. The real changes happen quietly, almost invisibly, and nearly always when the clock should be winding down. I’ve watched people lie with the stamina of an Olympian for 6 hours straight, only to fall apart in the last 7 minutes. That’s the 11th hour. And it’s the closest thing to a universal law you will ever find in a custodial room.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Criminal
The Myth of the Death Barge
There is a story that has circulated in criminal justice classrooms for decades. The version I heard in 1998 sounded like this: Old English authorities chained criminals to the bottom of a ship, set the vessel adrift for weeks, and returned later to dump the bodies after the prisoners starved to death. It is the kind of story that sticks. Brutal. Efficient. Strange enough to feel like a secret that survived through oral retellings.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Criminal
The Proof of Loyalty:
MRI scans have a way of humbling assumptions. For years, people argued whether dogs love us or simply tolerate us for food, shelter, and convenience. But when neuroscientists began placing trained dogs inside MRI machines, they didn’t find appetite—they found affection.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Petlife
