https://www.jns.org/ivan-gulas Dr. Ivan Gulas is a board-certified clinical psychologist and former faculty member at Harvard Medical School. He writes on the psychological dimensions of current events and how people cope with them, and is the author of several books on life issues. en-US Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:30:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/dr-ivan-gulas/when-pain-is-not-persuasion 000001a0-15b2-d99c-abeb-1fb2220a0002 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:30:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/dr-ivan-gulas/when-pain-is-not-persuasion