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Awareness

When You’re No Longer Special: Understanding Majority Insecurity

Being “special” is a heavy psychological burden. For most, recognition, individuality, and the feeling of being different from all others are core aspects of identity and self-esteem. But when people come to feel that they are no longer special—that their abilities, characteristics, or social class placement are mundane or replaceable—psychological insecurities set in. This is […]

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Self Help

Why Do We Worry So Much and How Can We Calm Our Mind?

The active mind state occurs regularly, a constant circle of worry and overanalysis. Concern is fixated on potential dangers or adverse results, creating more worry and suffering. It is seen in worrying over responsibilities, relationships, or uncertainty regarding the future. Rumination, or overthinking, is analysing matters continuously without reaching conclusions, leaving individuals trapped in indecision […]

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Positive Relationship

The Mirror of Friendship: How Close Friends Shape and Reflect Us

Friendships, as they say, are mirrors of our personality. As metaphoric as it is, this does not adequately describe human beings or the depths and complexities of intimacy. Our best friends don’t just mirror who we are; they define us and grow us. Friendships are an active process of evolution and exploration. Philosophical, psychological and […]

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Breaking Free from Anxiety’s Grip: Understanding When Worry Becomes Overwhelming

Sarah is at her desk, her heart racing as she looks at the email that she has to send. What should be an easy task is instead a mountain for her, which brings up in her mind all the what-if scenarios. This is played out in Singapore’s busy offices, homes, and schools, which see growing […]

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Health

The Psychology of Sleep Disorders: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Sleep-Wake disturbances disturb normal sleep, and sleep is crucial to health and well-being. They pose serious clinical challenges to bodily, psychological, and social health for the individual. Impaired or non-restorative sleep can cause impairment and adversely affect quality of life and community health (Karna et al., 2023). These conditions are categorised by the International Classification […]

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Life Style

When Self-Love Becomes a Sales Pitch: How Consumerism Shapes Our Sense of Worth

The understanding of self-love, traditionally known as an inward process of self-acceptance and inherent value, has seen a remarkable shift across modern society. Originally linked to personal development and emotional balance, this profoundly personal process has become more and more a topic of commercialisation. This is especially true for modern marketing, where self-love is something […]

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Social

Why Safety Feels Different for Men and Women in Cities

The relationship between fear and safety is significantly linked with gender through cultural constructs that define threat perceptions. Fear is not a personal emotion but rather a social one that varies by gender due to socialisation. Women are more likely to report fear of city crime compared to men (Haandrikman & Johansson, 2023), which highlights […]

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Education Self Help

How to Trick Your Brain to Study and Stay Focused

Mental resistance is a common hindrance for students, and it most often occurs in the forms of procrastination, apprehension, and evasion of study. It should be understood that the resistance may occur due to the fear of failure, negative self-talk, or treating study as work rather than an experience for acquisition and growth. The majority […]

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Selank: A Window into Peptide-Based Neurological Research

Selank is a heptapeptide (Thr‑Lys‑Pro‑Arg‑Pro‑Gly‑Pro), synthesised as a stable analogue of the endogenous immunomodulatory peptide tuftsin. First developed at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Selank was designed to harness tuftsin’s regulatory properties while supporting stability against enzymatic degradation. Investigations suggest that Selank holds promise in neuropsychiatric research due to […]

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Self Help

Emotional Healing: How Time and Action Accelerate Recovery from Trauma

The process of healing emotionally is a very personal process that individuals undergo after suffering intense trauma, loss, or emotional distress. This process tends to take two main courses: healing over time and healing through conscious effort. The concept of healing over time states that as time passes on, individuals will gradually accept their emotions […]

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