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Awareness

Why Do We Self-Sabotage? The Psychology Behind Holding Ourselves Back

Self-sabotaging is an enemy of dreams and potential. It leads to procrastination, avoidance, and negative self-talk. These behaviours manifest as monumental barriers to an individual’s joy and success. Therefore it is important to understand the inner workings of Self-Sabotaging. By

Relationship

The Silent Suffering of Dysfunctional Relationships

Relationships and deeper connections filled with love, affection, and warmth are what make people wake up to joyful mornings filled with optimism and serenity. However, some have to witness the gloomy days of dysfunctional relationships, making it difficult to get

Awareness Self Help

Is Dimple’s Grief App in Mismatched A Comfort or a Barrier to Healing?

In the latest season of a popular web series Mismatched, A character named Dimple creates a grief app that allows users to interact with digital simulations of deceased loved ones. This mimicry of the deceased using voice messages and chats

Education Health

The Role of Psychoanalysis in Today’s Therapy Rooms

Psychoanalysis is the most enduring and influential theory in explaining human behaviour and the effective treatment of psychological disorders. Founded by Sigmund Freud at the close of the 19th century and the opening of the 20th century, psychoanalysis introduced new

Awareness Self Help

10 Smart fixes to the Most Common Exam Problems

Every student’s life includes exams, which serve as significant turning points in their academic careers. They are difficulties that test limits and frequently cause stress, insomnia, and excessive strain, so for many students, they are more than just knowledge assessments.

Education

Out of sight, but not out of mind – Repression

Consider a person, who was raised in a stressful environment where their emotional needs were neglected and they rarely had any form of emotional support. To cope with the constant emotional distress, without their awareness, they forget about the painful

Education

Authors Who Used Sigmund Freud’s Theories in Their Writings 

The Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, who was born in 1856, is often referred to as the “father of  modern psychology.” Freud is recognized by many as the father of psychoanalysis and revolutionized the understanding of the human mind. According to

Awareness Education

What is the Pink Elephant Test?

What happens immediately if you’re instructed not to think about a pink elephant? Are you surprised that a pink elephant pops up in your thoughts? That was a test to demonstrate the incessant struggle of subduing your thoughts. This thought

Relationship

How Stonewalling Harms Relationships—and How to Overcome It

Communication, in general, is an extremely important element in any relationship. It allows individuals to share their needs, feelings, and thoughts, developing understanding and connection in a relationship. Resenting and avoiding communication may lead to stonewalling, which in turn causes

Awareness

I Felt Stuck Until I Let Go of My Victim Mindset

We all have experienced the moments when life throws its biggest challenges your way, you can’t help but feel that you are up against the universe. One begins to think that they are the main character in some endless book