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Awareness

The Upside Down of Binge Watching

Remember the last time you ran from one corner of your house to another and grabbed the remote to switch on the television just in time for your favourite TV show or a special movie premiere? Maybe you still do

Therapy

How Psychologists Turn Therapy Resistance into Progress

Have you ever found yourself escaping questions about your feelings, skipping responsibilities, or avoiding difficult conversations? Perhaps avoiding the situation rather than facing the reality felt less overwhelming. This hesitancy, which is frequently referred to as resistance, is something we

Awareness

Can the Presence of Mental Health Issues Masquerade as Increased Hunger?

Do you often find yourself stuck in a loop of eating even if you aren’t hungry and then feeling guilty about it? Do you often find yourself bingeing on food products rich in sugar during stressful times? Does your body

Parenting Relationship

Object Relations Theory: How Early Relations Determine the Course of Our Life 

Object relations theory is the psychoanalytic concept that bases the importance of early relationships on shaping emotional and psychological development. It attempts to understand how those interactions shape the inner world and then goes on to impact all of our

Therapy

What to talk about in therapy?

So you have booked an appointment with a counselor and decided to begin your journey of healing and transformation. You find yourself worrying that you would sit in complete silence while your therapist waits for you to begin conversing. It’s

Research

Functional architecture of the cerebral cortex during naturalistic movie watching 

Analyzing movie-watching functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 176  young adults in the Human Connectome Project, researchers conducted a detailed analysis to outline the functional clusters within the human cerebral cortex. The study applied hierarchical clustering on time-averaged fMRI

News

Do Accents Influence Guilt Perceptions?: Study

A recent study was conducted by Alice Paver at the University of Cambridge with assistance from Dr David Wright, Prof Natalie Braber, and Dr Nikolas Pautz from Nottingham Trent University. Its project name was Improving Voice Identification Procedures, which was sponsored

Health

Dependent Personality Disorder

At some point in our lives, especially during childhood, we all experience being completely dependent on someone else, even as adults. We continue to rely on others to some extent for guidance, support, and approval, particularly during stressful times. However,

Education

Why We Laugh When Nervous: The Brain’s Unusual Coping Mechanism For Stress

Laughter, for us, is a sign of happiness, joy, and humour that comes from the things, events, or people we like or find amusing. However, you might have noticed that a reaction occurs in your brain and you find yourself

Awareness Self Help

How the Big 10 Defense Mechanisms Can Unlock Your Personal Growth, According to Psychology

Defence mechanisms are unconscious psychological techniques devised by the human brain to protect itself from anxiety and negative feelings. These things are supposed to work like little habits to help a person go through his or her life without facing