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Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: Symptoms and Treatment

Imagine that your life is a movie and nothing is real, you have no control over what you say or do. This is how people suffering from depersonalization-derealization disorder feel regularly. Let’s find out more about it.  What is Depersonalization-Derealization

Awareness Health

How Does Menopause Affect Mental Health: Psychologist Speaks

Menopause is a big event in a woman’s life; it presupposes the end of her reproductive age. The hallmark of this status is no menstrual bleeding for a continuous period of 12 months. It usually happens between the ages of

Education

Understanding and dealing with Cynophobia: An in-depth analysis

Picture a little girl Emily who, as a small child, loved playing in her neighborhood park. The park was filled with laughter and the simple joys of one’s childhood. One day, running along the set of swings, she came across

Education Health

The use of Psychedelics in Mental Health treatment

Psychedelic drugs refer to psychoactive substances that induce hallucinations or have a profound impact on the user’s consciousness. The majority of the psychedelics were classified under the substance use disorder criteria as having no medicinal properties. Between the 1950s and

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Trichotillomania: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

The term “trichotillomania” (TTM), commonly referred to as “hair-pulling disorder,” was not originally used until the latter half of the 18th century, although it was initially mentioned in  Greek literature. In these situations, the patient’s actions lead the hair to

Self Help

8 subtle things to do when you are feeling Worthless

Upon looking at the bright sky, have you ever felt gloomy, which resembles nothing from the warm and soothing weather? And then, you would say to yourself, “ahh. How wholesome of the weather! I wish I could feel so about

Self Help

Psychology of Self-Criticism

We have all had that annoying voice in our head constantly berating us. Haunting us with a voice repeating “You are not enough”. That berating voice inside our head hurts more than anyone else insulting us. While this happens rarely

Positive

Conventional Wisdom v/s Creativity

In 1903, two bicycle mechanics from Ohio set out to do what the scientific community deemed impossible—build a flying machine. The Wright brothers’ success came not from dismissing the collective knowledge of their time but from combining it with an

Health Self Help

Adjustment Disorder: Types, Symptoms & Treatment

Change is never easy. Be it from small changes like getting a new haircut to moving to a new city, change is uncomfortable. So when there is a sudden unexpected change in your life, a big blow that you did

Self Help

The Potential of Biofeedback in Managing Anxiety

Anxiety is something that everyone experiences at one time or another in their lives. It develops from major life changes, daily pressures, or even for no good reason. For most people, anxiety can be normal, but for others, it heightens