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The Psychology of Self-Sabotage: When Protection Turns Into Self-Destruction

Why People Hurt Own Progress? Sometimes, a person realises that in the past, something did not go well and that memory still hurts. To avoid feeling that pain again, they may withdraw their effort before they even try, convincing themselves that

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Golden Child Syndrome: Signs, Causes, and Psychological Impact

In several families, one particular child gets unconsciously elevated, labelled as “special,” “perfect,” or “the successful one.” This condition, as an example, has been referred to as Golden Child Syndrome. While this phrase does not have an official clinical diagnosis,

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Breaking Barriers: Women Who Rewrote the Psychological Script

The history of psychology is often presented as a bearded line, a scientific progression from Wundt’s labs to James’s functionalism and Freud’s couches (Schultz & Schultz, 2016). But take a closer look at the base of the behavioural sciences, and the

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The Psychology of Orgasm and Emotional Intimacy

Imagine standing on the edge of a high diving board, or on the way to stepping onto a stage. In those seconds of intense anticipation, the heart races, breath shallows, and the focus narrows until the rest of the room

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Gabor Maté: A Life Rooted in Compassion and Healing

Doctors usually help fix sickness. Yet some choose therapy instead, which can be to explore how thoughts work. Still, there exist those who dig further, wondering where pain begins at all. Gabor Maté fits right into that group of people.

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The Body Remembers: How Stress, Trauma, and Emotion Shape Autoimmune Disease

The concept of our body, our most reliable shield, turning against itself, is haunting for many individuals. Autoimmune disorders are one example of that contradiction; they occur when our bodies produce an immune response to an invader in the body,

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The Neuroscience of Pleasure: Decoding the Brain’s Pleasure Symphony

Human pleasure is usually regarded as a simple physical sensation. What lies below the surface, however, is a complex electrical storm. To understand neuro-receptivity, one must really go into and examine the brain’s design: go beyond physical acts and look

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Alfred Adler’s Inferiority Complex: From Struggle to Strength

New psychological concepts seldom come about independently; they frequently originate from the personal experiences of the person developing them. This relates to Alfred Adler, one of the earlier forefathers of Psychology and the Father of Individual Psychology. For him, the

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Why Do Public Spaces Trigger Parental Overcorrection?

One thing that is very rarely confined to privacy is parenting. Parents are acutely aware that their relationship and interaction with children are observed by others, usually in parks, supermarkets, or public transport. At times like these, getting the child

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The Evolution of Psychoanalysis Through Anna Freud

Anna Freud was born on 3 December 1895, the sixth and youngest child of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays, the same year that her father co-authored Studies on Hysteria with Josef Breuer (Breuer & Freud, 1895), which is often considered