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Psychology of Touch

For most of us, the first nurturing touch we experience is when a mother holds her baby in her arms. A mother’s gentle touch communicates a sense of safety and comfort to the newborn. This early skin-to-skin contact stimulates neural

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Common Nightmares and Its Impact on Mental Health

Nightmares are a disturbing dream which awakens you from your sleep and even causes anxiety and fear which may make it difficult to fall asleep again. It is associated with negative feelings which might persist even the following day. They

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The Effects of Body Shaming

Have you ever stopped to question, ‘Why I am entertaining other people’s messages’? What is it about the human psyche that causes us to feel a need to appease others? Are we conditioned to be a passive society? Do we

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Addressing Mental Health Stigma and Its Impact on Society

Mental Health is the most concerned and talked about issue in today’s world. People are aware of their mental health and take measures to improve it. But society was not always like this, where people accept some things. Most of

Self Help

Importance of Friendships and Their Impact on Mental Health

“The importance of a good friend is entirely unmatchable” Look around yourselves and see the people you surround yourself with. What impact have they had or not had in your lives? People with high-quality friendships are likely to think of

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Respiratory Wellness Tips for Perimenopausal Women

Perimenopause and menopause can cause some physical and emotional issues in women, mostly due to the rapid hormonal changes in the body. In the US alone, about 1 million women go through menopause every year, and that is just the

Self Help

Leaving the Couch: 9 Practical Ways to Stop Being Lazy

Within our everyday life, we can attribute ‘laziness’ to low academic effort, bad work ethic or even simply a lack of effort. However, in theory, it can be distinguished from fatigue and other psychological blocks that prevent us from performing

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Psychology Behind Blushing

Blushing is a common but poorly understood phenomenon that raises several mysteries. Although it is a noticeable alteration to our most defining characteristic, it can happen when we least expect it to and may even call attention to our actions.

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Psychology Behind Token Economy

A token economy is a type of behavioral management in which an individual receives a reward for engaging in the desired behavior. The technique of physically paying someone for exhibiting particular actions that are set as expectations is known as

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Understanding My Child’s ADHD

In the past few months, there have been many cases of children being labelled by their school and/or their parents as having ADHD without a proper diagnosis. This is common among adults as well as using the term ADHD for