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5 Therapy Myths That Stop People From Getting the Help They Need

Everyone deserves a happy and fulfilling life, and therapy is another tool in your health toolbox to help you achieve those goals. Therapy can help you change uncomfortable thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. But the unfortunate reality is that too many people

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More Than a Neat Freak: Reframing OCD as a Disorder of Intrusive Thoughts and Anxiety

When most people hear the word “OCD,” they often imagine someone who is obsessed with cleaning, lining up objects perfectly, or constantly organising their space. It has become a way to describe someone very particular or neat. But the real

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Ikigai and Overwork: A Psychological Journey Through Japan’s Work Culture

Ikigai: Unpacking Its Meaning Ikigai, a concept woven into the fabric of Japanese philosophy, invites us to discover our life’s purpose. The term itself gracefully combines “iki,” meaning life, with “gai,” signifying value, together representing the intrinsic worth of existence

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The Neural Basis of Empathy: How the Brain Processes the Emotions of Others

Empathy is defined as the ability to take on another person’s thoughts and perspectives, to understand, feel and share and respond to their experience. It is often confused with sympathy, which entails the feeling of being sorry for someone’s grief

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It’s Okay to Rest: Rewriting the Inner Narrative Around Worth and Productivity

The word ‘productivity’ has now grown to mean ‘to do more’ and ‘to do better’ towards the attainment of a goal. And productivity has become such an integral part of goal-directed behaviour that it impacts one’s worth as well. This

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Fear Of Flying – Aviophobia

Imagine yourself boarding a plane and you find that your hands are sweaty and your stomach churns, even though the plane hasn’t even taken off, you find that your mind is continuously spinning with the worst-case scenario. However, Flying is

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Why We Procrastinate: The Psychology Behind Delayed Decisions and How to Fix It

We’ve all been guilty of it—putting off a task we know needs to be done, promising ourselves we’ll “start tomorrow,” only to find tomorrow rolls into next week. To procrastinate is something most of us have experienced, whether it’s avoiding

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The Cost of Staying Up Late: How Chronotype Impacts Cognitive Aging

Not all minds are wired to rise with the sun. While some spring out of bed full of energy, others thrive in the quiet hum of late nights. These natural preferences, known as chronotypes, influence not just daily productivity but

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9 Smart Preparation Strategies for MA Clinical Psychology (RCI Recognized)

MA Clinical Psychology is a new 2-year master’s program launched by RCI (Rehabilitation Council of India), mainly focused on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Its main purpose is to combine theoretical knowledge with

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Geropsychology in India: Addressing Cognitive Decline, Loneliness, and Ageism 

India is one of the fastest-growing countries in the world, where the elderly population is also expanding drastically. When an individual reaches old age, they face various new challenges both physically and mentally. Many of these difficulties include memory problems,