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Relationship

Repeating Relationship Patterns: Why We Choose Familiar Partners

You promised yourself that this was the last time. You made a mental checklist of everything you’d no longer be prepared to deal with. And then, at some point between six months and two years later, you happened to realise

Education Research

The Psychologist Who Asked What “Gifted” Really Means

The idea of a child being gifted usually makes us picture someone who picks up things more quickly than other children, does very well at school, or scores highly on an intelligence test. Yet superior intellectual ability does not necessarily

Social

The Birth of the Indian Psychoanalytic Society: When Global Ideas Met Indian Realities

The credit for establishing psychoanalysis is often given to Sigmund Freud. It was his remarkable works that sowed the seed of this specialised subfield of psychology. Yet,  thousands of miles away, in India, an Indianized psychoanalytic study was gradually taking

Self Help

Habit Discontinuity Theory: How Life Changes Can Help You Break Old Habits

People often think of their daily routines as permanent parts of themselves. However,  whenever life witnesses change, something remarkable happens. Why does a change that may seem ordinary sometimes leave us feeling sad, frustrated, angry, relaxed, or even uncertain? Why

Health

Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self: Why Do People Pretend to Be Ill? 

Imagine purposefully trying to act sick in front of others even when you do not have a clear financial, legal, or other gain from doing so. This strange behaviour is a phenomenon of Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self (FDIS), where

Awareness

Punishment in Psychology: How It Changes Behaviour and What It Teaches Us

Think of a child reaching out for an object they are not supposed to touch. They receive a stern warning and pull back their hand. In that moment, the behaviour stops, but does it mean the child has actually learned

Relationship

10 Signs You’re Developing a Healthier Attachment Style

Have you ever noticed that a situation that once made you anxious no longer affects you in the same way? Maybe you can give your partner some space without immediately worrying that they are losing interest. Perhaps you can express

Relationship

Liking vs. Loving: When Does Affection Become Love?

Have you ever felt close to someone and wondered whether you simply liked them or were beginning to love them? Although liking and loving can feel similar, love may involve something deeper, such as intimacy, attachment, care, and commitment. This

Education

Karen Horney’s Challenge to Freudian Psychology

In the early 1900s, Sigmund Freud‘s psychoanalysis ruled psychological thought on the human mind. Most of the field believed its central tenets: behaviour is largely a function of unconscious instincts, personality is largely formed in early childhood, and women’s psychology

Positive

The Hedonic Paradox: Why Chasing Happiness Makes Us Less Happy

In 2023, the self-help industry made more than 13 billion dollars in the world, relying solely on the idea that happiness can be obtained by having the right habits, mindsets or routines, but it is a disturbing fact that psychological