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Crime

Can You Be Brainwashed Into Committing a Crime? The Psychology of Coercion

How would it feel to wake up one day and realize you’ve committed a crime you never imagined yourself capable of? Sounds like something out of a psychological thriller, Right? Well what if I told you that in the right

Self Help

Beyond the Stressor: The Science of Emotion-Focused Coping

Emotion-focused coping refers to the technique of managing affective distress instead of focusing on the cause of the stress. Emotion-focused coping is especially useful where there is no possible way to change the stressor, including illness or loss. Such people try

Research

Psychedelics enhances Intimacy, Attraction and Sexual expression 

Have you wondered what mushrooms do to us, not the edible mushroom we use in the kitchen, but the one that is classified under psychedelics? Are they good or bad? Do they truly benefit those who use them? Let’s see what

Social

Why Do We Like to Compare Our Lives With Others (And How Can We Stop)

Ever scrolled through Instagram and wondered, “Wow, she’s got the perfect life— having the perfect vacation in Greece, radiant skin, and cool friends – while here I am just sitting in my worn-out pajamas, slurping instant noodles”? Or maybe you’ve

Social

The Impact of Microexpressions on Social Perception

Consider the example of a person entering a room of strangers and feeling an inexplicable bond with one of them due to a fleeting smile at that person or consider when one of your friends is saying how happy they

Relationship

Why We Love Toxic People: The Psychology of Unhealthy Attachment

Have you ever been obsessed with someone who makes you feel just like a choice? Or maybe you keep going back to a relationship that drains the life out of you more than your 9-to-5? We’ve all been there—stuck in

Therapy

The Pros and Cons of Text Therapy in the Post-Pandemic World

There are so many things that has changed since Pandemic hit us. One such revolution is online therapy for mental health. Online therapy is gaining global popularity as a viable and increasingly accessible method of mental health support, particularly since the

Parenting

The Psychology of Parenting an Introverted vs. Extroverted Child 

Parenting is an intensely individual endeavor, informed by a caregiver’s beliefs and background and influenced by a child’s particular temperament. One of the most consequential factors is where a child lands on the introversion-extroversion spectrum — a personality trait that

Awareness

Being Alone: From Agony to Glory

“Modern loneliness, we’re never alone / But always depressed, yeah / Love my friends to death / But I never call and I never text, yeah”. These are not just the lyrics from a famous pop-song, but a sentiment shared

Parenting

8 Signs of Emotional Neglect in Family

Do you ever experienced a situation where you feel like venting out can be helpful to cope with that situation? Emotional expression is found to form emotional connections, personal insights and strengthening of relationship. At the same time, failure to express