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Why Your Brain Works Better Under Pressure (or Does It?)

Pressure is an inevitable and inescapable part of one’s life. We frequently encounter mental pressure from school assignments to work deadlines, our lives are all-encompassing of events that create pressure. Pressure is usually generated when peak performance is demanded from

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How Playing Video Games Changes Your Brain: know the Psychology behind 

These days, it is impossible to imagine a person below the age of 80 who has never played or even seen a video game. It often begins with a child playing simple mobile games like Candy Crush. Over time, this

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The Hidden Pace of Healing: Why Recovery Takes Its Own Time

“Be patient with all that is unresolved in your heart” said Rainer Maria Rilke, an Australian poet and novelist. Patience is not an easy virtue to cultivate. It takes consistent effort and inner strength. It’s especially challenging when all you

Education

How Multitasking Affects Your Brain: Psychology of Multitasking

Multitasking is doing multiple things at one given time, changing quickly between the two, or doing them in one sequence. Often enough, It can create an illusion of productivity, but sometimes it makes people try to do many things in

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How 6 Toxic Self-Care Trends Are Quietly Harming Your Well-Being

Over the past years, self-care has become a topic of once-niche discussion in mainstream culture. Social media is now replete with tips, routines, and products that claim to help make over your life and well-being. The self-care industry has empowered

Education

Social Comparison Theory

Social comparison theory is one of the important concepts and ideas advanced by psychologist Leon Festinger way back in 1954, explaining how human beings determine their sense of self-esteem, identity, and behaviour. According to social comparison theory, people compare themselves with

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How Discipline Transforms Self-Care into Personal Growth

Contrary to popular beliefs, self-care isn’t about treating yourself to luxuries such as spas, manicures, massages etc. It isn’t about relaxing either. It’s something much more. The focus of self-care should always be focused on improving yourself as a person

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What do Ambivalent People Actually Feel?

Ambivalence is a contradictory feeling. It might be triggered by everyday events, life changes major transitions, or once-in-a-lifetime moments. Ambivalent people feel both positive and negative feelings simultaneously. They might feel nostalgic or bittersweet, or being terrified and excited, or

Motivation

Why we fear Failure and How to Overcome it, According to Psychology

Failure is something that happens to all of us and has been a source of disappointment, fear, and disbelief in our capabilities. And yet, what if I told you that the fear of failure prevents many of us from pursuing

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The Paradox of Knowing Too Much

A saying goes by, “The more news you consume, the more ignorant you become”. It’s a paradox because, on the surface, it sounds contradictory. How can this be true? More knowledge makes one intelligent but reality? Does it join hands