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NEET Aspirant’s Suicide Sparks Debate Over Rising Academic Pressure

A suicide case was reported involving a seventeen-year-old NEET Aspirant who was preparing for the NEET examination in Goa. It represents the level of stress that pupils go through about their competitive tests. The so far uncovered connection between this student’s

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Chasing Perfection: The Hidden Psychological Cost of Academic Perfectionism

Academic excellence has developed to be one of the most celebrated triumphs in society. Students are expected to consistently achieve high grades, outperform their peers and secure competitive opportunities. Students must excel in every domain, everywhere. Rankers are celebrated, while the

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Healing Attachment Wounds in Marriage: Building Emotional Safety and Connection

Imagine sitting on your sofa next to your spouse. You’re only inches away from one another, but it might as well be miles. Suddenly, you feel lonely. Maybe you start criticising your partner for being “lazy” or “emotionally unavailable”. Your

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Good Parent, Good Child? The Hidden Pressures of Public Discipline 

Hosting a family gathering when a child suddenly starts screaming and crying over a toy can be very stressful for parents. The whole room falls silent, and everyone looks at the parent. Feeling embarrassed and anxious, the parent may quickly

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Church Calls for Mental Health Ministries in Every Parish at Kerala Conference

The Kerala Regional Mental Health Conference was held from May 8 to May 9. Clergy and religious men participated in this conference for mental health outreach. This conference was organised by the Catholic Mental Health Ministry, Kerala Region, in collaboration

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Success at What Cost? The Mental Health Impact of Competitive Education

Education is one of those things most of us do not fully understand as children. We sit through classes, follow the system, and assume it is preparing us for something good. And in many ways it is. But somewhere along

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The Psychology of Self-Sabotage: When Protection Turns Into Self-Destruction

Why People Hurt Own Progress? Sometimes, a person realises that in the past, something did not go well and that memory still hurts. To avoid feeling that pain again, they may withdraw their effort before they even try, convincing themselves that

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Telangana Mental Health Crisis: One Life Lost Every 9 Hours Amid Rising Suicide Rates

The shocking news comes from a report in Telangana that has come out and said that, on average, one life is lost due to mental illness in the state every nine hours. As reflected in the May 2026 data, suicide

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Golden Child Syndrome: Signs, Causes, and Psychological Impact

In several families, one particular child gets unconsciously elevated, labelled as “special,” “perfect,” or “the successful one.” This condition, as an example, has been referred to as Golden Child Syndrome. While this phrase does not have an official clinical diagnosis,

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Breaking Barriers: Women Who Rewrote the Psychological Script

The history of psychology is often presented as a bearded line, a scientific progression from Wundt’s labs to James’s functionalism and Freud’s couches (Schultz & Schultz, 2016). But take a closer look at the base of the behavioural sciences, and the