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Self Help

The Psychology Behind Forecasting Failure: Why We Imagine the Worst

Uncertainty is present everywhere in human existence. Whether we’re waiting for a medical diagnosis or waiting for the outcome of an interview, we are often faced with situations in which we just don’t know what’s ahead of us. In those

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Evaluating India’s Earthquake Preparedness for People with Disability

Preparing for a disaster is not really the first thing on anyone’s mind. It looks different to different people. Since it isn’t one body or one mind throughout the Indian population. To be clearer, measures taken during a disaster for

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The Filtered Self: How Social Media Shapes Our Body Image and Mental Health

In the era of social media, our dressing table mirrors that once reflected our most authentic selves have been replaced with our phone camera lenses and an endless river of enhancing filters. Social media platforms that were once designed to

Relationship

Love Isn’t Blind-It’s Aware: Does Knowing Your Partner’s Past Matter?

Often, when we are getting to know someone, especially if it is a potential partner, we want to know everything we can about them. Their likes, dislikes, values, their present life, as well as their past. While one’s present values

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Double Vulnerability: The Intersection of Gender and Disability in India 

India as a country has progressed in its infrastructure as well as programmes and more for the disabled people; a major part of it needs to be evaluated and understood in terms of vulnerability, which is the intersection of gender

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Depiction of Psychological Disorders in Bollywood

Bollywood, being one of the world’s biggest movie industries, has tremendous clout in influencing the public’s attitude towards the most sensitive subjects, including mental illness. Its depiction of psychological illnesses, over the years, has been a chancy mix of ridiculous

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Beyond the Ribbons, Beyond the Metaphors

Cancer is often spoken about in metaphors—battles fought, wars won, strength measured. We drape those diagnosed in words like fighter and survivor, as if their existence must be defined by resilience. But what if cancer isn’t a war? What if

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Bigg Boss Show: A Psychological Perspective

Bigg Boss is not simply a reality television performance; rather, it is a high-stress psychological experiment. By placing contestants in a small, monitored space without clocks or any connection to the outside world, each contestant becomes a victim of extreme

Health

When the Body Trembles: Understanding the Somatic Roots of Chronic Anxiety

Anxiety is often referred to as a tempest of thoughts: ceaseless apprehension, disastrous what-ifs, or simply an inability to quiet a restless mind. But anyone who has lived with anxiety becomes accustomed to the fact that it doesn’t stay just

Self Help

The Brains’ Negative Bias: Why We Anticipate the Worst 

It is almost at times human nature to think of the worst possible outcome. Whether it’s about health, marks, relationships, friendships, career or just life at large. The negative bias explains this tendency of us humans, which is why we