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The Psychology of Emotional Triangulation: How Family Conflict Causes Stress

Most people think of home as an emotional haven, but many individuals experience home as a source of distress. One potential reason for this tension is emotional triangulation, which is, in a broad way, a relationship phase, where one third

Awareness Education

How the Amygdala Shapes Our Emotions and Behaviour

The limbic system is a complex array of brain structures responsible for extensive regulation of emotion, memory, and behaviour. Key structures include the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus. The amygdala plays a pivotal role in the processing of emotion in

Self Help

Why Do We Worry So Much and How Can We Calm Our Mind?

The active mind state occurs regularly, a constant circle of worry and overanalysis. Concern is fixated on potential dangers or adverse results, creating more worry and suffering. It is seen in worrying over responsibilities, relationships, or uncertainty regarding the future.

Industrial

The Psychology of Workplace Loneliness and Its Mental Health Impact

In today’s hyperconnected workplaces, it is entirely possible to feel very lonely. It’s not about being physically isolated; it’s feeling either emotionally or socially disconnected from your coworkers and the broader organisation. The psychological impact of workplace loneliness is considerable:

Awareness Education

The Social Brain: Neuroscience of Human Connection and Mental Health

Has it ever crossed your mind that the brain is deeply social and bonded in nature? While traditionally regarded as an individual control system for individual thinking and intelligence, the brain is actually a social organ, designed with attachment and

Self Help Therapy

Alternative interventions to Journaling

Therapeutic journaling refers to the process of writing down thoughts and feelings with the aim of provoking self-examination and personal development. It is a strong intervening tool for an emotional working-through, progressive emotional functioning, and achieving heightened levels of awareness

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The Psychology of Overstimulation: How Cognitive Overload Leads to Emotional Under fulfilment

Imagine walking into a room where five televisions are blaring at full volume, your phone is pinging with constant notifications, your friend is calling you through the telephone and strobe lights are flashing above your head. You try to pay

Awareness Parenting

Understanding Intergenerational Trauma and Its Effects on Family Mental Health

History suggests that once the atrocity is over, it ceases to exist. Colonisation, slavery, cultural erasure and other acts aimed toward marginalised groups across the world only seem to impact the groups when they are being acted upon. History does

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Feeling Empty Inside? Causes, Signs, and Effective Ways to Overcome Emptiness

Have you ever felt a quiet, peaceful afternoon break, and there is a voice inside you that asks, “Is your life ok?” And suddenly you remember all the situations where you felt alone and created an emptiness in you. The

Health

Why the Brain Craves Novelty: The Neuropsychology Behind It

Human beings are naturally attracted to novelty, which in this context refers to something new or other than our everyday activities. This impulse is extremely biological and evolutionary, serving as a drive for learning and exploration. Novelty stimulates us to