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Motivation

From Small Towns to Big Cities: The Psychological Impact of Career Chasing

Every year, students step out of academics with big dreams of getting highly paid and reputed jobs, but not all find jobs. Yet, job opportunity scarcity hits everywhere. They are moving to cities in search of survival jobs. Are cities

Motivation

When Success Defines You: The Hidden Psychology of High Achievement and Existential Anxiety

Consider an example of a senior consultant who has never had a full day off in three years. She wakes up at 5:00 am and checks her mail even before the kettle heats, and goes to sleep with her phone

Health Relationship

The Psychology of Emotional Granularity: Why Naming Your Feelings Changes Everything

As adults, we do not necessarily have the same amount of common ground. In addition to sharing interests or agreeing upon a preference, having an emotional connection and mutual understanding has become more important than ever before. When forming a friendship, we

Awareness Health

The Changing Landscape of Mental Health Policy in India: A Comprehensive Analysis

Why Mental Health in India Matters Now More Than Ever? India is the largest democracy, yet for decades, mental health has been silenced. With a population of over 1.3 billion, the mental health and well-being of citizens are essential building

Social

Psychological Costs of Restricting Reproductive Autonomy in Adolescents

In their teenage years, teenagers are making choices in life as they attempt to find out who they are and their life direction by the age of sixteen. Reproductive life choices are not within their control for most young teenage

Technology

How Smartphones and Social Media Rewire Our Brains: A Neuroscience Perspective

Digital media and technology have become deeply intertwined in our lives. Without even realising, it has slowly and deeply strengthened its roots in our daily life, for example, the moment we wake up, the first thing we do is check

Health Relationship

Hypervigilance in Post-Relationship Adjustment: Why the Brain Stays on Alert

Leaving a toxic relationship is supposed to feel like freedom. And in many ways it does, but for a significant number of survivors, freedom arrives accompanied by an unwanted passenger: a nervous system that cannot stop scanning for danger. Doors

Awareness

Perfectionism as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor

Perfectionism has been found to serve as a risk factor across diagnoses. The unending need to become “better” at something, essentially the ability to do something “better” today than you did yesterday, propels us into a state of perfectionism. Success and perfectionism

Education

Attention Restoration Theory: How Nature Recharges the Human Mind

Mikhil is a 27-year-old corporate employee. He has been working for the past 5 years in his current firm, which is very far from his home. He has to drive almost 1 hour to reach his office. Recently, he has