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Peer Connections and the Psychology of Belonging in Youth

When an adolescent steps into school, they are faced with maths, science, history, literature, and more, which aim to help them navigate the rest of their academic and career-based endeavours. However, this curriculum doesn’t prepare them to navigate the tempestuous

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The Science of Personal Transformation: Can People Really Change?

Ever wondered how our thoughts and actions, when aligned, cause us to become this ‘new version of ourselves’? Well, psychologically, there’s an answer to it. Transformations don’t exactly happen overnight. To change is to evolve. A game of intention and

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Fragile X syndrome Through a Lifetime: Emotional Health Challenges from Childhood Through Adulthood 

Every summer in July, Fragile X Awareness Month shines a light on an illness that profoundly affects thousands of families, without much public awareness. Though Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is widely associated with developmental delay in young children, its influence

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Trauma Exposure and Compassion Fatigue: Why Professional Growth Must Include Emotional Renewal 

The noble professions, such as medical services, social work, mental health services, and caregiving, often reserve a significant portion of their emotional or mental space for their clients to address various issues. Their constant giving nature in professional settings leads

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When Productivity Becomes a Burden: Escaping the Pressure to Always Do More

In this hyper-connected age, ambition is no longer a choice. It’s an obligation. And rest, once self-intuitive and standard, has become a curated and deliberate act. While people swipe endlessly through feeds that fete constant productivity or serene polish, they

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Masculinity and Emotional Suppression

From a young age, boys are taught to be strong. Not always are they allowed or made to feel safe enough to show emotion. A pressure to fit into society’s designed boxes of masculine expectations. Masculinity has long been associated

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Not Just Quirks: The Danger of Reducing Complex Disorders to Stereotypes 

We live in an increasingly interconnected world where information spreads like wildfire, and the media often dictates narratives. Social media has played a huge role in the spread of mental health awareness. This accessibility to social media has had many

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Misinformation in Your Feed: When Social Media Becomes a Mental Health Risk

In an age where social media has radically transformed the landscape of public discourse, a dangerous practice is on the rise- the normalisation of serious psychiatric disorders through TikTok, Instagram infographics, and more informal social media discussions. Though greater recognition

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What Successful People Always Do in Their Free Time, a Psychological take

Success is always thought of as being in short supply like the money, the glory, the prestige. Psychology usually challenges us to look beyond that. What does success really look like? And more importantly, what do the rest of us

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Why Emotionally Intelligent People Succeed More, According to Psychology 

EQ, A Power We Don’t Know About  Success today is not so much about degrees or knowing the right equations. It’s coping with complexity, relationships, managing yourself in high-pressure situations, and people and more importantly, that quiet yet mighty force