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Repetitive Negative Thinking and Insomnia

Sleep is generally understood as a period of reduced physiological and cognitive activity. However, sleep initiation can become difficult when cognitive activity remains elevated. An individual may feel physically tired while continuing to analyse past events, anticipate future problems, evaluate

Awareness

10 Ways to Become More Mentally Flexible and Adapt to Change

In the rapidly developing world, we must be able to adapt to our new environment at the earliest. It is not just about the outer world but also about us within. Our life rarely unfolds as we expect. Plans change, relationships

Industrial

The Rise of Calendar Anxiety: Living Life by Scheduled Time

On a Monday morning, you open the digital calendar and see the scheduled meetings, event reminders, and deadlines piled up until evening. Before the day even starts, there is some tightness felt in the chest. This is not only stress

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10 Ways to Improve Emotional Intelligence

Consider the best person in a professional or personal setting. It is not necessarily the smartest, most technical, or most “right-minded” person. It is the person who appears to know what people are looking for. They remain calm when things

Positive Self Help

The Neuroscience of Devotion 

Why does it feel like, after an extended period of intense prayer, a person may appear calmer, feel stronger or sense a connection with something much larger than themselves sometimes? Millions of people from different cultures and religions meditate, chant,

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The Cognitive Reserve: The Exact Psychological Habits That Shield the Brain From Dementia 

Have you ever seen an elderly individual in your area solving puzzles, playing Sudoku, or remembering every birthdate? Whereas some just struggle to even remember minor details or have gradually started forgetting things they used to remember. Although ageing affects

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Mothers Need Care Too: Reframing Maternal Mental Health 

When a baby arrives, a flurry of relatives and friends are concerned with providing necessary care such as feeding schedules, vaccination charts, milestones, and school admissions; however, no one seems to ask the mother herself if she is emotionally surviving this

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The Body Remembers: How Stress, Trauma, and Emotion Shape Autoimmune Disease

The concept of our body, our most reliable shield, turning against itself, is haunting for many individuals. Autoimmune disorders are one example of that contradiction; they occur when our bodies produce an immune response to an invader in the body,

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Sarcasm as a Defence Mechanism: Psychology Behind Humour, Avoidance, and Emotional Protection

A friend mutters, “Nice job” after spilling the coffee on someone’s shirt. The remark sounds like a compliment, but the tonality of the statement makes it clear that it is sarcasm at its best. Sarcasm, as learned in figure of

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Mother-in-Law vs Daughter-in-Law Conflict: A Family Systems Theory Perspective

Think of a Saturday morning in the kitchen of a newly married couple. The wife is cooking a meal, meticulously following a recipe she has mastered. Her mother-in-law walks into the room, takes a breath, raises her hand, picks up a spice