Search Results for : Mindfulness
Awareness Positive

How to Bring Self-control into Study Behavior: According to Psychology

Ms. Z is a very enthusiastic student who wants to achieve the best in academics and to be a good teacher in her career. However, recently, she began using social media often. She can’t even get 15 minutes away from

Awareness

The Phantom Phone Syndrome: Why We Imagine Hearing Notifications That Don’t  Exist 

Have You Felt a Buzz That Wasn’t There?  Have you ever impatiently reached for your phone when you sensed a vibration in your pocket, only to discover that there were no new notifications? You’re not by yourself. Phantom Vibration Syndrome (PVS),

Education

Psychology of Waiting: Why it feels forever When You’re Anxious

Waiting is a delay, a form of inaction. It is described as remaining idle while anticipating an event. Our perception of waiting is primarily influenced by two areas of the brain. (PsychCentral) As an alarm system, the amygdala sustains and

Research

New Insights into How Our Brain Perceives Body Weight Differently: A Psychological Perspective

Groundbreaking research from Birkbeck University of London has been pioneering research that shows a unique neurological discrepancy in our weight perception, which combined with neuroscience & psychology could be intriguing both simply and more broadly. Understanding the mind-body weight distinction

advertorial

The Pain-Emotion Connection: A Better Way of Understanding for the Mental Health Professional

The image that usually befalls the mind when we refer to pain would involve an injury, illness, or chronic pain of some kind. What most of us probably don’t consider, however, is the emotional dynamics of such sensations: just how

Awareness News

Harvard’s New Course Unlocks the Secrets to Lasting Happiness and Resilience

Recently Harvard University has started a course called Managing Happiness aimed at examining what works for emotional wellness and life fulfillment. The program is available via edX, aimed to spread evidence-based knowledge on happiness and deliver it across borders of

Awareness Health

How HMPV Brings Back Pandemic Anxiety—and What We Can Learn

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world a difficult lesson: that health crises affect the mind, not just the body. Now, with alarming increases in Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections particularly in China, many people again face the reality of anxiety

Awareness

The Art of Temporal Self-Appraisal

As the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, millions of people around the world celebrate the arrival the of new year. Firecracker lights up the sky, people cheer, and resolutions are made. This moment isn’t just about the celebration, it’s about the

Awareness

5 Ways to Stop Overthinking 

Do you also feel fatigued by random late-night thoughts and an endless loop of indistinct mental chatter that drains your energy? Are you tired of being overly concerned and prioritizing others’ feelings over your own? Overthinking is a never-ending cycle that

Awareness

Men’s Mental Health and Why we need to talk about it

The tragic suicide of Atul Subhash, a 34-year-old techie, has shocked the country (Pandey, 2024). Not only does it reveal the Indian judicial system’s shocking inefficiency, but it has also prompted a bigger discussion regarding men’s mental health. This instance