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Awareness Education

Most Controversial Debates in Modern Psychology 

As an example, consider two children born and raised in the same home environment. The children attend the same school, receive the same opportunities, and live with the same parents. Despite all of this, one develops anxiety, and another is immune to

Research

B-Cell Depletion Enhances Protective Gut-Derived Cells in Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disability of long-term inflammatory illness in which your own immune cells mistakenly cause damage to myelin, the insulating sheath on nerves in your brain and spine. Treatments that temporarily deplete a type of B cell

Relationship

The Psychology of Situationships: Why People Avoid Commitment

Feeling confused about a person in a relationship is not an odd moment. In the process of getting to know someone, multiple questions about the other arise. But what about someone who is not sure about the relationship itself? For example, consider

Awareness

Hysterical Blindness: Symptoms, Causes and Intervention

When the Mind Shuts Down Sight, Darkness comes, though the eyes that work just fine. Take this scenario: one morning, sight vanishes without injury, with no physical cause at all. The scans show nothing: no tumours, no lesions, no broken

Health Research

Visual Agnosia and Achromatopsia: Understanding the Brain’s Visual Disorders

Imagine walking up one Sunday ready to begin your day. It seems like a regular day, and you reach for your favourite newspaper… just to realise that suddenly you can’t read it. No matter how hard you try, words have lost

Awareness Research

Capgras Syndrome: When Loved Ones Become Imposters

Have you ever wondered how it is that we recognise someone as a loved one? The poets would absolutely say something like ‘my heart recognises them’, but when we really think about it, it all comes down to seeing them and

Awareness Self Help

Most Powerful Ways Neuroplasticity Changes the Brain

Think about learning how to play the guitar, having been convinced for years that you do not possess any musical abilities, conquering your fear through therapy, or recovering your mobility due to a brain injury. Even though these examples do not

Relationship

Understanding Toxic Relationship Patterns in Men and Women

Imagine receiving a text from your partner, and instead of feeling excited, you are feeling anxious. You begin wondering whether they are upset, whether you said something wrong, or if there is any new argument incoming. What once felt comforting

Awareness

Why Men Quit Therapy: Breaking the Silence Around Men’s Mental Health

44% of men do not complete therapy (Constantino et al., 2021). “Consider Amir, a 34-year-old  engineer, who after months of restless nights decided to arrange his first therapy appointment. He went twice, spoke very little and gradually ceased going”. While

Awareness Parenting

When Childhood Is Violated: The Lasting Impact of Child Sexual Abuse

Childhood is a period of learning and immense curiosity. Children are unaware of how the world functions and rely on adults around them for safety, care and guidance. They trust these people without question, but what happens when these very