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Awareness

Moving From Compulsive Reaction to Conscious Response

Understanding the meaning and distinction between compulsive reaction and conscious response is important before diving deeper into these concepts. Compulsive reaction stems purely from being overwhelmed with an emotion or an urge or desire to act on an impulse. The

Awareness

Inattentional Blindness: When You Can’t See the Thing You Have Eyes On

You must have played this game called ‘I spy’ when you were little. It is a simple game where one person says “I spy, with my little eyes…” and names an object in their immediate surroundings. The other player or

Self Help

Are you associated with yourself?

Introduction Dissociative Disorders are the serious disturbances appear to embrace histrionic, accidental, and automatic effects to traumatic circumstances. These disturbances involve an upset in individual’s retention, alertness or character. There can be two separate channels of awareness appearing at specific

News Positive

Centre for Mindfulness Meditation at University in Kolkata

To honor the work being made in the field, it is equally important to highlight the initiatives for mental health. Such initiatives act as catalysts and motivate other organisations or universities to start with similar programs. A mindfulness meditation institute

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Flow in the moment!

What is being mentally healthy? Not having depression or anxiety? Not having problems with sleep and appetite? Or living a happy and meaningful life? Or both? Many times we think of mental health as just the absence of mental illness,

Education

World Sleep Day: A Good Night Sleep Can Do Wonders

How do you feel after a good night’s sleep? Probably better prepared for the day, more productive, energetic, and satisfied. Isn’t this feeling sufficient to prioritise sleep for overall well-being? Sleep, one of the most compromised aspects of well-being, calls for

Awareness Health

Understanding Unwanted, Repetitive and Distressing Thoughts and Compulsions

Have you ever had the urge to move your left hand in a certain way because your right hand moved in a certain way? Do you check the electronics and doors multiple times before leaving home? Do you constantly worry

Social

Are Creative People Prone to Suffer from Mental Disorders?

Introduction to Creativity and Mental disorder We are aware of the benefits of expressive art therapy. For individuals with mental diseases including depression, autism, and cognitive impairment. It doesn’t just work for people with some kind of psychological illness. It

Technology

The Friend-And-Foe Nature of Technology in Regard to Mental Health

We all know that technology can have a serious negative effect on our mental health if we do not limit its use. Cases of youngsters suffering from social media or gaming addiction are often heard in the news. Social media

Motivation

Elite Athletes and Their Struggles with Mental Health

Elite athletes are those athletes that perform at collegiate levels, professional levels and at the Olympics. Being an athlete comes with its own set of pressures and stressors. General athletes and elite athletes both undergo extensive physical training and support