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Awareness

Stonewalling vs Gaslighting

Dating, relationships, and even friendships have become really difficult to navigate in this modern day of technology. People seem to have more trouble maintaining good relationships than any generation. However, there is an advantage of fast-paced technology and social media

Awareness

Oxytocin: The Complex Science of the “Love Hormone”

Only a few molecules in neuroscience have a career path as strange as the hormone oxytocin. From products for couples to people on dating apps, this hormone has seen it all. Its reputation as the love hormone has obscured its

Awareness

We Use Only 10% of Our Brain: Myth or Fact?

In a 2014 survey of school teachers across seventeen countries, 48% agreed with the statement that people use only 10% of their brains (Howard-Jones, 2014). The claim is one of the most enduring myths in public understanding of science, yet

Relationship

Self-Distancing: The Psychology of Talking to Yourself in Third Person

Scientists’ research finds that when an individual experiences intense emotional reactions, talking to oneself aloud in the third person while pretending another person is present is a superior emotion regulation approach. A solution exists to reverse this situation: use third-person self-reference.

Awareness Self Help

How to Set Healthy Boundaries Without Feeling Guilty

Has there been any time that you have done things against your will out of guilt for having to refuse? For example, imagine agreeing to work late after an already exhausting day or saying yes to a friend’s request despite

Self Help

Why “Others Have It Worse” Is One of the Most Harmful Mental Health Myths

“Wars are going on and people dying- one shouldn’t feel that way.” “Others have it so much worse than we do.” They are said more often than people realise, by other people or by the afflicted person, and they are

Research Technology

The Dopaminergic Loop of Predictive AI Feeds: How Algorithms Hijack the Brain’s Reward System

How Logic Algorithms Hijack the Brain’s Reward Structure, and Why Isolation Makes It Worse. Just about every user of TikTok and Instagram Videos, or YouTube Shorts, can probably relate to a certain story. At some point in the evening, a

Research

Is Comforting Others Innate or Learned? What Psychology Research Reveals

The research paper titled “Comforting Others Is a Cultural Trait, Not a Universal Instinct” describes how individuals belonging to different cultures comfort those close to them when they feel distressed. The significance of this issue arises from the fact that

Social

Collectivism vs. Individualism: What Psychology Reveals

The same silent question, does the person exist for the benefit of the collective, or does the group exist for the benefit of the individual, may elicit quite different answers from people raised in different parts of the world or

Therapy

Red Flags in Therapy: Warning Signs Every Should Know

A lot of clients have difficulty communicating with their therapist during the beginning stages of therapy. Some clients spend weeks or months mustering the courage to disclose their feelings of fear, insecurity, relationship difficulties or trauma. When someone discloses something