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Why Routine Can Be Both Comforting and Stifling? 

Routine plays an essential role in our lives. It shapes how we navigate through the day, providing structure, predictability, and stability. A normal rhythm provides comfort and ease for most individuals because it has the effect of providing a feeling

Life Style

Snapchat Dysmorphia: How Photo Editing impacts Body Image

After multiple attempts at getting the best lighting and angle, you have clicked a selfie, edited out the imperfections, applied the best filter and you’re about to share your picture with the world, but does the flawlessness in your pictures

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What Confirmation Bias Teaches Us About Human Psychology

Confirmation bias is the cognitive tendency to seek, interpret, and remember information that confirms previous beliefs, while at the same time ignoring contradictory evidence. In this way, the unconscious process reinforces previously established views, thereby affecting decision-making and influencing perception,

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How ‘Happiness Hangover’ Can Hit You After a Perfect Moment

The word “hangover” is always associated with the aftermath of a drunk night. The following morning one should face the unpleasant consequences of the alcohol. This is a common fact to us. But have you ever heard about “happiness hangover”?

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Recent study shows link between mental health and negative online content consumption

In a recent study led by researchers at University College London (UCL), a strong link between online content consumption and mental health was identified. Published in Nature Human Behaviour, the study highlights how browsing negative content online can worsen mental

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The Psychology Behind Why We Love a Good Plot Twist

Plot twists have a certain magical quality that keeps readers hooked, moviegoers glued to their seats, and viewers gasping at surprise moments. Whether it is the reveal of Darth Vader in Star Wars or that jaw-dropping ending in Gone Girl,

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How to Build Trust in Yourself After Betrayal: According to Psychologist

Betrayal may be explained as the violation of one’s trust and confidence to such an extent that it causes emotional distress. It tends to rupture the trust typically to the level that it can’t be mended easily once broken. It is

Education

The Neuroscience of Happiness

Aristotle denoted happiness to have two aspects namely “hedonic” referring to pleasure and “eudaimonia” which portrays a life well lived. This was further explained by positive psychologists who believed a third aspect exists which relates happiness to engagement and participation

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K-Drama and Mental Health: Binge-Watching Might Be Beneficial, Says Expert

K-drama have become very popular in the global arena in the past few years. For example, According to reports from Netflix, their viewership rose sixfold from 2019 to 2022. Most of the people spent a great amount of time on

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Why we don’t like our Photos? : Self-Perception Psychology

Have you ever seen a picture of yourself and winced, thinking it doesn’t look like how you think you do? If so, you are not alone. Surprisingly enough, many of us do not love pictures of ourselves. From psychological bias