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Social

Why We Feel the Need to Document Every Moment: The Psychology Behind Constant Sharing

Imagine a woman eating a delicious meal with her best friends, with a beautiful candlelight on the table, laughing with joy. Before eating, she positions her phone for the best position, adjusts the lighting of the mobile, clicks several pictures,

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

Awareness

Digital Identity vs Real Identity: How Social Media Shapes Who We Are

Imagine you are meeting someone new with whom you have been frequently communicating online. This is the very first time you are meeting in person, and you are feeling like you already know them, their hobbies, favourite colour, achievements and

Awareness Positive

Why India Needed Indigenous Psychology: Culture and Human  Behaviour

Modern psychology had evolved in Western society within a cultural context that values individual freedom, independence and empirical reasoning. As a result, the initial psychological theories often emphasised the individual self rather than the social or spiritual dimensions of human

Therapy

Retail Therapy: Comfort or Coping? Why We Shop When We’re Stressed

It has not been an easy week for you, and here you are at midnight, browsing through an online store and filling up your shopping cart with things that you don’t even need. Do these instances sound familiar to you? They have

Research

New Study Discovers 74 Genetic Locations Linked to Anxiety

Most people around the world deal with anxiety problems, though science hasn’t pinned down exactly why they happen inside the body. What stands out here is how massive amounts of genetic information reveal that tiny shifts in DNA, when gathered

Positive

Is It Okay to Laugh at That? The Science of Dark Humour

Have you ever encountered that stand-up comedy video in which the comedian says, “We are the only country in which we find garbage in a garden and a baby in a garbage bag”? Well, that is an oops moment where

Technology

Is Digital Burnout the New Workplace Crisis? Causes, Effects, and Prevention

It begins with a notification.   A quick email after dinner. Managing the work till midnight. Setting reminders on the calendar for the presentation submission on Monday. Initially, all of these little actions seem adjustable and harmless. However, with time, the

Positive Self Help

The Fear of Being Average: Why Modern Achievement Pressure Is Hurting Mental Health

A few years ago, success seemed easier to define. For many people, getting a stable job, building meaningful relationships and living a comfortable life were considered enough. Today, however, that definition has changed. It often feels as if being ‘good

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Big World (2024): Seeing the Person Beyond the Disability

Before directing Big World (小小的我, 2024), director Yang Lina had a disturbing question to ask herself: “Where does a person with a disability go? The film aimed to break the reality that, despite the 85 million disabled residents in China, they