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The Psychology Behind Sportsmanship

During a sports event, the ethical behavior shown by athletes and spectators is called sportsmanship. Fairness, respect, and integrity are the qualities that when combined, contribute to good sportsmanship. Psychological Factors contributing to sportsmanship There are a number of psychological

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Daily Life Challenges Faced By Family

Family is a dynamic organization in which a group of people who are related to each other, stay together voluntarily or involuntarily and share the responsibility of each other. Even when they stay far from each other their family norms

Self Help

How to Increase your Productivity when you are Depressed?

All of us experience sadness and despair at times in our life. But depression can never be equated to these feelings at all. Depression, as a mental health condition, is extreme sadness and despair that one experiences not just for

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Loneliness is a New Epidemic: WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is trying to hire specialists to combat loneliness, a recent epidemic in the field. It is an unpleasant emotional response to feeling alone. Another term for loneliness is social pain, a psychological process that drives

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Understanding Psychology Behind Fear and Phobias

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer,” reminds the protagonist from the movie Dune. However, fear is not necessarily a bad thing. It is a powerful emotion that has evolved in humans as a survival mechanism. But when fear

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Habits to Help in Avoiding Depression

Depression is a type of mood illness that results in a chronically depressing and uninteresting state. Variously referred to as clinical depression or major depressive disorder, it has an impact on one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour and can result in

Motivation

How to Overcome Your Inner Struggle?

As Humans almost everyone must have experienced negative thoughts or inner voices within themselves. Sometimes these negative thoughts becomes so powerful that they start affecting a person’s daily life performance and behaviour. One can hear positive and negative thoughts or

Education

Frequently Asked Questions about Anxiety and GAD

1. What is Anxiety? American Psychological Association defines anxiety as an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worry, intrusive thoughts and even physical symptoms like headaches, increased blood pressure etc. Anxiety is never identical to fear. while anxiety is a

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The Psychology Behind Humor

The saying goes, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Furthermore, humor is a fantastic way to laugh. Everyone enjoys humor and finding the lighter side of things. Humor is a kind of communication in which the stimulus results in amusement. Humor

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Family Therapy: Objectives, Techniques and Effectiveness

The word ‘family’ defines a group of individuals united by blood, or by marital, adoptive or other intimate ties (APA). As Winston Churchill stated, “ There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all