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Why Humans Crave Physical Presence Despite Constant Digital Communication

Picture this. A student who decides to travel to a different country to pursue education, miles and miles away, has a particularly bad day. When she returns home, she picks up her phone and dials her parents. The conversation lasts

Life Style Social

The Instagrammable Vacations Trap: How Social Media Aesthetics Turn Rest into Stress

Vacations used to be a time to rest. Now, vacations are a time to gather great content. As travellers post from white sandy beaches, turquoise canals, or artfully plated meals, they chase that perfect shot for Instagram. Relaxation has turned

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Sensory Differences and Sexual Intimacy: A Psychological Reflection 

Sexual intimacy is very personal and is formed by emotional and relational factors as well as the sensory experience. Each of our sensory systems (touch, sound, smell, sight, and even internal bodily awareness) can enhance closeness, or, when atypical, hinder

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How Social Media Fuels Materialism and Consumer Culture

With the arrival of the digital era, social media has evolved from being a communication medium—it has become a bazaar of lives, dreams, and identities. Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram are just a few such sites that have turned into spaces

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The Hidden Struggles of Leadership: Mental Health Challenges in Educational & Corporate Roles

The leader position is often vied for because of the image it portrays: of ultimate power, position, and prestige that comes with it (Korman et al., 2021). They are increasingly romanticised as the highest achievement one can have (Meindl et

Awareness

The Role of Vocational Counselling in Empowering Persons with Disabilities

Vocational counselling is a professional type of advice whose objective is to guide individuals, specifically the disabled people with disabilities, through the complex web of career growth and job acquisition. Vocational counselling is a set of multiple-purpose services whose objectives

Self Help Therapy

Alternative interventions to Journaling

Therapeutic journaling refers to the process of writing down thoughts and feelings with the aim of provoking self-examination and personal development. It is a strong intervening tool for an emotional working-through, progressive emotional functioning, and achieving heightened levels of awareness

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Perfectionism, Overplanning & Imposter Syndrome: Causes, Effects, and How to Overcome Self-Doubt

In a society that promotes hustle culture and perfection, many individuals are encountering perfectionism, overplanning, and pervasive impostures as prevalent, some of the common evidence for Imposter Syndrome (Clance & Imes, 1978; Hewitt & Flett, 1991). The reasons for these

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Are We Losing Our Humanity Toward Animals? | A Psychological Insight into Empathy and India’s Animal Rights

The recent judicial and legal developments in India indicate a complex imbalance between the continued exploitation of animals for human needs and growing empathy for animals. The nation’s judicial system has long upheld the idea that treating animals cruelly betrays

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Gendered Expectations in India: Why Sons Inherit and Daughters Nurture

The traditional Indian household tends to have some deeply ingrained gendered expectations. Such expectations tend to have a deep impact on the family dynamics, the lives of children, and the overall personality of all its members. Though some of these