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Building Resilience After Adverse Childhood Experiences: Psychological Interventions & Healing

In an ideal world, childhood is meant to be a haven; a place full of trust, love, nurturance, and support. But the ideal is very often not the reality. For some, this ideal is very far from ever being reached,

Entertain Social

Why We Rewatching the Same Movies & Shows

In today’s world, it is interesting to understand the psychological effect of rewatching known content. American adults watch an average of 11 hours per day, consuming various forms of media (Kaur, 2021, pages 31-35), stressing its central role in shaping

Life Style

Cultural Mourning and Grief: How Rituals Help Us Heal and Adapt After Loss

Grief is a natural and universal experience. Kübler-Ross classified the experience of grief into five stages, including: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance (Clarke, 2023). But the phenomenon of grief is so much more than that. It is a truly

Positive Therapy

Catharsis on Paper: Poetry for Processing Emotions 

Oftentimes, when verbally conversing about our experiences and struggles becomes difficult, we turn to expression through writing. Whether it be a few messy scribbles on the edge of a notebook or the notes section of our phones, sometimes expression through

Technology Therapy

Are Intelligence Tests Applicable in the 21st Century? 

Modern classrooms and business offices of the twenty-first century utilise digital platforms together with artificial intelligence tools while serving populations that continue to diversify. Many people would think traditional psychological instruments, particularly intelligence tests, are outdated and no longer useful

Social

Why Gen Z Prioritises Boundaries and Mental Well-being

Unlike the generations that came before the gen-Z, this evolved generation seems to know the definition of how to balance it all. The millennials daily get to see a rise in the Gen-Z list of excuses and different perspectives on

Life Style Positive

What Different Cultures Teach Us About Healthy Grieving

Grief is perhaps the most universal of all human experiences. Still, the traditions or “rules” around how one is allowed to grieve, how far into the future, and what we do about it, vary enormously from one culture to another.

Therapy

Choosing the Right Therapist: Red Flags You Should Never Ignore 

“I want to try therapy.” A statement that is so bold and requires umpteen amounts of courage to be said, especially in today’s society, therapy remains stigmatised to a great extent. But when one has taken the courage to opt

Relationship

When Friendship Feels Like Breakups: Grieving Platonic Loss

“Have you ever wondered why you always feel weighed down, broken, and cry all night just because your friendship has broken? ; While your friend also experiences the same grief, although hers is due to a love breakup, not the

Health

Angelman Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Angelman Syndrome (AS) is most linked with genetic mutations of the UBE3A gene, located on chromosome 15, in the 15q11-q13 locus. The gene plays a role in neurodevelopment and has a parent-of-origin expression pattern. Maternal UBE3A is expressed in the