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Awareness

Is Being Highly Sensitive a Personality Trait or a Disorder? 

Have you ever been overwhelmed by a crowded room, noticed the slightest shift in another person’s mood, or simply needed some quiet time after a busy day? Some people experience these reactions more consistently than others. This is one way in which

Awareness

Is Modern Psychiatry Keeping Us Sick? Exploring the Debate

Today, mental health awareness has widely increased. People are taking care of their mental well-being. Anxiety, depression, and emotional distress are topics of daily conversation. Yet, at the same time, psychiatry, i.e., the branch of medicine dedicated to treating mental disorders, has

Health

Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Knowing the Difference

Have you ever experienced sudden racing of your heart or tightening in your chest in the middle of your everyday life, like working, exercising or sometimes while resting on your sofa? Often, such experiences make us worried and question ourselves

Industrial

The Rise of Calendar Anxiety: Living Life by Scheduled Time

On a Monday morning, you open the digital calendar and see the scheduled meetings, event reminders, and deadlines piled up until evening. Before the day even starts, there is some tightness felt in the chest. This is not only stress

Awareness

We Use Only 10% of Our Brain: Myth or Fact?

In a 2014 survey of school teachers across seventeen countries, 48% agreed with the statement that people use only 10% of their brains (Howard-Jones, 2014). The claim is one of the most enduring myths in public understanding of science, yet

Education

The Split-Brain Patients Who Changed Our Understanding of Consciousness

Can one brain hold two minds? Imagine you reach for your favourite shirt with your right hand, but your left hand reflexively pushes it back toward the shelf. Or maybe you see a known object perfectly clearly, but you’re unable

Awareness

Parapsychology and the Science of Paranormal Experiences

What if the human mind can see beyond the 5 senses? Is consciousness an independent reality or nothing more than the result of psychology and neuroscience? For centuries, experts in science, philosophy, and the general public have been pitting their

Awareness Technology

Digital Phenotyping: How Technology Tracks Mental Health

According to the World Health Organisation, more than a billion people worldwide live with a mental health condition, roughly one in eight of us, yet most of the information that clinicians know about a person’s mood still comes from a

Awareness Education

Neuroinflammation and Its Effects on Mental Health

A swollen ankle, a red wound, or a fever is easily detected as an inflammatory response because they are visible or readily experienced. But what happens if there is inflammation inside the brain? Could this affect how one feels, thinks,

Positive

10 Psychology-Backed Habits for a Happier, More Fulfilling Life

Happiness is something that one feels can only be realised upon reaching a particular milestone in their lives. These milestones may include a promotion, a salary increase, graduation, or owning an ideal house. However, the joy that one gets from accomplishing