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Positive Self Help

When Positivity Becomes a Burden: Understanding Forced Optimism

Have you ever been in a room full of people right after receiving some news which has sent your thoughts into a complete disarray, and yet, not one person in the room could guess what you were experiencing? A moment

Life Style

Why Creatives Must Share Their Work

Creating, well, in any form really, then sharing it for the world to see, can feel daunting. It could be anything, really, by the most experienced or inexperienced creatives. Art, any materialistic product, music, dance, writing, research and data, a

Awareness

The Risks of Overdiagnosis or Self-Diagnosis in the Digital Age

Unexpectedly, more people use the Internet to find health-related information. According to a number of studies, 81.5% of American adults look up health-related information online. While some use the information as a guide to seek proper care, others use it

Relationship

How Gen Z is Rewriting the Relationship Script

The world of love and relationships has never stayed the same for too long. Every new generation comes with new ideals, new expectations, and new forms of connection. But when it comes to Gen Z, there is something transformative. Gen Z

Awareness

The Multilingual Brain: How Indian Children Juggle Multiple Languages and Scripts 

Have you come to read about India’s young multilingual talent, which could shock the world?  According to the India Book of Records, in 2020, Kiran Karthikeya was the youngest multilingual boy from Karnataka. At the age of two years, eleven

Social

Peer Connections and the Psychology of Belonging in Youth

When an adolescent steps into school, they are faced with maths, science, history, literature, and more, which aim to help them navigate the rest of their academic and career-based endeavours. However, this curriculum doesn’t prepare them to navigate the tempestuous

Life Style

When Productivity Becomes a Burden: Escaping the Pressure to Always Do More

In this hyper-connected age, ambition is no longer a choice. It’s an obligation. And rest, once self-intuitive and standard, has become a curated and deliberate act. While people swipe endlessly through feeds that fete constant productivity or serene polish, they

Social

Why Do We Glorify the West? Psychological Roots of Cultural Inferiority Complex

Western culture is celebrated as the peak of development, progress, modernity, and civilisation. This glorification is not accidental; rather, it stems from long-standing historical and psychological processes. During the colonial era, Western powers constructed narratives that framed non-Western societies as

Awareness Health

Not Just Quirks: The Danger of Reducing Complex Disorders to Stereotypes 

We live in an increasingly interconnected world where information spreads like wildfire, and the media often dictates narratives. Social media has played a huge role in the spread of mental health awareness. This accessibility to social media has had many

Health Life Style

‘I Should Be Doing More’: The Internal Crisis Created by Wellness Influencers and Hustle Culture

Maybe take some rest, but not that much. Slow down, wait, buckle up. Right or wrong, good or bad, the advice is almost always subjective. While hustle culture paces you for the world, wellness influencers can try to slow you