0
  • Your cart is empty
Search Results for : social media
Awareness Social

The Psychology of Feeling Behind in Your 20s: Social Comparison, Identity Crisis & Mental Health

Your 20s are the years to do it all, to feel it all and well, just figure your whole life out in just less than 10 years. Although it sounds dauntingly exciting at first, it’s a lot for our minds

Positive Social

From People-Pleasing to Authentic Self: How Therapy Transforms Our Social Lives

The inclination to please others is often identified as a specific aspect of a person’s character, like being overly cooperative, agreeable, or simply “nice.” However, there are psychological factors behind this tendency that stem from deeper issues of attachment, fear,

Research

The Anterior Temporal Lobe in Social-Emotional Processing and Anxiety

Anxiety and mood disorders share overlapping implications and deficits in emotional processing. While limbic structures like the amygdala are well studied, new and emerging evidence suggests the role of the Anterior Temporal Lobe (ATL) as a crucial hub for social-emotional

Awareness

Awareness vs. Discrimination: Why Knowledge Alone Isn’t Enough for Social Change  

Trigger Warning: This article contains words like shooting, death, mental health struggles, substance abuse, and emotional distress, which some readers may find upsetting. Please read with care. If you are struggling, consider reaching out to a mental health professional or helpline

Life Style Relationship

Parasocial Relationships and Their Impact on Mental Health

Have you ever felt connected to a celebrity or any public figure because of how they talk, act or their backstory? You feel that even though you’ve never met them, they get you better than even the people around you.

Awareness Social

The Psychology of Ingroup-Outgroup Bias and Social Exclusion of Northeast Indians

You might be aware of the rampant discrimination and prejudice that occur in the world through mass media and other sources of information that highlight such issues. However, such forms of mass stereotyping and subtle discrimination also occur in our

Awareness Life Style

Mental Health in Marriage: Legal Rights and Social Realities in India

Marriage in India is a social and emotional as well as a legal bond, with personal laws and societal norms highly influencing it. Mental health, though usually ignored, becomes a vital issue in the stability of marriage and the validity

Therapy

The Therapeutic Power of Play Media

The therapy world is expanding its horizon, which goes beyond the conventional approach to therapy, and that has offered many innovative options to heal emotional wounds. One of the ways used by therapists is to play media. It uses dolls,

Research

Social Curiosity: The Evolutionary Bond Between Humans and Chimpanzees

We’re all familiar with that experience of being at a cafe, calmly drinking your espresso, only to notice that you cannot stop leaning in to catch a glimpse of the mayhem on the other side. Picture them in action as

Social

Trapped in Social Comparison?: The Psychology Behind Luxury Consumption

Social Comparison Theory, developed by Leon Festinger, expresses that people have an inherent drive to evaluate themselves by comparing themselves with others. Social comparison theory has three main types that serve self-evaluation and self-improvement motives. The three types are:  Conventionally,