The Psychophilics archive

Impression Matters: The Psychological Weight of Initial Encounters First impressions tend to be brushed aside as a momentary glance; however, the psychological perspective is more profound. Be it a first date, job int Kaza Anvitha · Jan 2025

Love's Quiet Echo: Reality Over Clichés I don’t think people understand what true love is. Love is taking care of each other. Actually, trying to understand where the other person comes from Ashlesha Khandelwal · Jan 2025

Decision Fatigue There are various instances where we are unable to make proper decisions during the day due to the different complex decisions which we have made thro Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Jan 2025

Heartbeats in Sync: Children and their dogs as emotional guides The bond between children and their four-legged companions is a profound connection that serves as a cornerstone for emotional development. Dogs, with Thejaswini.S · Jan 2025

Mind over Medicine: The Healing Power of Belief Imagine this: a man is suffering from viral fever, so he consults the doctor. He takes some medicines for a couple of days and then assumes that the m Shivani Mohanty · Jan 2025

The Psychology of Cricket Mania: Decoding Our Love For The Game As many people would say, cricket is more than just a game; it is a national phenomenon that entraps the world within itself. From noisy stadiums to n Kaza Anvitha · Dec 2024

IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP HYGIENE: UNLOCKING BETTER HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY In today’s day and age, sleep often tends to take a back seat as a lot of us tend to ignore sleep due to various reasons including deadlines, commitme Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Dec 2024

Travel Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Fear of Exploration Travel is often seen as a thrilling adventure filled with new sights, cultures, and people. Nevertheless, the mere thought of leaving home can trigger Tanisha Sarkar · Dec 2024

The Anxiety Alchemy: Turning Fear into Belief in the Paranormal The human mind is complex and can find meaning in the unexplainable, especially during times of fear and uncertainty. Anxiety, a universal and persona Thejaswini.S · Dec 2024

How Social Media is Changing Your Brain Without You Even Knowing On average, an individual spends about 3-4 hours per day on their phone, and approximately two hours of their daily usage is spent on social media. Sp Chandana Bonagiri · Dec 2024

When 'Enough' is Never Enough Have you ever impulsively worked on a project to perfect every inch of it? Only to realise you’ve spent hours doing so? And even when you’ve spent hou Shivani Mohanty · Dec 2024

See it, label it, prevent it—examples of ingrained misogyny in everyday life. Be nice, smile more, sit like a woman, don’t abuse, wear something decent,” eat less, and look pretty. These are some of the comments you must have he Ashlesha Khandelwal · Dec 2024

The Neuroscience of Trauma: Emotion Regulation in the Brain Have you ever been curious why a memory clings so stubbornly to your mind, even after the threat is long gone? Trauma influences emotions, and it rewi Tanisha Sarkar · Dec 2024

Building trust through ethical engagement in research Importance of consent in research Research has gained a lot of traction, especially in our country, in recent years. Many people, in the pursuit of kn Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Nov 2024

Research methods in psychology: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method approaches Do you find yourself unable to decide on an appropriate research method?Research in psychology plays an essential role in the field that helps further Thejaswini.S · Oct 2024

The Crucial Procedures for Research: A Complete Manual Research forms the backbone of knowledge creation, and whether it is scientific inquiries, social studies, or solving technical problems, a methodolog Kaza Anvitha · Oct 2024

Why Do We Pay To Get Scared? The Psychology Behind Our Love for Horror Movies. Why do many of us love watching horror movies? Why is it that we keep going back for more to feel the fear lacing every heartbeat of ours when we woul Chandana Bonagiri · Oct 2024

The Benefits of Empathy: Building Better Relationships Do you have any recollections of ever being understood? That moment, when another person entered into your existence and knew your difficulties and as Shivani Mohanty · Oct 2024

World Bipolar Day: Shattering Stigma, Painting Perspectives In the giant mosaic of the human experience where every mind is a universe unto itself, there exist days which commemorate the significance of managin Meghana Annup · Mar 2024

Latent Learning: A Student’s Subconscious Saviour Latent learning is also known as incidental learning. It is a passive type of cognitive learning in which an individual understands the information or Pranhavya Karthikeyan · Mar 2024

World Happiness Day 😊 Every year, March 20th is celebrated as World Happiness Day, which focuses on and emphasizes Happiness that is being experienced by individuals. It is Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Mar 2024

What is Transgenerational Trauma? Similar to how all of us inherit our physical traits– eye colour, hair colour, height, and attributes such as intelligence and aggressiveness, we can Chandana Bonagiri · Mar 2024

Clearing the Air: Celebrating the Symphony of Freedom from Non-Smoking Living In a world where every breath of air is another chance at life, there are days lost at chipping away the essence of life, one puff at a time. However, Meghana Annup · Mar 2024

IS IT ENOUGH? From day to night,From your job to your child,Woman,Is it enough yet?From putting a smile on everyone’s faces,To handling your own internal turbulence Manaswi Rathore · Mar 2024

What is Kundalini Awakening ? Kundalini awakening is a transformative and profound spiritual experience that has been described and revered in various spiritual and yogic tradition Pranhavya Karthikeyan · Mar 2024

How does psychology influence the stock market? The 2008 financial crisis is one of the worst crises that the world has ever gone through in recent times. It created a lot of panic among the investo Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Mar 2024

The Framing Effect Ever feel like you’re being nudged into a decision without even realizing it? Is some invisible threads subtly altering your moves and shaping your de Chandana Bonagiri · Feb 2024

An Argument for Dualism, Part 1: Qualia With the rise of the field of cognitive neuroscience and the development of better brain imaging techniques, the idea of an immaterial mind, existing Aditya Ranjit · Feb 2024

Reframing criminal profiling: A guide for integrated practice Through their contacts throughout the crime, profilers hope to determine the main traits of an offender's personality and behavior. Since the psycholo Manaswi Rathore · Feb 2024

For The Love Of Cocoa: Embracing The Sweet Jubilation Of Chocolate February is famously known to be the month of love, passion, and sweet indulgence, but mostly for the ‘week for lovers’. Valentine’s week extends from Meghana Annup · Feb 2024

Psychology of forgetting things There are certain instances where we tend to forget something. For instance, when we go to the market to buy some groceries for our homes, we tend to Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Feb 2024

Digital Era and Relationships In the labyrinth of modern relationships, we stand at the intersection of the tangible world of face-to-face interactions and the intangible universe Janani · Jan 2024

Psychogenic Shivers - Why We get the Chills when We aren't Cold Have you ever found yourself so immersed in an enthralling movie, a dynamic piece of music, or a riveting story that you, at one point, experienced a Meghana Annup · Jan 2024

Memoirs of A Girl The lingering feeling never leaves.Everyone around me says it’s fine, and says things are completely fine, but then why do I feel like it never is? Wh Manaswi Rathore · Jan 2024

Normal Is it normal to look back with the fear of being pulled back into the dark?Is it normal to embrace silence yet be jarred by the echoes of my own thoug Pranhavya Karthikeyan · Jan 2024

Psychology of Nationalism- Why do people love their nation? (From a psychological perspective) Nationalism is an ideology that holds that political and national units are essentially the same. It has proven to be one of the most important and ga Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Jan 2024

Grieving Amidst Routines Devi aunty passed away. She died yesterday but I received the news today. I visited her home and saw a few people take her lifeless body away in an am Meghana Annup · Jan 2024

Why Working Out would Boost your Mental Health? Everyone has heard this and have seen multiple reels of people saying that gym is the cure of all illnesses or that working out makes them happy. Alth Abhinav Arora · Jan 2024

In the Shadows of Existence As I sat at my workday desk, I felt a presence behind me.I stiffened and panicked for I knew not what that creature would be,Whatever it was, I sensed Janani · Dec 2023

Migration Research Review Does moving repeatedly in childhood cause poor quality of mental health later in life? Moving repeatedly here refers to frequent migration within the Manaswi Rathore · Dec 2023

'The Salem Witch Trials' through the psychological lens The Salem Witch Trials stand out to be an infamous mark in the history of religion-centric persecution of those who ‘were led astray’. Between early 1 Meghana Annup · Dec 2023

"The Soloist”: Unveiling Schizophrenia on Screen The Soloist, being inspired by a real-life story, was directed by Joe Wright and was released in the year of 2009. It also won the Prism Award for Fea Pranhavya Karthikeyan · Dec 2023

Power of Optimism and the Psychology Behind It Optimism is the phenomenon where the person tends to downplay the negative events and think where only the positive events tend to occur. Optimists th Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Dec 2023

An exploration of the mental health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community *Triggering content: The following article contains mention of sensitive issues concerning suicidal ideations in individuals. Reader's discretion is a Amy · Nov 2023

Shame, Shame, Body shame This week has been quite a delight for me as I witnessed some amazing acts of courage. One of my juniors confided that she stood up to her bullies and Meghana Annup · Nov 2023

Am I not doing enough? Amidst the duties we do to fulfill our passion, the roles we take to suffice society, and the responsibilities we acquire along the way, there is one Pranhavya Karthikeyan · Nov 2023

The Psychology of Economics Psychology and economics are two very different subjects, but they have a lot of things in common among them. Psychology and economics is the study of Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Nov 2023

80 is the New 20: Learn Top 8 Psychological Benefits of Lifelong Learning At 85, Ratan Tata is learning how to play the piano. At 82, Amitabh Bachchan still anchors every episode of KBC with the same level of excitement. At Abhinav Arora · Nov 2023

Living With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) [TRIGGER WARNING: VIVID DEPICTIONS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER]I wake up with shaking hands, a racing heart, and the urge to run away as far as Chandana Bonagiri · Oct 2023

Why is Everyone so Different? Have you ever had those moments when something you know to be so wrong and unethical seems completely fine to another person? And have you ever wonder Janani · Oct 2023

Psycho - A Movie Review Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror masterpiece, is not only revered as a classic but is also credited with pioneering the modern horror genre, par Manaswi Rathore · Oct 2023

Why does dehumanization increase instrumental violence? Dehumanization is a psychological process that occurs when one group or individual perceives another as less than fully human. This may include seeing Amy · Oct 2023

"I'm so OCD": A look beyond the quirks and jokes about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I woke up this morning to a notification about a quiz trending on my Instagram feed. Two of my contacts whom I am following had taken the quiz and pos Meghana Annup · Oct 2023

Impact of music on day-to-day life Music is an art that has the capability of communicating our thoughts and feelings in significant sound forms by expressing the components of rhythm, Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Oct 2023

Living With Bulimia [TRIGGER WARNING: DESCRIPTIONS OF AN EATING DISORDER - BULIMIA NERVOSA]I can’t shake off the feeling that everyone is looking at me. I can almost feel Chandana Bonagiri · Oct 2023

Maybe all Roses do is hide the Thorns Burstling streets with vendors yelling, The smell of flowers and sweat hung in the air The jingling of anklets and the beeping of cars Well, it was ju Janani · Oct 2023

Promising Young Woman: A Movie Review "Promising Young Woman" is a thought-provoking and impactful film directed by Emerald Fennell, released in 2020. The movie garnered widespre Manaswi Rathore · Oct 2023

Misdiagnosis of ADHD in Children Misdiagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children is a relevant issue that can have significant consequences. ADHD is a comp Amy · Sept 2023

The Bengaluru Skyline I love the clouds, but today they are in the way of an evening sky that could have left me paralyzed with its beauty. And I’m not mad. Just disappoint Meghana Annup · Sept 2023

A Day in A Man's Life As the first rays of morning light seeped through the curtains, Jude’s eyes fluttered open. He grudgingly turned and looked at the digital clock on hi Pranhavya Karthikeyan · Sept 2023

Exacerbation of BDD with parenting styles and its prevalence across cultures Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a depleting mental health condition that is often characterized by a recurring preoccupation with supposed defects i Amy · Sept 2023

Lily of the Valley *Trigger Warning: mentions of self-harm and violence*It was a Friday morningthe Sun still playing peek-a-boowith the monsoon clouds.My dry orbs lay wi Meghana Annup · Sept 2023

World Sexual Health Day “Sexual Health is a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality, not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction, Pranhavya Karthikeyan · Sept 2023

The Illusion of Multitasking It has been seen in today’s world that if one does multitasking, then that person is heralded and paraded as a “hero”, who is a symbol of “productivit Venkatakrishna Puvvada · Sept 2023

Why Anime is a Stress Buster? There is something about anime that has always intrigued me ever since I joined this community. Some people call anime simply a cartoon that is a wast Abhinav Arora · Aug 2023

Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: A Critique In recent years, the controversial "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria" (ROGD) theory has ignited considerable debate among academics, clinicians, Aditya Ranjit · Aug 2023

Living With Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) [TRIGGER WARNING: DEPICTIONS OF ALCOHOL ADDICTION]Do you know that feeling you have when you are seconds away from writing an important exam, giving a Chandana Bonagiri · Aug 2023

The magic of the purple pink skies The breeze flutters and the wind carries my rhymeAs I sing to the stars and write poems for the moonAbout how I wish you could be mineI wish you’d hea Janani · Aug 2023

Is This For Real? There exists an age-old myth in almost every corner of Rajasthan linking the Peepal Tree (The Sacred Fig Tree) to spirits, or in layman's terms, ghost Manaswi Rathore · Aug 2023

Is it real or is it a myth? Do you guys recall the two characters from the X-Men series - Jean Grey & Professor X. To make it easy to make you all understand, you guys must b Abhinav Arora · Aug 2023

Living with Bipolar Disorder [TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SUICIDE]It’s been four days since I slept. The only way I can describe how I’m feeling is the sensation you get when you Chandana Bonagiri · Aug 2023

Unraveling the Chaos: A Journey Through the Labyrinth of the Mind Now you might be wondering why you should read my story. For starters, I am what makes you, you. Or in this case, I am what makes a girl named Elizabe Janani · Aug 2023

Barbie: A Feminist Propaganda? Before we dive into anything, I just wanted to disclaim that this article is a highly personal opinion and does not wish to hurt or impose upon other Manaswi Rathore · Aug 2023

Living With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder For as long as I can remember, there had always been a constant anxiety in the back of my mind, a nagging fear that crept everywhere I went. Imagine t Chandana Bonagiri · Aug 2023

I don’t belong anywhere… Have you ever had the feeling of being completely dissociated from the people around you even if you’re all just laughing and having a good time? Felt Janani · Jul 2023

Tackle Burnout with these Tips! Are you facing burnout because of too much work in college? Worry no more because if you follow these steps, you’ll overcome burnout. These tips that Abhinav Arora · Jul 2023

What is Gender Dysphoria and how does it arise? Trans issues are at the center of political discourse today. In the background of the culture wars consuming the West, questions like ‘What is a woman Aditya Ranjit · Jul 2023

Living With Schizophrenia [TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SUICIDE]At a point in my life, I believed I was broken in the head. I thought that my body and brain were malfunctioning Chandana Bonagiri · Jul 2023

If Heaven and Hell exist, how come i'm always the one stuck in between Everyone talks of happiness And everyone talks of despair But how come they forgot to mention The ever-stagnant state of emotionless abyss The long da Janani · Jul 2023

Stop Reading Self-Help Blogs ~~~ Here's Why My college professor used to constantly recall the difference between information and knowledge. Information is any piece of content that exists in th Sanjeet · Apr 2023

Bewitched Swan lakes and purple-blue skies as you take over my ardent mindset my heart and brain tries to compromise to free me from this cherished unrestIt’s l Sanaa · Apr 2023

If you want to love me If you want to love me,Can you please love me right?Can you not break my heartOr shatter my soul?Can you hold me like I'm made of glassCan you not lea Janani · Apr 2023

Living with Depression [TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SUICIDE]I walk towards my bed, every step I take weighing me down further. I’ve lost track of the days that passed by, l Chandana Bonagiri · Apr 2023

In Search of the ‘Gay gene’: The Genetic Components of Sexual Orientation The phenomena of homosexual attraction have puzzled theologians, philosophers, and scientists for centuries. For decades, scientists were of the opini Aditya Ranjit · Apr 2023

undivinity hellohave you ever seen God die?i kill Him every day and every nightand yet He gets back up and sighswith a dagger each in His empty eyesthe arrow pie Rudraksh Dange · Apr 2023

This Is Also What Anxiety Looks Like It is never pleasant, the entirety of the event. Exams are bad enough, but awaiting results? It’s like a slow death, you realize it’s eventuality but Manaswi Rathore · Apr 2023

Is being Selfish actually good? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a people pleaser as “a person who has an emotional need to please others often at the expense of his or her own Janani · Mar 2023

The Psychology behind the Holocaust The holocaust sounds like something straight out of a horror-thriller movie, and it’s incredibly hard to believe that humans can do something so horri Chandana Bonagiri · Mar 2023

Dangerous Dogmas: The Tragedy of David Reimer Disclaimer: The following article mentions suicide, self-harm, and sexual abuse. Please read at your own discretion.On the fourth of May, 2004, 38-yea Aditya Ranjit · Mar 2023

To The Bone: A psychological Movie Analysis Marti Noxon is the author and director of the 2017 American drama film To the Bone. Lily Collins plays a young woman in the movie who is being treated Manaswi Rathore · Mar 2023

Take me Home It will be almost two years since I left home to settle somewhere else in the name of “career”,Sure I did think that rather than studying for hours on Abhinav Arora · Mar 2023

Self-Obsession is Good Humility is an interesting concept. It’s the golden principle of all religions–to live a virtuous life means to live a humble life. And you can find a Sanjeet · Mar 2023

You I really wish I could explainthat without you everything feels plainand I light up when I hear your name because nothing feels the sameeven the sun an Sanaa · Mar 2023

Your Beauty Is Not Yours - How cosmetic surgery is incompatible with feminism Buccal fat removal is just the latest in a long line of harmful cosmetic surgeries popularized by influential people through media and the internet. T Rudraksh Dange · Mar 2023

The End of a Stereotype The following research focuses on the age-old prejudice against only children as being more narcissistic than non-only children. The study first aimed Manaswi Rathore · Mar 2023

Mentally Exhausted? You know what I'm talking about. Those days you're so done with everyone and everything in your life. Those days when you just wanna scream and yell a Janani · Feb 2023

Relapse I hurt myself again tonight blinded, the lights are too bright I tattoo the pain onto my skinwondering what phase my moon is inbut this place I can’t Sanaa · Feb 2023

A love letter to nature Where do thy hide my heart?Oh, are you beneath the daffodils so still?Or are you in the well so deep,Or are you in the dews so fragile? Where do thy h Janani · Feb 2023

Locked 7 am the clock readStressed, agitated out of bedRoom strewn with books.The empty shelves give me blank looksEven the hummingbird knows pain,So does th Abhinav Arora · Feb 2023

You’re Not On Your Own, Kid: Loneliness is Normal Loneliness is a strange thing. It would approach you slowly, slithering towards you in an unhurried manner. It would take time to climb over your body Chandana Bonagiri · Feb 2023

What is it that makes a man: Understanding the psychology of masculinity In the last five years, we have witnessed the phenomenal rise of influencers and cultural critics like Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate, who advocate f Aditya Ranjit · Feb 2023

i love you i love you. i want to hold your hand. i want to grab your hand and help you climb onto the bus. i want to walk on the outer side of the sidewalk, so y Rudraksh Dange · Feb 2023

Be depressed to be happy Tanmay Bhat, a famous Indian comic, once tried consoling his friend who was grieving from something. “Things will be better”.“Aree rota hun, isliye ac Sanjeet · Feb 2023

The Bridge Life is a struggle believe it or not,You may give up but keep fightingStruggles make you tougher, that's what we are taught Often we are pushed to do Abhinav Arora · Feb 2023

Trick or Truth “Ma’am.. you don’t.. we don’t really have to do this. We have enough evidence already.” The newbie tries one more time to talk me out of the plan.He p Manaswi Rathore · Feb 2023

Fake German Heiress: Was she lying to the world or to herself? All that glitters is not gold. This statement is best highlighted by the story of Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin, a 27-year-old girl who rose to fame by scammi Janani · Jan 2023

Memoirs of Multiple Personalities Is it mine?The handwriting on the paper stares back at me. I’ll take care of you. You are not alone. It says.I look around the room. It’s my bedroom, Manaswi Rathore · Jan 2023

Beautiful but Broken If only you knew that my love for youis anything but newand that when I first saw youlong ago, with music playing and you were swayingsmiling with you Sanaa · Jan 2023

The man with a golden watch I don’t think I can explain it, there isn't any rational explanation for this. Countless times I have approached my friends & my family and they a Abhinav Arora · Jan 2023

Confessing to a Crime you Didn't Commit People tend to think of memories as the perfect time capsules– faithful descriptions of events that have happened to us in the past that are rigid, pa Chandana Bonagiri · Jan 2023

The Hypersexuality of Fleabag Fleabag is a television series created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge. It was released in 2016, and the two-season show wrapped up in 2019. The Rudraksh Dange · Jan 2023

How to stop caring by caring more Do you think that you sometimes care too much about something? Everyone knows that caring excessively about someone or something is a problem. It's a Sanjeet · Jan 2023

Why do we experience Déjà Vu? Have you ever paused in the middle of a conversation or an activity, looking around, only to be hit by an overwhelming sense of familiarity when even Chandana Bonagiri · Dec 2022

Open Letter To the person I once loved, If I have ever slowly drifted away from you, you should know that you gave me every reason to do so. I was completely awar Sanaa · Dec 2022

How to Change Politics using Psychology Politics is a hotbed of controversy that either people openly talk about or don't talk about at all due to fear of being attacked for their lack of kn Sanjeet · Dec 2022

One Fateful Day Do we take life for granted or do we just not care?Does fate punish us for our ignorance?Is it true that ignorance is death?One tragedy can change eve Abhinav Arora · Dec 2022

the pink shade of failure the little roomthe one with the small window, yeslaptop with mechanical sounds plays soft music to some strange obsession.a wall of posters and notes( Rudraksh Dange · Dec 2022

A Poem Gone are those days,When just the two of us could fill the entire classroom,Now there’s just a void, consuming me from inside,Saying we’re close to do Manaswi Rathore · Nov 2022

Near-Death Experiences and the Questions of an Afterlife Human beings have always been fascinated by what happens after death. Many people across the globe find immense comfort in believing that there is an Aditya Ranjit · Nov 2022

Forgetting: why, how, and when If you know me, even remotely, you know I have a superpower: my phenomenal tendency to lose and forget things. I would have misplaced everything I eve Janani · Nov 2022

Numb Mind, thoughts, and feelings soreas I stood on the crimson floorwith broken glass in my heart alone, I tried not to fall apartI yearned to feel someth Sanaa · Nov 2022

Song As I stood in the hallway,The souls that wandered are lost As the shards of glass pierced the wallsStaring toward the dark void,Nothing but drops of w Abhinav Arora · Nov 2022

i want to be beautiful so i don't have to be anything else growing up in silence but it was only ever wholly externalthe noise behind my eyes deafening and clamouring begging for attention‘so mature for your a Rudraksh Dange · Nov 2022

A Day Without Electricity Sitting on the roof of my grandparent’s house, surrounded by dunes, I complain to God and think a curse has been cast upon us.It’s been four days. Fou Manaswi Rathore · Nov 2022

Facial Symmetry and Physical Attractiveness If you’ve been on the internet for the past year or so, you may have noticed a rising trend of people who have developed an obsession with having bett Aditya Ranjit · Nov 2022

Comedy for Politics Two huntsmen are out in the forest when one collapses and looks like he isn't breathing with glazed eyes. The hunter standing takes out his phone and Sanjeet · Nov 2022

Morning Hues A cold breeze dances around me,A soft chirp lifts my spirits,A sweet smell enraptures meAnd a bright ray of sunshine lights up my eyesAnd as the morni Janani · Nov 2022

Shooting Star I felt my soul bleedas I began to writeabout you, so readto know how brightyou made my lifebut now I’m filled with strifeand darkness is where I live Sanaa · Nov 2022

How advertisements coax us into buying their products An average person is thought to encounter more than 10,000 advertisements every day. Some commercials interrupt our favourite television shows, ads th Chandana Bonagiri · Nov 2022

To me, To me, Have you ever heard of time making you a better person? You are 25 years old now, and it has been six years since you passed that chapter of yo Abhinav Arora · Nov 2022

its up to you to make sense of this home, where the hawk circles, the dog prowls, and people dream an uneasy dreamthe corners of the bedrooms are memories in a prison, a black and white Rudraksh Dange · Nov 2022

Inside a Criminal's Mind: Jeffrey Dahmer The foul smell was too hard to ignore. He knew something wasn’t right. But before he could do something about it, Jeffrey was cuffing his hands. He br Manaswi Rathore · Nov 2022

Why is eating healthy so difficult? The motivations for a person to eat healthily are manifold. You might want to get healthier, or you might want to be more energetic, your parents migh Janani · Nov 2022

How Optimism Is Ruining Your Life Everyone has heard this self-help speech about optimism that being more hopeful about your goals, dreams, and ambitions will lead to greater chances o Sanjeet · Nov 2022

The Stranger In The Mirror What would you do if an unfamiliar person walks towards you and hugged you? If you go downstairs in the morning to find a stranger cooking in the kitc Chandana Bonagiri · Nov 2022

Let Me Be It hurt when I cried when my eyes bledwith tears that driedas the thoughts fled from the prison of my mindand I know I can’t find a place to escape be Sanaa · Nov 2022

Hold On “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you are going to get.” This quote by Tom Hanks in his movie Forrest Gump plays a vital role in Abhinav Arora · Nov 2022

the dead language of childhood “Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.”-Richard Sikeneveryone loses people, one way or anothe Rudraksh Dange · Nov 2022

Inside a Criminal’s Mind: John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy was just your regular friendly-looking neighbor, liked by everyone in the community, who also regularly performed at children's hospit Manaswi Rathore · Nov 2022

Why the Quarantine wasn't as bad as you thought it was... The quarantine was one of the most unprecedented events of the 20th century. The sudden shift from office space to the home, offline school to online, Sanjeet · Nov 2022

World Mental Health Day According to the WHO, mental health is a “state of well-being in which the individual realizes their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses Janani · Nov 2022

A Feeling that I can't Describe Things don’t seem to get betterMy eyes are just getting wetterMy life is in its dark weather And I’m weak as a featherMy heart has ceased beating The Sanaa · Nov 2022

Different Shades of Strength Is it bright or is it dark?Does life throw a true sense of strength Or is it simply the wrath of a great white shark? Is it inborn or learned? The tru Abhinav Arora · Nov 2022

the need to be wanted the need for human connection is a need that is often dismissed as a mere want. i don’t understand how anyone could ever think that they can survive a Rudraksh Dange · Nov 2022

Conflict Between The Mind & The Heart Which one should you choose? The heart or the mind? Which one according to you gives you the right direction/right path to follow? Does the heart alwa Abhinav Arora · Sept 2022

Can Productivity Be Your Enemy? Competition in today’s generation is high. Everyone seems talented, and every other person’s life seems perfect. Trying to fight your way to the top c Vrittika Punjabi · Sept 2022

How to Maintain Work-Life Balance? It is a widely accepted fact that the key to a utopian lifestyle is a perfectly harmonized work-life balance. But achieving this ideal is a tough orde Janani · Sept 2022

Frustration Aggression Hypothesis All of us have heard the terms “Frustration” & “Aggression” - but have you heard before this blog that these two terms are interrelated & infl Abhinav Arora · Sept 2022

Be Positive: A Conversation on Toxic Positivity Have you ever told someone going through a hard time or instead experienced someone saying this to you, “don’t worry, things could be much worse”? Whe Vrittika Punjabi · Sept 2022

Animagi In The Muggle World!? I don’t know about you, but as a kid, I spent hours in front of a mirror squinting my eyes so hard they hurt, in a vain attempt to turn myself into my Janani · Sept 2022

Poem: An Elevator To A Different World As time passed by he slowly slipped out of consciousness,Darkness began to engulf his thoughtsA voice filled his head - sounding monotonousAs if he wo Abhinav Arora · Sept 2022

Can We Control Our Inner Voice? To some, it might be their dearest friend and to others, their greatest enemy. Throughout our lives, I wonder if we might find anyone nearly as critic Janani · Aug 2022

Applying Concepts Of Personality To Personal Life Events What is personality? What does it mean? Personality comes from the word persona and is defined as a relatively stable set of characteristics that rema Sulagna Datta · Aug 2022

How did "hate" had a negative effect on my mental health? As long as my memory can extend, all these 19 years of my adventurous life filled with joy, grief, hate & aggression have also been part of my adv Abhinav Arora · Aug 2022

Open Letter: Hope Have you ever imagined, why some aspects or phases in your life can't be recollected no matter how hard you try? Is it because you are suppressing tho Abhinav Arora · Aug 2022

Obsessive Cleaning vs. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 'I clean too much all the time. I am such an OCD.' I'd be running a chocolate factory if I had a dollar every time I heard this statement. This term i Vrittika Punjabi · Aug 2022

Achieving the Ideal that is Happiness If you’ve ever watched The Crown, you know how deep some of its dialogues can be. And there is one staggering quote that sends quivers deep into my he Janani · Aug 2022

Open Letter: Meaning-Seeking and Acceptance Dear Self, Hope this letter finds you in the pink of your health and spirits. I am writing this letter to you, to remind you of something very importa Sulagna Datta · Aug 2022

Artificial Intelligence Technology To Help Autistic Children Let us first understand, what is autism. This particular psychological disorder is a classification of a type of developmental disorder that leads to Abhinav Arora · Aug 2022

Poem Review: "The heart and the fist" by Rudy Francisco. Rudy Francisco is a renowned American Poet, born in San Diego, California and is of Belizean descent. The poem is narrated in such a way, that it seem Sulagna Datta · Aug 2022

Is Music Therapy a Reliable Therapeutic Technique? “Is music your way to escape from reality? Is music a way to calm your nerves?”Most of us listen to music as a hobby or as a way to escape from realit Abhinav Arora · Aug 2022

Lack of Sleep Leading To Psychological Distress As kids, we all have heard that sleep in a person’s life is very essential. Along with the right amount of daily exercises & maintenance of a good Abhinav Arora · Jul 2022

LIFE- A poem Why do people fight all the timeIs it for love, money or just a dimeWhat happened to the timeWhen the sky was clearAnd the mind was without fearBecaus Sulagna Datta · Jun 2022

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Watching a Movie from a Psychology Student's Perspective About the Movie... The movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 movie directed by Michel Gondryand written by Charlie Kaufman. It is an A Sulagna Datta · May 2022

Psychology- Present and Past Psychology is the study of behavior, experiences and mental processes. But its definition was not always this clear. Psychology as a modern science, w Sulagna Datta · May 2022

How exercise can do wonders to your mental wellbeing? Do you know that our mental wellbeing has a biological component? Therefore, our mental wellbeing can at least be improved using physical means such a Tanuj Suthar · Feb 2022

How to Master Optimism? Imagine a scenario, where you fail again and again, still, no matter what, you can handle adversities and failures. If there was anything worthy to be Tanuj Suthar · Aug 2021

How to Improve Self-Control? Do you often desire to lose weight? Still, you indulge in overeating? Learn to improve self-control to eliminate the behavior of overeating. Tanuj Suthar · Jul 2021

3 Things YOU must know about Failure. Have you ever felt stuck in your life because of a small failure? Don't know how to deal with it? Of course! everyone fails at one or the other point Tanuj Suthar · May 2021

A to-be Psychologist’s Open Letter to Depression…. Can Depression ever be a friend? Well, for most people, it is considered as an enemy. To be honest, to some extent, it does rob one's joy, happiness, Tanuj Suthar · May 2021

How to Achieve Maximum Productivity? Ever wondered why big firms give so much importance to the Happiness of the employees? They are well aware that there is a connection between the empl Tanuj Suthar · May 2021