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Five Benefits of Diary Writing

Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, a record of her personal life amidst the Holocaust, is the most famous diary and a renowned book, read widely across the

Our Therapy Experience with COVID-19 Anxiety

“As a person dealing with years-long Health anxiety, I used to visit my family physician almost 3-4 times a month before I started therapy. This long period of relief ended

Worsening Effect of Coronavirus Panic on Anxious Individuals

Repeatedly washing your hands, avoid coming in contact with people who are sick, obsessively reading about undiagnosed medical conditions, etc is common for people who are diagnosed with any form

When the pressure to be perfect hits you

“My brain feels like it’s been punched and punched and nothing comes out” -Kirsty Schafer Earlier this year, research involving 40,000 students at universities in the UK, the US and

Do You Need A Psychiatrist, A Counselor or A Psychologist?

So if you have mental health concerns, you should seek help. But where do you go? How do you know what type of doctor you should talk to? Do you

Emotional Regulation | How Can I Control My Emotions?

Emotions can get in the way or get you on the way. -Mavis Mazhura Our Emotions are diverse and basically motors us through life. Most individuals, act, react and behave as

What is Happiness ? Understanding Happiness

Happiness is characterised by the experience of more frequent positive affective states than negative ones as well as a perception that one is progressing toward important life goals. Certain kinds of

How to Deal with Procrastination? 5 Ways to Stop Procrastinating

What is procrastination? Have you ever sat down to work on an assignment, a report or a speech and then found yourself staring at a window or doing a less

Dealing With Loneliness When Your Kids Leave Home- Empty Nest Syndrome

Parenting is not limited to the biological relationship of a mother or a father with their child. It is a long-term process of rearing a child and catering to his/her

How to cope with Coronavirus Anxiety, according to Psychologists?

With the media flooding us with the constant updates about every case being reported in any nook or corner of the country, it is very natural to feel restless and

How to overcome negative aspects of Perfectionism

Perfectionism is defined as a personality trait characterized by a person’s striving for flawlessness and setting excessively high performance standards. Perfectionism is accompanied by overly critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others’ evaluations.

Ways to be Happy

“Wealth can be found in its most natural form inside the heart and mind of a happy person.” – Anon The concept of ‘happiness’ finds its roots

Lucid Dreaming… Reality Or Myth?

Lucid dreaming has always baffled the minds of many and debated as a myth of mythology. A topic left behind for the geeks to debate over, until Christopher Nolan’s Inception hit

How to make the most mundane things more enjoyable?

“A new study from Ohio State University in Columbus and the University of Chicago at Illinois argues that by doing the same activities in unusual ways, we can enjoy them

How To Focus On Things In Your Control

A man has been trying to cut down a tree in the rain for hours, after a while his neighbor seeing that the man is facing some difficulty goes over

How to reduce our tendency to seek a perfectionist mind set

Any kind of action taken in extremities becomes maladaptive, and in a similar context, when perfectionism reaches a greater intensity, it can have unimaginable effects on our performance and well-being.

Trypophobia- Do You Have This Phobia?

“If the sight of holes makes you panic, you may suffer from the most common phobia you have never heard of- Trypophobia.” -Geoff Cole A peer-reviewed study published in the

Fear of Failure

I asked my client why don’t you try? He said- “If I fail, it will bring more disappointments, shame and embarrassment” Well, do all successful people never face failure? The

How To Deal With Negative Thoughts

Self talk is the conversation that we engage in with ourselves on a daily basis, even if we do it unconsciously. We might introspect on a previous incident or ponder

Dealing with loss

Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing.Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. -Vicki Harrison

Therapy Helped Me Accept Myself The Way I Was

Client P, 22 years, was feeling depressed, anxious which was triggered from smoking, drinking and consumption of marijuana, had a disturbed sleep cycle. He was struggling with various concerns like experiencing

How to Deal with Stress?

The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. When working properly, it helps you stay focused, energetic, and alert. In emergency situations, stress can save your life—giving you

Need To Talk To Someone? How It Can Help

Have you ever felt the need to talk to someone? But couldn’t because- They might be judging me They may misunderstand me I might bore them What if I say

Men Don’t Cry

Men in our society are portrayed as physically strong, dominant, stoic, and always in control. Women on the other hand are considered to be fragile, sensitive and expressive. Throughout the

How To Practice Social Distance In The Time of Coronavirus

WHO recently declared coronavirus as Pandemic (prevalent over a whole country or the world), this has to lead to anxiety in worldwide. Recent updates on citizens hoarding on tissue roles and

How To Spot A Sociopath and A Psychopath

There is a general misconception about a Sociopath and a Psychopath. Many times, they are used interchangeably to define a person who breaks law. There are few common traits shared by both

One Proven Way To Make Others Happy

New research showed the recipients of an emailed expression of gratitude (thank you mail) felt much more “ecstatic” than writers expected. Two psychologists– Dr Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley attempted

Are you getting your goodnight sleep?

Its 03.00 am, and you still can’t sleep? Scientific discoveries have shown that your brain actually has two systems. One helps you sleep; the other helps keep you awake. The

How To Deal With Regrets?

We all have those buried feelings of not pursuing a passion, not conveying our true feelings to someone we loved, not speaking up when we wanted to, not spending enough

Drug Addiction | Steps To Overcome Drug Addiction

“I have been using melatonin (sleeping pill) to sleep, without it I am not able to sleep. I am doing since long and I think without it I won’t be

How to Step out of Comfort Zones

A situation where one feels safe or at ease. Be it a job that we are stuck in, a dead end relationship that we are holding on to or a

Kinds of Discrimination

When I say ‘discrimination’, some of the words that may commonly strike your minds are ‘racism’, ‘religious biases’, ‘cultural prejudices’, and ‘gender-based discrimination’ among others. While these are concepts that

How Frequently Moving During Childhood Impacted Varun

“Everybody thinks I am this happy-go-lucky, chilled out personality, but the truth is – I’ve always been lonely. In fact, I’ve come to a point where I feel it’s better

How to forgive yourself?

In this fast pacing life we often forget, that in order to move forward peacefully, we must give us that one big gift of Forgiveness. What stops us from forgiving

How Change In Attitude Can Bring Happiness

One of the life’s sharpest paradoxe is that your brightest future hinges on your ability to pay attention to the present. ‘Living here and now’, ‘living in the moment’, ‘living in

Dealing With Uncertainty In The Time Of Corona

Should we reschedule all travel plans? Shall we cancel the function? Do we postpone the wedding? Would it get better or worse? Within a few days, the increasing death toll

How to Support a loved one when they are dealing with Depression?

If you have a friend or a loved one who is diagnosed with depression. You may be clueless as to how to help them. The person may not voice out

Am I Stressed or Anxious?

While it can be difficult to differentiate between stress and anxiety due to similarities in how they both may manifest themselves (physical symptoms), it can be important to understand whether

Covid-19 Panic – Why Are We Hoarding?

Hoarding is a behavioral pattern where a person is unable or unwilling to discard possessions regardless of their value. They accumulate a large number of possessions that often fill up or

Experiencing Grief And Understanding The Five Stages of Grief

Grief is a sorrow experienced by someone who has lost something significant in their life. Grief Meaning It is a multidimensional emotion encountered when we suffer a major loss such