You've been mindlessly scrolling for a while when suddenly your favorite celebrity pops up - posing glamorously in front of the Eiffel Tower and their captivating smile shining brightly from your phone. It's the middle of your day at work and it hits you hard.
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Sentences like these have become common conversational phrases among today's youth. Terms like OCD, ADHD, anxiety and depression are often used as slang, assigned to oneself on a whim. With pop culture highlighting mental health issues on social media, a trend of idealizing mental illness and romanticizing one’s suffering has emerged amidst the youth.
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Boundaries are a way of defining the way in which you want to be treated in relation to others. They specify the behaviors you find acceptable and the ones you do not.
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Sia worries a great deal about letting her parents and teachers down. With yearly examinations just around the corner, she finds her anxiety skyrocketing due to a lack of adequate preparation. Being an overachiever, she gave herself a target of scoring 100 percent on all the tests.
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If you are in a relationship, chances are you might have experienced conflicts with your partner. Conflicts are natural in any relationship, especially when there is a difference in communication styles.
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Have you ever noticed how stress from work-related issues causes headaches? How feelings of joy physically energize you? These are classic examples of the mind-body connection; the interconnection of mental and biological functioning, a notion that instates how deeply our thoughts, feelings, behaviors and bodily functions are intertwined.
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“Things have a way of working themselves out if we just remain positive.” — Lou Holtz
Often, the relentless pressures of daily life can lead individuals to become entangled in a cycle of negative thinking.
Sasha, a marketing manager at a large corporation, began feeling overwhelmed by her responsibilities. She was juggling multiple campaigns, attending countless meetings, and working late into the night to meet tight deadlines.
How often do you ring a friend when you get badly injured? And was it ever your first instinct to get treated by a friend in case of injury?
With women taking up a whopping majority in psychology-associated professions globally, it is currently emerging as a prominently female dominated field.