Category: #psychology
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Why You Never Feel Like You Have Enough??
“You can have anything you want in your life; you just can’t have everything you want!!” Not a long time ago, Indian middle-class households survived on the basic rule of using everything to the fullest!! We grew up sharing things like clothes, books among siblings, cousins and our dadi-nanis taught us to utilize everything in…
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Understanding Psychology: A Path to Better Mental Health
“Taking care of your mind is not selfish, it’s essential!!“ There has always been a taboo about mental health. Accepting that I am having some problem in my life which is affecting my mental health takes a lot of courage. There is a general tendency of brushing it off as minor or insignificant. But sometimes,…
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The Triad of Thoughts, Emotions And Behavior!!!
We can learn to control our thoughts, emotions and behaviors so they no longer control us!! We face many different situations in our lives, and we respond to these situations in different ways. We keep on thinking that our response is a result of these situations. But psychology tells us otherwise. It says that there…
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Stress And Coping Mechanisms
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it!!” Lou Holtz Earlier, stress used to be a very peculiar term and was used only in case someone was facing a really critical problem which has impacted that person either physically, emotionally or socially. But now a days, we use this…
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मानसिक आरोग्याकडे वाटचाल!!!
आज १० ऑक्टोबर, जागतिक मानसिक आरोग्य दिन म्हणून ओळखला जातो, त्यानिमित्याने हा लेखप्रपंच! ‘मन’ तसा आपल्या सर्वांच्या जिव्हाळ्याचा विषय म्हणजे या मनाशी आपली ओळख खरे तर मराठी साहित्यातून झाली. अगदी लहानपणापासुनच आपल्याला मनाचे श्लोक आवर्जुन शिकवले जायचे आणि त्यावेळी त्याचा अर्थ जरी कळत नसला तरी, नित्यनेमाने आपण ते रोज म्हणत असू. मग पुढे शाळेत गेल्यावर…
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Self-awareness: What should you know about it?
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Gustav Jung Being humans, we believe that we are entitled to have opinions about almost anything we come across. We judge others easily based on their behaviors and actions. But when it comes to us, do we really know…
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Psychosomatic Disorders: The Mind-Body Connection
The mind and body are not separate, what affects one, affects the other!! The term “psychosomatic” is basically a combination of two Greek words: “psyche” meaning mind and “soma” meaning body. So, in simple words, psychosomatic disorders highlight the association between the body and mind. The initial cause of these disorders is related to the…
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Knowing our Emotions!!
“Your emotions are nothing but biochemical storms in your brain and you are in control of them at any point of time!!” Tony Robbins Every one of us experiences an array of emotions almost every day. I may be happy, sad, angry, afraid, jealous. All these emotions are important part of our life. Our emotions…