Exploring the forces that shape the human psyche
When people are wronged, they commonly react in two ways. Either they react non-assertively and submissively, or they react aggressively and dominantly. Being non-assertive means you’re passive about your situation and don’t seek to remedy it in any way. Your desire to not offend others comes in the way of standing up for yourself. Aggressiveness, …
Recently, I decided I’d teach myself programming. I’d always been curious about it, and I knew the knowledge would be of use to me. Upon researching online, I came across people saying it was challenging and time-consuming. I enjoy overcoming challenges, so that wasn’t a problem. I was only worried that it’d take my focus …
To understand what causes overthinking, we need to understand why we think in the first place. After that, we can begin to explore why this process goes into overdrive and what can be done to overcome it. In the first half of the 20th century, behaviourists dominated the field of Psychology. They believed that behaviour …
Loneliness is an emotional state caused when people perceive themselves to be isolated from other people. Loneliness is painful and the person experiencing loneliness often shows signs of depression. However, loneliness differs from a depressed mood in one important way- loneliness also makes a person feel unsafe. Other effects of loneliness include increased stress, decreased …
Leadership styles and techniques are the various ways in which leaders in a social setting, such as a business or a political organization, interact with their followers and make decisions. Typically, a leader utilizes a combination of different leadership techniques depending on the situation and the goals of the organization. Imagine you’re an employee who …
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to know how to spot a lie and be like walking lie detectors who can never be deceived? The truth is- there’s no magic formula that can help you with detecting a lie every single time. What you can do, however, is increase your chances of detecting a lie. Your …
Why do conflicts arise? How do you go about managing interpersonal conflict? What can we do to maximize the positive outcomes of conflict? And what can we do to minimize the negative outcomes of conflict? These are some of the important questions that conflict management seeks to answer. To understand conflict management, you have to …
In this article, we explore the psychology of losing weight, focusing on why some people lose the motivation to lose weight and what motivates others to carry on. Most people know the basics of losing weight- that it’s all a game of energy. In order to lose weight, you have to burn more energy than …
Many motivational speakers and self-help gurus lambast the fear of failure as if it’s some kind of a curse on humanity. Hardly anyone ever points out why we have this fear in the first place and, dare I say, the potential benefits of having this fear. I’m strongly against lambasting human emotions because that way you rob …
Have you ever caught yourself wondering if the people you call friends are really your friends? Do you know who your real friends are? How do you identify fake friends vs real friends? Have you ever complained: “He only talks to me when he needs me” or “I only exist when you need something”? Apparently, …