Anxiety is a state of heightened fear and apprehension whenever our body senses threat in the environment. It triggers the arousal response system of our body which we popularly know as ‘the fight or flight response’. This state of arousal prepares your body for either fleeing the situation or for fighting…

Have you ever heard of core beliefs? If you know what core beliefs are then you’d know how and why cognitive psychology identifies them as a crucial aspect of what and how you feel about yourself, and consequently how you behave. I started reading about it a long time ago…

We all fall prey to the urge of devising a routine that allows us to do our daily activities with minimal effort and conscious concentration; a reality that might have no negative consequences if we use the time saved by our routines to good use. But the harsh reality is…

Stress is the response to a stimulus (an event) which leads to mental or psychological strain. However, it’s important to note that every one of us would have different response patterns to a similar stressful event. Let’s take into account this coronavirus pandemic, although we all faced the same threat…

Why can’t so many of us get over the notion that we haven’t earned our successes, or that our ideas and abilities aren’t deserving of others’ attention? This unfounded sensation of uneasiness is now being researched by psychologists. Impostor syndrome, or impostor phenomenon, is the term used by psychologists to…

When your body experiences a traumatic event, there are possible ways or pattern it can respond in that particular situation. Trauma impacts people in many ways, whether it is short-term or long-term. You’re undoubtedly aware of this. Did you know, though, that four separate responses can seemingly explain how your experiences…

Remember the last time when those feelings of emptiness and worthlessness crept over? What did you do about it? Now if you’ve ever stepped in the same direction as I did, you’d have asked that question many times over, ‘I just need a purpose in life’. Because that is the most…

Art therapy is something which has been gaining popularity lately, and why not, looking at the vast array of healing properties following such creative process. Seems intriguing. With this newfound vogue, comes all kinds of assumptions, myths and doubts. So, I thought, why not take a step forward and explore…

Our nervous system has been categorized into two sub-systems, namely, Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System. Where the CNS includes your brain and the spinal cord, the PNS includes all the other nerves connecting the CNS with all the organs. Now, the Peripheral Nervous system is further divided into…