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The Unbearable Pressure Of Feeling Happy | Redefining Happiness With Social Media

We scroll through social media, bombarded with friends' vacation pics, fueling pressure to be happy. But lockdown's aftereffects linger for many. The "new normal" is anxiety-ridden. We crave space, and the pre-lockdown world feels overwhelming. Happiness...

Translation missing: en.by Hello From The Thought Co. ·Sep 7, 2021 ·3 min read
Desensitisation To (And In) The Pandemic
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Desensitisation To (And In) The Pandemic

Do you remember the time when the Covid-19 pandemic started? Remember when the daily death toll would actually frighten us? When going out for groceries felt...

Sep 1, 2021 ·5 min
Reconnecting With Parents
ADHD

Reconnecting With Parents

On a usual day, without the virus, you’d get home and go straight to your room. Interaction with your family is almost minimal. Even...

Aug 24, 2021 ·6 min
The New ‘Other’
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The New ‘Other’

In the last few months, we have witnessed a lot. The volunteering organisations, social media, whatsapp forwards – we all stood up for each...

Aug 24, 2021 ·5 min
Netflix Can Help
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Netflix Can Help

A pack of chips, a decadent chocolate and the inevitable and unchanging solace of Netflix. For the past 365 days this has been my...

Aug 23, 2021 ·4 min
Vaccine Hesitancy
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Vaccine Hesitancy

In 2020 when the world descended into chaos with the loss of lives, jobs and freedom, we all desperately looked to the scientific community...

Aug 23, 2021 ·6 min
Compassion Fatigue
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Compassion Fatigue

Compassion fatigue, in very simple terms, is an extreme amount of distress that one experiences out of constantly caring for another. Also called vicarious...

Aug 23, 2021 ·4 min
Dreams: Unfulfilled
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Dreams: Unfulfilled

In the past 2 years of the pandemic, varying degrees of lockdown, and never ending stagnancy, we have all been angry, restless and unhappy...

Aug 23, 2021 ·7 min
Call it Nostalgia, Call it Grief
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Call it Nostalgia, Call it Grief

CALL IT NOSTALGIA, CALL IT GRIEF The last two years have left us wondering what is in store for us after all. Whether that’s...

May 10, 2021 ·5 min
Covid-19 Resource for Self-Help
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Covid-19 Resource for Self-Help

The uncertainty of the Pandemic has created problems for us that we’ve never faced before. To make things more difficult, our social circles may...

Apr 4, 2021 ·3 min