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Are Serial Killers Born Or Made? | Mental Health And Serial Killers |
Are serial killers born or made? This article explores the nature vs nurture debate through research on genetics, the MAOA gene, early trauma, brain...
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Misdiagnosis of Adult ADHD
Rising social media awareness of Adult ADHD is a double-edged sword. The pandemic makes focus issues clearer, but some may confuse pandemic stress for...
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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...
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Increasing Mental Health Support In The Pandemic
How the Pandemic Changed Mental Health Conversations in India Have you ever wondered how different the pandemic would have been if open, engaging conversations...
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We Are Mislabeling Labels
Label as defined by the Cambridge dictionary is a word or a phrase that is used to describe the characteristics or qualities of people, activities, or things, often in a way that is unfair....
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[Men]tal Health
(Trigger warning: mentions abuse; suicide; substance abuse)Patriarchy is a societal system that puts men in a position of power and women in a weaker...
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Eating: In Different Perspectives
In India, gaining weight is seen as a bad sign. I’m sure many of us have heard the sly “oh, you’ve gained weight, who...
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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...
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The Rational Vs. Emotional Mind
The rational vs emotional mind is a quiet tug-of-war shaping every decision we make. This blog explores how the amygdala and neocortex guide our...
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Learned Helplessness
Learned helplessness explains why we sometimes stop trying, even when change is possible. Repeated negative experiences can make us feel stuck, but this pattern...
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The Mammoth (AKA Stress)
Have you ever been stuck in traffic? Or been late for an appointment and are travelling by a really slow train? Or had a...
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Pandemic Guilt
Remember the lockdown? The two week vacation which turned into a year long ordeal? What we now call our ever changing “new normal”. Well...