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Being concerned with what people think of us is a universal human experience (with a few exceptions), be it when we are being observed, when we meet someone new, or are encountering a social situation we’re not familiar with. This

Jealousy, like all other emotions, has a variety of flavours and degrees. It is often experienced as a negative feeling that comes up when our relationship with someone we care for is threatened by a third person. I will refer

Emotional hygiene refers to maintaining strong and healthy mental health. Oftentimes, this is a part of our health we tend to forget or put aside yet it is always present in all we do. Psychological injuries happen when we feel

At a young age, we all learn that trees undergo a process called ‘photosynthesis’ which is largely responsible for maintaining the Earth’s oxygen levels and providing clean air. But how well do we really understand the impact of trees on

COVID-19 turned our world upside down. We were brought into lockdown and had to stay constantly put in the same environment, distant from friends and extended family. We had to isolate, maintain social distancing, worked from home and some also

Fear & Phobias

Since fear is unpleasant, it motivates us to avoid environmental threats, injuries, or undesirable feelings in social situations such as guilt or shame. Fear has its evolutionary advantages, of course; ‘’Our ancestors who experienced fear in response

The human stress response

 ‘Stress’ refers to the biological and psychological reactions to a perceived ‘threat’ from the environment. Being able to automatically perceive and react to a threat in our environment has helped our ancestors survive countless life-threatening situations.

If I had to define loneliness, it would be something like; craving contact with what is other than yourself. With this, I imply that loneliness is also something which prevents us from being at peace with ourselves. This will be