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Coping with Uncertainty: A Guide

Coping with Uncertainty: A Guide

The future is necessarily unpredictable, so uncertainty is something all human beings come up against. That’s not a bad thing per se. Uncertainty stimulates planning and resilience, and forces us to adapt to changing conditions. The sum of all that is personal growth, which is always a good thing. However, sometimes uncertainty can be overpowering. Our planning and resilience may…

Finding Meaning in the Everyday

Finding Meaning in the Everyday

Life becomes tough when one doesn’t see meaning in it. This is an issue that philosophers have grappled with for millennia: nihilism. Nihilism refers to many different beliefs, of which all aren’t hopeless or bad. However, here, nihilism refers to a belief that everything is meaningless or baseless.  While people don’t commonly endorse the belief, they do feel it. A…

Maladaptive Perceptions: How Depression Affects Our Interpretations

Maladaptive Perceptions: How Depression Affects Our Interpretations

If you’ve ever felt two or more emotions, you’ve probably noticed how different things appear to you in different moods. By this, I don’t mean that you start experiencing completely different things relative to others. For instance, if you’re looking at a tennis ball, you’ll see a tennis ball regardless of how you feel (unless you’re hallucinating).  However, there’s more…

Letting Others Define You—How it Affects Your Life and Mental Health

Letting Others Define You—How it Affects Your Life and Mental Health

Whether it’s your parents constant comparing you to other kids, the harsh words your girlfriend said in the midst of an argument, or the nasty labels a bully gave you at school, other people’s words leave an imprint on you.

While many of us learn to ignore others’ opinions of us, people with low self-esteem struggle to shake them off. Often, they become so consumed by what others have to say that they let themselves be defined by it.

Why You Shouldn’t Become Emotionally Distant When Social Distancing

Why You Shouldn’t Become Emotionally Distant When Social Distancing

Health experts continue to advise people to practice social distancing to protect themselves from the ongoing virus—something many of us are struggling with.

Socializing is a primary human behavior; it’s rooted in our evolutionary past. Sometime during evolution, we realized that being a part of large groups increased our chances of survival. This is also why our society relies heavily on cooperative engagement and gatherings.

Coping With Coronavirus Anxiety: A Guide

Coping With Coronavirus Anxiety: A Guide

Most of us have never been through anything like the coronavirus outbreak. The increasing death toll, the fear of getting ill, the lockdown, and the economic downturn are all justified reasons to be anxious and upset. And together, they can be downright debilitating.

How to Stay Positive During the Ongoing Pandemic

How to Stay Positive During the Ongoing Pandemic

No one expected most of the world to come to a standstill due to a deadly virus. In fact, it still feels like something out of the movies. With all this uncertainty and fear surrounding us, finding the will to stay calm and positive is of the utmost importance—as hard as it is. Here’s how you can stay positive during…