A healthy mind in a healthy body: mental health problems and solutions, scientific findings, and interesting facts on psychology and mental health. Incredible hypotheses about the human conscious and subconscious mind.
Are you guilty of saying these psychologically damaging things to your children? Most parents are. As children grow, they need to be nurtured in such a careful way, since their minds are so delicate. As a child, our deep-rooted perceptual foundations are built by the influence of the adults in…
What if I told you that mental illness is not what we think it is? I’m sick. At least that’s what they tell me. My psychiatrist gives me the same speech while writing out a new prescription for a stronger medication. The pills I took the previous month just didn’t…
The human heart has always been a symbol of love and romance. In reality, however, it is an organ that pumps blood around our bodies. So where has this emotional connection to love come from? No other organ in the human body has this connection with an emotion, so could…
Are you one of those lazy people? Well, then you probably have a mental advantage over your active peers! Personally, I’m quite a lazy person. Sort-of. I like being productive and getting things done, but I also like the tasks that allow me to stay in my pyjamas in bed…
Do you spend a lot of time in the shower? Here's what it could reveal about your loneliness. Whether you’re the type to take a five-minute shower in the morning or a luxurious hour-long soak in the tub in the evening, it might be able to say a lot about…
Do you feel angry all the time? There may be some hidden reasons for that. Is your anger getting out of control? Is it getting harder and harder to stop flaring up at people? Do you wonder why you always tend to use anger instead of other emotions in stressful…
Have you ever thought that feeling bad might, in fact, benefit you in some ways? Positive thinking is currently one of the most popular concepts in psychology, as it seems to promote a number of different effects, such as elevating some of the symptoms of mental illness. However, in a…
Self-absorption may be responsible for most mental health issues, psychological research suggests. My heart was never wounded so badly, as by the words of my enemy. Of course, I had no idea that she was my enemy until months later, hence the sudden hurt. It seems I was self-absorbed, and…
