There are many things to help with depression, and most of us are familiar with these practices. However, there are a few unexpected techniques which may surprise you. If you have depression, I know you’re tired of everyone telling you to be more positive and not worry so much. Yes,…
Difficulties arise faster than we can alleviate them, it seems. However, stoic philosophy can help us keep calm and live our purpose in life regardless. Problems seem to overwhelm and complicate our lives, popping up as soon as we think we have a handle on everything. To be honest, if…
Anxiety symptoms have never been so common before. Among the factors that cause anxiety disorders, technology plays a huge role. It’s a tech-savvy world, one cannot deny that. And has the technology become an integral part of our lives? Has it taken over basic functions and very comfortably made its…
Recent psychological studies reveal some really weird psychopathic traits, some of which may surprise you. We now know that psychopaths are not necessarily cold-hearted killers who frequently go on murderous sprees, operating on the fringes of society. There are some psychopathic traits, however, identified by experts such as Robert Hare,…
Text messaging is a quick and convenient way to stay in touch. But it can actually seriously damage your relationships in six key ways. Since the birth of the text message in 1992, the way we communicate with each other has changed beyond recognition. Conversations we once had over the…
I have been a smartphone user since they were created. Quite frankly, it is a smartphone addiction. Everywhere you go or whatever you do, you run into hundreds of people around you that are glued to the screens of their smartphones. It's a sort of smartphone addiction epidemic. We miss…
We all dream about achieving some kind of success. But when we think about the ways to succeed in life, we also think of self-imposed obstacles. I have a great business idea, but I don’t have money to bring it to life. My dream is to become a yoga instructor,…
We all like to think that we are autonomous beings, going about our lives making conscious decisions based on free will and educated reasoning. So would it surprise you to learn that many of the choices we make are in fact influenced by a phenomenon called social proof? What is…
