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Long-form essays, personal perspectives and writing on psychology, mental health, the self and modern life.Page 8 of 18
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What is Schadenfreude: why we secretly enjoy other people’s pain
You scrolled past something this week that made you feel a small, quiet satisfaction. A person you find arrogant got publicly corrected. A company you dislike announced…
Shaniya NazRead article
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant: the last line that changes everything
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant was published in 1884. It takes about fifteen minutes to read. The last line takes considerably longer to recover from. You…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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How Daylight Saving Time Affects Your Body and Sleep
How daylight saving time affects body and sleep is a question most people answer with a shrug and a second coffee. The biology underneath that shrug is…
Syed HammadRead article
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What I learnt from a bus driver in Scotland
What I learnt from a bus driver in Scotland was not something I had packed for, and I had packed for almost everything. Four large bottles of…
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Why Fathers Struggle Most at One Year
Most parenting advice focuses on the adrenaline-fueled "fourth trimester," but recent data has finally pinpointed why new fathers struggle most at one year. The sleepless nights, the…
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Does cannabis affect memory? it does not just blur it
Does Cannabis affect memory? You remember it clearly. The conversation. The thing that was said. The version of events that has quietly become the official version inside…
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Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen: tv show of the week
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen Netflix review: eight episodes of a feeling that has no name. It dropped on Netflix on March 26th. It is…
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What Hysterical Really Means: a history of the word
What does hysterical mean? History of the word traces back further than most people expect. Not to the 1950s housewife quietly losing her mind in a suburb.…
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The invisible side of marketing
This is how subtle marketing influence shapes consumer choices now. Have you ever bought something and later wondered whether you actually needed it, or whether something quieter…
Dr. Shalu ChopraRead article
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What the Mahabharatha knew about wealth that nobody told you
What is the meaning of Artha? Often reduced to mere wealth, it was understood by our ancestors as the vital ground that sustains a full human life.…
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What I learnt from a cab driver in london
What I learnt from a cab driver in London is probably something not many people have even if they are frequent passengers in London. This encounter revealed…
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All the versions of yourself you have already been
There are versions of yourself you have completely forgotten. Not the big ones. Not the you that graduated or moved cities or ended something that needed ending.…
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