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Long-form essays, personal perspectives and writing on psychology, mental health, the self and modern life.Page 9 of 17

97 Purusharth8 min read

What Kama Actually Means: the ancient secret nobody told you about pleasure

There is a word you already know. You know it the way most people know it. As something charged. Something that requires a lowered voice or a…

Navneet ShuklaRead article
98 Psychology7 min read

Brain rot: the science behind the word oxford made official

Brain rot was a joke until the neuroscience caught up with it. Oxford University Press named it Word of the Year for 2024, defining it as the…

Shaniya NazRead article
99 The Prism6 min read

How the shows you watch are quietly teaching you marketing

Marketing lessons from TV shows are rarely what people expect to find. But they are there. In every episode. Not a textbook. Not a lecture. Not a…

Dr. Shalu ChopraRead article
100 Psychology6 min read

Why does music give you chills? the science behind Frisson

Why does music give you chills? Because your brain just did something extraordinary. It predicted beauty. And it was right. That shiver down your spine has a…

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101 The Margin8 min read

An Astrologers Day by RK Narayan: The con man who told the truth

An Astrologer's Day by RK Narayan is a story about a fraud. A man who knows nothing about the stars. Who cannot read the future. Who sits…

Navneet ShuklaRead article
102 Psychology7 min read

Therapy generation anxiety: the paradox nobody wants to admit

Therapy generation anxiety is the paradox nobody in the mental health industry wants to talk about. Generation Z is the most therapised generation in history. More young…

Shaniya NazRead article
103 Beyond Borders8 min read

From trusting everyone to trusting no one but yourself

What nobody tells you about moving abroad alone is the sea of questions to come. Nobody warns you about the silence. Not the silence of an empty…

Ayushi BhatRead article
104 Psychology7 min read

Do people think AI is conscious? a study published today says it takes minutes

Do people think AI is conscious? Most people, if asked directly, would say no. They know they are talking to software. They understand, at least intellectually, that…

Navneet ShuklaRead article
105 Psychology6 min read

Why do we rehearse arguments that never happen?

Why do we rehearse arguments that never happen? Because the brain cannot tell the difference between a problem that has been resolved and a problem that has…

Navneet ShuklaRead article
106 Psychology8 min read

Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore: the strange experience nobody talks about

Why nothing feels real anymore is not a question most people ask out loud. They sit with it. They notice it at odd moments. On a Tuesday…

Navneet ShuklaRead article
107 Psychology6 min read

Deep questions to ask someone to know them better (that actually work)

Deep questions to ask someone to know them better are rarer than they should be. Most conversations stay on the surface because both people let them. You…

Navneet ShuklaRead article
108 Psychology6 min read

How the body ages: 7 million cells just gave us the clearest answer yet

How the body ages is one of the oldest questions in medicine. Yesterday, for the first time, we got something close to an answer. A study published…

Shaniya NazRead article
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