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The Emotional Echo: How Micro-Rejections Shape Our Inner World. AI-Generated.
Most people understand the sting of major rejection. A breakup, a job denial, a falling-out with a friend—these events leave marks that are easy to recognize. But psychology has begun paying increasing attention to something far quieter: micro-rejections. These are small, often fleeting moments of social dismissal that many of us overlook or brush aside. A text left unanswered, a slightly cold tone from someone we care about, a subtle exclusion from a group conversation, a joke that doesn’t land the way we hoped—it’s easy to dismiss these experiences as trivial. Yet they leave emotional echoes that can meaningfully influence our behavior, self-perception, and overall psychological health.
By Kyle Butlerabout a month ago in Psyche
Why Failure Is Your Strategy
I used to think failure was a sign that something was wrong with me. That maybe I wasn’t talented enough, smart enough, or disciplined enough to keep up with the shiny, successful world around me.
By Fazal Hadiabout a month ago in Psyche
The Wearying Of Life. Top Story - December 2025.
Have you felt it? The change in the feeling of life? The constant feeling of being physically and mentally tired? The fatigue that crept insidiously into our lives?
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)about a month ago in Psyche
In My Inner Thoughts: Your character and personality can be a valuable style of you as a person
Some people in a society may think the style of you as an individual necessarily has to do with how you look overall like your beauty, the way you dress, what you put on yourself to look nice, and what you have, such as things and people around you. However, that is not all the things. Those are not even the main things. Those are just part of it.
By Zuri Bagakasabout a month ago in Psyche
Mental Health & Anxiety: Legal Ways to Seek Help and Treatment Options. AI-Generated.
In today's fast-paced world, mental health issues like anxiety are becoming increasingly common. The World Health Organization(WHO) states that one in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. Therefore, it's crucial to understand the various legal ways to seek help and explore potential treatment options.
By Dwayne Lindsayabout a month ago in Psyche
The Mindset Shift That Saved My Life
When Life Felt Too Heavy to Hold There was a time when waking up felt like lifting a mountain. Not because anything dramatic happened—there was no big crisis, no sudden catastrophe—but because everything inside me slowly dimmed until I could barely see a way forward.
By Fazal Hadiabout a month ago in Psyche
Beauty Can Be Terrifying
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is, aside from being my favourite fiction book I have ever read, a perfect example of beauty and the sublime. While this is not a review of the book, it serves as a perfect illustration of what we are going to discuss: the limitless and boundless beauty—and horror—of the sublime.
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P about a month ago in Psyche
A Blanket of Ash
Elias stood at the kitchen window, hip pressed against the cold aluminum frame, a cigarette burning down to the filter between his fingers. It was well past midnight. The snow, a slow, steady fall for hours, had finally smothered the city. Not a sound. Not a goddamn whisper. Just the heavy, plush quiet of winter, the kind that makes your ears ring, makes you feel like you’re underwater. From the fourteenth floor, the streetlights below were dull, haloed orbs, struggling to pierce the thick, white air. Every car, every dumpster, every ragged bush was softened, rounded, like the world had been carved from some enormous bar of soap. He flicked ash into the sink, the grey powder landing with an almost audible puff against the porcelain.
By HAADIabout a month ago in Psyche
Why We Remember Some Moments Forever — and Forget Others Instantly
How memory operates is curious. We can remember a phrase uttered ten years ago even if we cannot recall what we consumed for lunch two days prior.Though we forget significant dates, misplace keys, and struggle to remember names, we may still recall the aroma of our grandmother's cooking, the mood of our childhood home, or the exact shade of the sky on a day of special importance.
By Shahjahan Kabir Khanabout a month ago in Psyche
Breaking Free From Trauma. Top Story - December 2025. Content Warning.
Do you believe that we are put on this earth for a reason? You don't have to be spiritual to believe. I believed in something more when I was growing up. It was my way of surviving my childhood as a sex-offender's daughter.
By Elizabeth Woodsabout a month ago in Psyche
The Hidden Costs of Hustling. Top Story - December 2025.
People do not need to be reminded of the murky, colourless and dull picture of what burnout resembles, of either 'taking on too much' or 'hustling too hard.' I truly get it. Burnout is real for both entrepreneurs and employees alike; and when we push our bodies to the brink - aches and pains, and perhaps a few viral infections and mental exhaustion (only to name) come knocking on your domain. And these pesky guests do not give two hoots as to whether or not they are invited to the party - let alone into your own personal space. Life is expensive, and it is only becoming more commonplace and familiar. It is important to put in the effort, yet that effort needs to be inspired. It does not matter what line of work you engage in, provided you are in the flow. The healing starts with you in getting to the bottom of your trauma and inner child. Doing the inner work.
By Justine Crowleyabout a month ago in Psyche
EGGS PROTECT YOUR BRAIN New Study Finds Eating More Than One Egg Per Week Reduces Alzheimer's Risk by 47%
For years, eggs were at the center of debates in nutrition. Some experts praised them as a “superfood,” while others warned people to limit their intake due to cholesterol. But a new long-term scientific study has added an exciting twist to this story: eating more than one egg per week may significantly protect your brain and lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 47%.
By Mustafaabout a month ago in Psyche