anxiety
A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?
Why Your Anxiety Peaks at Night — and How to Break the Cycle
The Midnight Mind Trap It’s 2:14 a.m. The house is dark, your phone is charging, and you should be deep in a dream about a Tuscan villa and bottomless pasta bowls. Instead, you’re replaying a conversation from three weeks ago, questioning your career path, and remembering that embarrassing thing you did in eighth grade.
By Shoaib Afridi5 months ago in Psyche
Why Vulnerability is My Greatest Strength
By Nadeem Shah For most of my life, I wore armor. Not the kind made of steel and iron, but the invisible kind—woven from silence, guarded smiles, and perfectly rehearsed “I’m fine” responses. I convinced myself that strength meant never letting anyone see the cracks. If people didn’t see my pain, they couldn’t use it against me. If they didn’t know my fears, they couldn’t hurt me.
By Nadeem Shah 5 months ago in Psyche
The Invisible Weight of Anxiety
By: Nadeem Shah Anxiety isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s not the shaking hands, the racing heart, or the heavy breathing you see in movies. Sometimes it’s a quiet, constant hum in the back of your mind—a relentless narrator that never shuts up.
By Nadeem Shah 5 months ago in Psyche
Is Anxiety Medication Addictive?
Anxiety is a very common problem that almost every person deals with from time to time. It can be the nervous feeling before presenting something in front of your peers, or the feeling of anticipation before meeting someone new for the first time. A tiny bit of anxiety like this is normal.
By Ankita Dey5 months ago in Psyche
The Age Of Doublethink: When Beauty Becomes a Lie We Choose to Believe
In the 2011 film Detachment, there’s a haunting classroom moment where Henry Barth, a weary and deeply human teacher, speaks to his students about the concept of “Doublethink,” a term George Orwell coined in his novel 1984. He explains that Doublethink is the ability to hold two opposing beliefs in your mind at the same time—and believe both to be true—without ever noticing the contradiction. It’s a psychological sleight of hand, a manipulation of the human mind so subtle and powerful that people end up accepting lies as truth simply because those lies are repeated with confidence.
By ayoube elboga5 months ago in Psyche
