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How to cope with your emotions, maintain mental health, deal with life's stressors and help others do the same.

How to Support a Friend Who Is Struggling with Their Mental Health
There’s a certain kind of silence that tells you more than any confession ever could. It hangs in the air heavy, deliberate as though your friend has decided to let you see only the edges of their storm.
By Prince Esien5 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
Breaking Free from the People-Pleaser Trap
By Nadeem Shah They called me “the dependable one.” The one who never said no. The one who smiled and agreed, even when my insides twisted into knots.
By Nadeem Shah 5 months ago in Psyche
The Halo Effect: How Physical Attractiveness Skews Our Judgment. AI-Generated.
The Halo Effect: How Physical Attractiveness Skews Our Judgment Have you ever met someone and instantly assumed they were kind, intelligent, or trustworthy simply because they were physically attractive? That instant, almost unconscious leap in judgment is no accident it’s called the Halo Effect, one of the most powerful psychological biases influencing our perceptions every day. This phenomenon occurs when one positive trait, such as beauty, creates a “halo” that leads us to assume other unrelated positive traits. In other words, our brains are quick to believe that “good-looking” equals “good person.”
By Muhammad Hussain5 months ago in Psyche
The Quiet Power of Good Health
We don’t always notice health until it’s gone. It’s like the air we breathe—essential, invisible, and only truly appreciated when it’s missing. More than just the absence of illness, health is the quiet foundation that allows life to unfold with energy, joy, and meaning. It touches every part of our existence: how we move, think, feel, and connect with others.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Psyche
Strength Isn’t Always a Choice
By Nadeem Shah People praised me for being strong, but they didn’t see the truth—my strength wasn’t a gift, it was a sentence I never chose to serve.
By Nadeem Shah 5 months ago in Psyche
The Wake-Up Call
Rafiq was 38, a man who wore his busy schedule like a badge of honor. As a project manager at a fast-growing tech company, he thrived on back-to-back meetings, late-night emails, and the constant hum of productivity. His desk was cluttered with energy drink cans, half-eaten sandwiches, and sticky notes filled with reminders. Promotion after promotion had come his way, but somewhere along the path, he’d stopped noticing how tired he really was.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Psyche
The Pillars of Health
When we talk about health, many of us think first about the body—whether we’re eating right, exercising, or avoiding illness. But true health goes much deeper than that. It’s not just the absence of sickness; it’s about feeling good in your body, your mind, and your relationships. The World Health Organization puts it well: health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. That’s a powerful idea—one that reminds us health isn’t something we achieve once and forget about. It’s an ongoing process, shaped by our choices, our environment, and the world around us.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Psyche
Psych Warfare
Psychological warfare, or psych warfare, is the strategic use of information, media, and perception manipulation to weaken an opponent’s morale, unity, and decision-making without necessarily engaging in direct combat.
By Mohamed Nabil Elmasry5 months ago in Psyche
The Sound of Her Steps
In a quiet neighborhood where jasmine climbed over old brick walls and the breeze carried the scent of fresh bread from the corner bakery, lived Mrs. Kareem.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Psyche
I Used a Binaural Beats App for 30 Days and This Is What Happened to My Focus
I Used a Binaural Beats App for 30 Days and This Is What Happened to My Focus When I first heard about binaural beats, my reaction was basically, “Sounds nice, but does it actually work?”
By Hawrry Bhattarai5 months ago in Psyche