Tag: mental health
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Apparently My Brain Isn’t Broken. It’s Just Running Ancient Software
I was watching a YouTube video on my way back home from work. Now, considering my commute is long enough to qualify as a short domestic flight, I consume a lot of content while travelling. Most of it gets forgotten before I even reach my destination. This video didn’t. It was called 10 Habits That…
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Not Everybody Gets a Vote: Stop Letting Strangers Make Your Life Decisions
Lavanya From Bihar Doesn’t Get a Vote I need more people to stop caring. Not in a “be rude to everyone” kind of way. In a “why are you allowing complete strangers to sit on the board of directors of your life?” kind of way. Because some of you are out here making life decisions…
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How to Rewire Your Brain: Simple Ways to Use Neuroplasticity in Everyday Life
Having gotten the whole “what is neuroplasticity, explain to me like I’m five” thing away (which by the way is my last article, you can read here) — it’s time to leverage all that five-year-old-level information into actual action. So let’s recap for a bit first. Your brain has tiny labourers called neurons. They communicate…
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What Is Neuroplasticity? Explained Like A Normal Human Being
For reasons unknown to mankind, the internet loves complicating things. Using jargon to describe things that could otherwise be described easily. Maybe it makes people on the internet look smart, maybe it makes the viewer look stupid, but if you try even minutely, you’d be able to understand just about anything in the world. Because…
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Ikigai : The Quiet Art of Having a Reason to Stay
I don’t remember exactly when I first came across the word Ikigai. Maybe it was in a book I didn’t finish, or on a Pinterest board with pastel quotes and ocean-blue fonts. But the word lingered. Like a scent I couldn’t name but somehow recognized. Ikigai is a Japanese concept that roughly translates to “a…
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Why We’re More Comfortable With Fictional People Than Real Ones
Why do fictional characters feel safer than real people? This article explores emotional safety, control, and the psychology behind our attachment to fictional connections. There’s a strange, almost embarrassing truth that many people quietly live with: it is often easier to love someone who doesn’t exist. Not in a delusional, “I’ve lost touch with reality”…
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The Burari Diaries: A Production Gone Wrong | Shreyalogy
The Burari Deaths: A Psychological Breakdown & Analysis This story is pure horror for normal people. It’s not the worst thing we as humans have seen, but most definitely one of the most bizarre cases when we think of the why, and not the how. Imagine, one morning you walk into your friend’s house and…
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I Wish I Could Work Towards My Dreams Every Day (Instead of Feeling Stuck)
What do you wish you could do more every day? I wish I could say I’m building something. Not in the vague, Pinterest-quote way where “healing is building” or “rest is productive too.” I mean actually building something. Something tangible. Something that moves me even an inch closer to the life I keep romanticising in…