Month: October 2020

Feeling dirty when feeling sinful and cold when lonely

By: Prabha

In: Flick Through

An attempt to understand the connection between abstract concepts and physical feelings.Continue Reading

Is our internet addiction wrecking family life?

By: Prabha

In: Addictions

This new era of internet has violated all the gates of a happy family. These boundaries weren’t crossed except in case of an emergency.Continue Reading

Don’t judge a book by its cover

By: Prabha

In: Mind cafe

We are all slaves of a huge number of subconscious biases. Life can get easier if we can lift the veil a bit to let our critical thinking peek through.Continue Reading

Life as a ride on the train

By: Prabha

In: orbit of life

Life is like a journey on a train. This mysterious voyage of life on which we embark is made up of millions of little moments, choices, interactions and thoughts. Continue Reading

This is a classic example of ‘Projection’, a type of defence mechanism, that you and me use it unconsciously from time to time. It is believed that we use it to avoid uncomfortable repressed feelings. Projection may also occur when individuals cannot accept their own impulses or feelings. According to famous psychologist Sigmund Freud the uncomfortable unconscious emotions are projected on to other people, so that other people become carriers of our own perceived flaws. Fortunately (or unfortunately) for us, this form of emotional displacement makes it much easier to live with ourselves … because everyone else is responsible for our misery – not us!

In public perception, mental illness and violence remain intertwined, and much of the stigma associated with mental illness may be due to a tendency to conflate mental illness with the concept of dangerousness.

The pain experience for all of us begins when unpleasant stimuli activate sensory nerve fibers called nociceptors. The brain itself does not feel pain because there are no nociceptors located in brain tissue itself. Headaches, however, are a different story. Though your brain does not have nociceptors, there are nociceptors in layers of tissue known as the dura and pia that serve as a protective shield between the brain and the skull. In some situations, chemicals released from blood vessels near the dura and pia can activate nociceptors, resulting in headaches, such as migraines.

Which personality trait do you think defines you the most?