Origin of Despair
The term despair originates from the Latin word “desperare”, which signifies “down from hope”. The notion of despair in any manner can not only impact an individual but can also emerge and dissipate through social communities. But what leads to despair? What are those factors which push down an individual’s morale and lead to a feeling of […]
Homeschooling: Impact and Efficiency
Homeschooling is a much heard and practiced concept. Helen Keller, Selena Gomez, Agatha Christie, and The Jonas Brothers are just a few well-known names who have been homeschooled instead of enrolling into traditional schools like everybody else. It is a widely spread notion and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents are preferring to homeschool […]
Concept of Happiness
Happiness is such a complex term that it doesn’t have any specific definition as it varies depending on the context. It holds different meanings for every individual. We, humans, have various levels and concepts of happiness in different stages of our lives. Like an infant receiving the right amount of attention and affection, or even […]
Necessity of Evil
In a broad sense, evil is defined by it being the polar opposite of good or the lack of good. Although it can be a fairly broad notion, it is most commonly used to refer to profound depravity in everyday speech. It is often regarded to take a variety of forms, including the human moral […]
Racism and Its Effect on Mental Health
Injustice in the “justice system”. Ed Johnson, a young black African American man, was murdered by a lynch mob in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 19, 1906. He had been sentenced to death for the rape of Nevada Taylor, but a stay of execution had been given by Justice John Marshall Harlan of […]
Why to Quit?
As we go about our lives, we’re continually reminded of why giving up isn’t an option and what to do if you’re on the verge of giving up, but what if what you’re doing is consuming too much of your time and effort while providing no joy or satisfaction? What if it’s merely causing you […]
Information Overload
We’ve all been told at some point in our lives not to anticipate, hope, or love too much since too much of anything makes us miserable when our expectations aren’t met. The concept of information overload is based on the same concept; ‘infobesity’ if you may call it, is a combination of two words ‘information’ […]
The Making of a Narcissist
Let’s start with the story of Echo and Narcissus, which is a myth from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, an Augustan Age Roman mythical epic. The myth of the mountain nymph Echo was introduced into the story of Narcissus, the lovely young man who rejected Echo and fell in love with his reflection and dies wasting away before […]
Beauty of Ignorance.
“Daniel Radcliffe reveals his top 3 celebrity crushes” or “Here’s how much it costs to book a Tesla” or loads and loads of articles on how to crack your exams; the internet is filled with these commentaries and we cannot stop ourselves from diving in. We want to be the one who knows everything, but […]
Link Between Creativity and Psychological Illness
“For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses and the mind is no longer in him; […] ” (Plato, ‘Ion’) The above excerpt can be summed up as the saying that people should inevitably […]