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Decision Making Using Signal Detection theory

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Decisions can feel really difficult, and we face a lot of uncertainties. But we can't escape making choices- we make them almost every day, whether it is as mundane as which coffee brand to buy, or what to eat, or as serious as a medical professional making a tricky diagnosis from an X-ray for something as serious as a tumour. People may have to make choices between taking a cab or a bus during an important meeting, when they are trying to save money. These choices have one thing in common, which is a feeling of being uncertain (sometime more than the other) and this could become complicated by our own personalities, our life experiences and all the distractions surrounding us. It might make us wonder what our decision-making process is like for important decisions while being uncertain, and how we can understand ourselves and our choices better. When we have to choose between the bus and the cab, we may have to factor in our anxiety levels, our priorities (like saving ...
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Talking about mental health through comics: A 5 panel story

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Self-talk: Short Story (Talking about mental health through short stories)

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  Note: This short story is not a replacement for therapy, an official diagnostic tool, or other interventions. The information I share in this short story is based on research papers, articles, chapters, and my experience as a therapist. However, what I write here may not address your specific questions or concerns; this is generalised information. The characters I mention here and the story itself are completely fictional, so any resemblance to reality is coincidental. All the artwork and charts are mine, so please use them only for personal use. Please do reach out to someone for assistance if you believe you need it. We deserve all the help and resources that we need! "...Everything is fine. Everything... is fine...", Jen kept on chanting these words to herself as if willing them to become muscle memory. But the longer she paced around the room, chanting monotonously, the more doubtful she became of how fine everything actually was. 25 year old Jen took a moment to stop p...
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Neha's Journey: A Short Story on Mental health(Fiction)

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  Short Story: Neha's Journey Note: This short story was originally published on another website, Milyin . That website has since been shut down. I have decided to republish my short story here with some edits and new artworks. This, and the previous version of the story, are my original works. This short story is fictional, and any character or situation mentioned here is not real. The short story mentions topics/concepts related to mental health, and any resemblance to personal experiences is coincidental. "Ring Ring Ring.." The bell hadn't even stopped ringing, and all the students were already running out of the class, impatient to avoid letting any teacher take away their recess time. Well, actually, all but one student had left the class. Neha was still sitting in her chair, staring out of the window- she had been doing that often lately. At first, it was because staring out the window helped her calm down; I mean, who doesn't feel calm when they stare at ...
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Is There A Loneliness Epidemic? What Loneliness Does to Us and What Can Do About It

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Note: This blog post is not a replacement for therapy or other interventions. The information I share here is based on research papers, articles, chapters, and my experience as a therapist. However, what I write here may not address your specific questions or address your specific concerns; this is general information. Please reach out to someone for assistance if you believe you need it. We deserve all the help and resources that we need!     “Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?” ―  Haruki Murakami,  Sputnik Sweetheart  Loneliness is something that can exacerbate sadness, make life feel dreary, and the quiet feel like stretches of never-ending longing. But these are not just musings of worried family "tsk tsking" about youngsters these days staying in...
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The Rising Crisis of Students' Mental Health

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Important Note:  This blog post talks about things related to mental health and self-harm behavior. What is written is also not a replacement for therapy or other interventions. The information I share here is based on research papers, articles, chapters, and my experience as a therapist. However, what I write here may not address your specific questions or concerns; this is general information. Please reach out to someone for assistance if you believe you need it. We deserve all the help and resources that we need! BBC Student suicide review says unis must act to stop more deaths.   The Korea Times Teen suicides keep rising as school stress takes a toll.                                                                                    India Today Del...
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Our Gender roles and its impact on our mental wellbeing

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Do Gender Roles Influence Our Psychological Well-being? Pink and Blue gender reveal decor... Barbies or toy cars... nursing or engineering... gender roles seem to pervade every fabric of our society, and even when times have changed the rigidity of said roles, the weight of different gender roles relentlessly assert their presence. Other researchers in the field of social sciences and behaviour have argued whether nature or nurture influences gender roles, and psychologists have tried to look into their long-term effects on psychological well-being as well as mental health.  What are Gender Roles? Most of us will take up multiple social roles throughout our lives- and that doesn't just include our professional roles. In our personal lives, too, we take up the responsibilities of being a child, friend, partner, parent, and an individual beyond being a student or job-specific roles we take up. When we dive into these roles in our lives, it is hard to ignore the differences in the soc...
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