By Aleshia Hutchison I stepped out of the proverbial gay and lesbian closet eleven years ago, not just to friends and family, but also to myself. Like every other little gay boy and lesbian girl, I knew for a long time I was different from my friends, I just couldn’t quite put my finger on…
By Vesna Barzut For the majority of people, divorce represents one of the greatest personal defeats. Undoubtedly, divorce is a great source of stress not only for ex-spouses but also for others in their environment. Nevertheless, as a personal crisis, divorce can also result in personal growth and improvement of one’s quality of life. The…
By B. Bradley I wonder how many of us, if we could go back in time and be offered some ‘psychology’ courses, would opt to take them starting in 1st grade, knowing what we know now about life and what it takes to navigate its sometimes tricky waters. Maybe a ‘Psychology 101’ squeezed between spelling…
By Ileana Martinez Along history, interracial marriage has been a matter of controversy and criticism. It was not until 1967 that the first-ever legal battle in the U.S Supreme Court occurred with the case of Loving V. Virginia that pursued rights for interracial marriages. Nowadays marriage between people of different races is quite common place.…
By Dr. Ghazal Adnan Many psychological illnesses are long term, and thus require long term treatment. So, sometimes, over a long period of time, a patient becomes tired or overwhelmed with taking a medication and also of dealing with the illness, so they end up missing their dosage, or fail to follow the correct instructions. …
By Faheera Asif Independent, bold, free, courageous, self-determined, able… These words are not for many women living in Eastern cultures! In these cultures and societies, you find women working with men at hospitals, offices, industries, schools….etc; you may even find them living independently, on their own and on their own earnings, and yet no woman…
Memory is important to all of us. Our memory is unique to our individual story and the details precious to each of us in ways that scientists or researchers could never quantify. So, to help keep those memories intact, here are a few memory boosting habits that you should remember about remembering! * THINK FOUNTAIN PEN: If…
By Giannis Fliatis Sport psychology is a recent, but interesting field of psychology. It refers to the fields of psychology and kinesiology, as it combines knowledge from both of these sciences. Sport psychology targets to define how psychological factors affect an athlete’s performance and how sports or general physical activity could affect someone’s psychological condition. …
By Wajeeh Khan Basic neuroscience has revealed that the human brain is lobed into right and left hemispheres. While the details of these, as in the anatomy of these two hemispheres is rather irrelevant to the subject under discussion, it is however imperative to mention the functions of these two hemispheres. Psychologically, the left hemisphere…
By Tiffani Hughes Several years ago, I received my B.S. in Psychology. My mother was a counselor and as a kid, I used to read her psychology books and “diagnose” my friends and family. After I arrived at university, and began attending classes, I heard jokes that most students take psychology to find out what…
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