Psychology

On patriarchal conventions in straight relationships and why we can’t keep leaving them unchallenged — I’ve recently come across a new Tik Tok trend: showing your significant other’s ‘beige flags.’ And as the name suggests, a beige flag is supposed to be something that’s neither explicitly negative — like a red flag — nor positive — like a green one. For instance, it can be…

Let me take you to the beautiful town of Patiala, Punjab where I used to spend the better part of summer days at my maternal grandmother’s house. In my grandmother’s house lived a fictional character called “MAN”. Trust me, I have no clue about the origin of Man or who…

Get ready to explore how the seemingly trivial act of throwing paper airplanes helped me to manage my fear of rejection. The Unlikely Hero Picture this. It’s a Sunday morning. Sunbeams are sneaking through the blinds, a warm cup of coffee sits on your bedside table, and yet there you are, lying in…

I went on four dates with a serial addict and abuser. I didn’t know he was such, until I did. Let’s give him a good Irish name — Aidan. Our first two dates were superficial — food, drinks, chatter, nothing deep. The third date was lovely. Aidan cooked dinner, we…

Rip the band-aid — There’s some area of your life you’re refusing to change because doing so would force you to admit how much time you wasted. It hurts to know you could’ve pivoted and done better a long time ago. But the past is the past. …

Growing up stuttering in an articulate world made me feel dumb — I considered what I wanted to ask the farmer. It wasn’t a difficult question, just, “Where are you guys from?” I got this, I thought. But, when I started the sentence, the first two words combined into one impossible utterance in my head. My jaw, mouth, and all the other…

Better decisions lead to better results. — Back at the dawn of time, men began using the excuse that “nice guys finish last” to convince themselves that they weren’t responsible for their own dating failures. I know this, because I was one of them. I did everything I thought women (girls, at the time) would’ve wanted. I…

Dear reader, How many times do we tell ourselves this two words?How often do you use this two words to mask and hide your pain from the world or the people you love?We do it so oftenly to a point we don’t realize how bad we want to believe that.It…

I had been tracking the wolf for three days. I had been in a small town during the full moon when the attack occurred. The local police were baffled but I immediately knew what it was. Two girls had been killed and their mother was traumatized. She kept telling the…