Pathological Lying

Pathological Lying

Lying is an act of making false statements in order to protect oneself from the consequences of truth. A pathological liar on the other hand is one who lies at a high frequency irrespective of the repercussions of those lies. The lies could be spontaneous, vague or...
Survivor’s Guilt

Survivor’s Guilt

An experience of a massive personal or environmental disaster will always have varied subjective reactions of the victims. Confronting a major tragic event has several psychological consequences for the ones who survive them. One of the most under-noticed effects is...
Coping Mechanisms

Coping Mechanisms

Coping mechanisms are techniques people frequently employ while facing stress and/or trauma to help manage distressing or difficult emotions. It can help people adapt to stressful events while also sustaining their emotional well-being. Significant life events,...
Emotion Regulation

Emotion Regulation

Emotion Regulation refers to an individual’s internal and external processes that are used for monitoring, evaluating and modifying emotional reactions, especially the temporal features to accomplish one’s goal. Emotion regulation, therefore, attempts to influence...