What is a substance? What is substance use and how is it different from substance misuse? How are substance abuse and dependence different? These and many such questions grapple the masses with the increasing percentage of addiction, its economic and social costs and the disorders that tag along with addiction. A substance refers to those chemical compounds that are ingested into the body to alter the mood and behaviour of the individual and has severe health and social hazar

“Shayan is a shy boy”, “Anandi is very outgoing and jolly”, “Mr Gupta is suspicious of everyone”, “Mrs Banerjee gets upset over very minor things”. We tend to attach these titles of someone being shy, suspicious, dramatic, outgoing and many more, to people, under the pretence of their personality. What even is this personality that we blame everything on? Personality is an individual’s characteristic way of thinking, feeling and behaving. Personality is relatively stable and

Our human psyche is a complex set of processes and factors. We are constantly dealing with emotions in our everyday life. Communications are an integral part of our life. We not only communicate with those around us, but we also communicate with ourselves. There’s a saying by Anthony Robbins: “The only thing standing between you and your success, is the story you keep telling yourself!” Such is the power of communication. These internal communications also shape our behaviour

Abstract As we look forward to new beginnings in 2021, the narrative of the Rainmaker is one that we should all be thinking about. Carl Jung's favorite story, initially presented to him by sinologist Richard Wilheim, was the story of a small village in China which was stricken by the great drought. He loved telling this story in his lectures. Although it is a simple narrative, considering the chaotic and troubling circumstances in which we find ourselves, this article has a

Introduction “Since most problems are created by our imagination and are thus imaginary, all we need are imaginary solutions.” -Richard Bandler Imagine, for a second, two children playing catch and throw in outer space with the moon or an elephant flying high in the air, or a cat singing the lyrics of your favorite song . You probably haven't actually seen any of these things happening, but you could imagine them instantly, couldn’t you? That is the power you have: your imagi

“we learn our belief systems as very little children, and then we move through life creating experiences to match our beliefs. Look back in your own life and notice how often you have gone through the same experience.” -Louise L. Hay “Humans only use 10 percent of their brains”, this is something that is believed by most humans because that’s what our teachers in schools have taught us or people around us might have told. But, it is just a myth. Though this false belief can b