Gaslighting is a specific brand of emotional abuse that may be used by your partner, parents, work colleagues, or friends to manipulate you and make you doubt your thoughts, feelings, and reality. Do the following phrases sound like something you may hear in your regular life?? "What you are saying never even happened." "This is not how things happened." "You are overthinking things." "This never happened. You must be losing it." If these are phrases you hear regularly, you are being gaslighted. 13 SIGNS YOU ARE A VICTIM OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE There are many different ways to gaslight someone ..read more

Are you in love with a narcissist? Falling in love or loving someone is one of the most beautiful feelings in the world. However, falling in love with the wrong person can not only lead to heartbreak, but it can also lead to dangerous situations like physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, etc. In this article, I will be discussing how to identify if you are in love with a narcissist and your escape options. Narcissism is a form of self-indulgence that causes a person to overlook other people's needs. Most people tend to exhibit narcissist behavior at some point or the other. However ..read more

Love is something that everyone is biased for. Everyone wishes to love and be loved. Fall in love with someone who respects and trusts them and lead a happy life. However, if the relationship is toxic, it becomes very hard to sustain and grow. Relationships mostly turn toxic because of either one or both the partners not understanding the needs of the other person or gaslighting. In this article, I will be discussing the signs that you are being gaslighted by your partner and what should you do. If you wish to receive more tips about taking care of your mental health, boosting your confidence ..read more

You may have been asked to journal as a part of your therapy, or you may be considering it on your own. However, how to start journaling when you have never done so before? Before I start discussing how to start journaling, you need to understand what journaling is and its benefits. I have discussed how journaling can boost self-confidence.  12 UNIQUE WAYS JOURNALING EMPOWERS AND BOOST SELF-CONFIDENCE If you are planning to start the journey of journaling regularly and are interested in reading more about how to maintain emotional wellness and boost mental health, please subscribe to Gu ..read more

Do you know, you were involved in journaling regularly when in your teens? You must have had a diary when you were a teenager. The journal mostly lived under your mattress. This diary was your best friend. It was the safest place you could imagine. The diary had all your secrets, anger, anxieties, troubles, elusive thoughts, etc. When you wrote in your diary, you were not afraid of being judged or punished for what you wrote. The process of getting your thoughts out of your head and putting them down on a piece of paper felt nice. When the thoughts were written on the paper, the brain felt le ..read more

 Working from home needs some adjustment, but it does not have to be a nightmare. Coronavirus has changed the working situation completely. With new variants coming up regularly, more and more people have to adapt to the work-from-home situation. In the article, I will be discussing a few mental health tips that would increase your efficiency of working from home. This would help you be more focused on your office work when you are working and be more relaxed and devoted to your family when you are not. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WORKING FROM HOME If you are interested in reading mor ..read more

Emotional abuse does not leave external wounds that the world can see but the wounds left from emotional abuse are much deeper and lingering.  Psychological abuse or emotional abuse as it is otherwise known as can leave its mark on your mental, emotional and physical behavior. However, this is not the legacy that you have to live with. The road to recovery is not going to be easy but there is a light at the end of the tunnel if you choose to enter. Unfortunately, in the case of emotional abuse, most people do not wish to enter the recovery tunnel at all. However, you deserve much more th ..read more

  Physical abuse is easy to identify, but emotional abuse is more sinister and insidious.   If a person is facing physical abuse, there will be visible signs. However, manipulation and toxic mind games are in play, making it very difficult to decipher that the person is going through emotional abuse. It has been observed that the victim may not themselves realize what is going on until it is too late. Part of the reason why emotional abuse is so hard to detect is that it comes coated in the mask of a caring attitude. Unfortunately, the emotional abuser can be anyone. It can be ..read more

Most people fall down a steep staircase that ends in work from home burnout. Are you in the same boat? Then keep on reading! There are many positive factors to working from home. You do not have to bother about the dress code; there will be no supervision, no time wasted commuting, and you have the freedom of deciding where you choose to work. However, there are many psychological effects of working from home as well. Some people have embraced this culture and are enjoying it. However, some are facing many challenges when working remotely. Here are 19 tips to help you relax, destress, increas ..read more

19 tips to avoid work from home burnout and boost productivity Most people fall down a steep staircase that ends in work from home burnout. Are you in the same boat? Then keep on reading! There are many positive factors to working from home. You do not have to bother about the dress code; there will be no supervision, no time wasted commuting, and you have the freedom of deciding where you choose to work. However, there are many psychological effects of working from home as well. Some people have embraced this culture and are enjoying it. However, some are facing many challenges when working ..read more