A story of merging virtual and real worlds One of the first signs that I had a tendency to fall into gaming addiction was when I started playing Ragnarok Online at seven years old. Selling items at Prontera on Philippine Ragnarok Online |
Cover image by Ryan Quintal on Unsplash. Growing up, I had always been fascinated with Magic The Gathering, but I have also found it intimidating. I’d pass by hobby shops where competitions would take place. Dozens of people, mostly men, would sit
Despite being the oldest Western form of psychotherapy, hypnosis has been in association with images of stage tricks and cult-like representations. While how effective hypnosis is highly dependent on the individual, many studies have shown that it can be an
Within 7 seconds, people have already made their mind about you as a person; Here is how to make every second count. Photo by August de Richelieu from Pexels You do not get a second chance at first impressions. While everyone knows you should smile,
It’s all fun and games until someone dies… Literally. 40 reality TV show stars dead later; we still have not learned our lesson. Photo by Amateur Hub from Pexels In the modern world, sensory overload is increasingly becoming common. Many of us routinely feel trapped
Many of us who experience trauma or abuse early in our lives have had to grow up sooner than we’d have hoped. We lose our ability to be in tune with our inner child whom we have had to lock
As the world around us changes, people are starting to realize one very important thing — we don’t need as much as we were led to believe. We are a generation that has been tricked by lifelong advertising to always want more.
Photo by Justin Luebke on Unsplash They say that if you weren’t embarrassed of who you were last year, you haven’t grown enough. How do we make the process less painful? We make decisions about who we are every day. We have little decisions like
Within the last month of COVID-19 ravaging the world, two people I know have tried to commit suicide. One of them has recently succeeded. Why should you learn to do a Psychological First Aid Course? In the last decade, there has been
From a thriving sharing economy to a home-based lifestyle, the new normal is about to bring back skills we all thought we didn’t need anymore. Like many young professionals, I started my career at the boom of the sharing economy. Like