by Shantanu Tilak | Jan 26, 2018 | Adjustment, Psychology, Social Psychology
Whether someone’s words are factual or based on a mere assumption, we need to give ourselves room to gauge them. As we discussed earlier, we have managed to understand how people sometimes make value judgments about us, by taking from fleeting thoughts that they...
by Shantanu Tilak | Jan 22, 2018 | Adjustment, Mental Health, Psychology, Social Psychology
“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people make a judgment.” There are always individuals who are going to expound their opinions about our character. They might have pleasant or unpleasant things to say to us, which tend to affect us in several different ways....
by Shantanu Tilak | Jan 14, 2018 | Adjustment, Social Psychology
Some say conformity is ubiquitous. But how can we define whether the effect it has is nuanced, or full-blown? The notion of ideology is something that pervades within all of us as human beings. We all subscribe to some form of thought process of chain of beliefs. When...
by Shantanu Tilak | Jan 8, 2018 | Adjustment, Community Psychology, Social Psychology
We often try to decipher whether conspiracies and hidden intent are laid within the political agendas that our leaders impose upon us. When we are encouraged to vote for a particular candidate, are there often ploys used in order to garner more favorable results in a...
by Shantanu Tilak | Jan 1, 2018 | Adjustment, Culture, Existentialism
As the New Year commences, let’s put time into perspective. Looking in retrospect at 2017, there are events that we remember, and others that often slip from our memory. Before you go ahead and look back, take a minute to stop and think. We’re sure that...
by Shantanu Tilak | Dec 29, 2017 | Adjustment, Counselling, Culture, Psychology
The New Year is imminent in the effect it has on our psyche. As the New Year begins, we often find ourselves thinking, ‘Is it time to shed my old skin?’ Thinking about letting go of certain aspects of our personality, or certain habits we have is thus, an...
