by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 23, 2018 | Counselling, Depression, Existentialism, Health, Mental Health
“He held up a real brain in a jar with a blue liquid, which he called “joy juice:’ trickling into it from a small plastic pouch held above. He asked the audi- ence to pretend that their brains could be treated with a hormone (i.e., joy juice) that...
by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 14, 2018 | Adjustment, Mental Health, Social Psychology, Stress
Emotion is defined classically as the feeling that we derive from our circumstances, , moods and social interactions with other people. We feel a cocktail of emotions all through our lives. However, have you thought that your emotions can influence the way we make...
by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 11, 2018 | Mental Health, Positive Psychology, Psychology
Positive Psychology and the theory of exuding optimism to see positive outcomes are drastically different. The idea of optimistic thinking to magically produce fruit is often something that we tend to think is the way to go about manifesting our goals. However, this...
by Shantanu Tilak | Feb 17, 2018 | Counselling, Existentialism, Mental Health, Psychology, Social Psychology
We feel a host of emotions as human beings. Emotions like fear are said to be wired into us in order to cope with negative situations, and activate our fight and flight responses. These are experienced during stressful situations and often lead us to narrow down the...
by Shantanu Tilak | Feb 15, 2018 | Culture, Mental Health, Psychology
We often harp on the focal, key importance of romantic love, saying that it is the beacon that guides our relationships. However, is romantic love the only facet that the emotion of love can result in? Romantic love, contrary to the way we frame it as ‘eternal...
by Shantanu Tilak | Feb 2, 2018 | memory, Mental Health
It is believed that memory is the best index of our past experiences. Is this true when considering a distressing situation? We often rely on memory to be the most reliable source of past information. When we are often baffled while trying to remember a past event, we...
