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Social media dramatically impacts our offline lives and mental well-being; examine its benefits, risks and controversies through scientific studies, real-life anecdotes and more.

Smiling Hurts Sometimes: The Hidden Pain Behind “I’m Fine”
“I’m fine.” Two words. So small, so easy to say — and so often a lie. A mask. A shield. A desperate way to keep the world from asking too many questions.
By SHADOW-WRITES9 months ago in Psyche
When You Feel Nothing: The Quiet Struggle of Emotional Numbness
Some days, you're not sad. You're not angry. You're not happy either. You just *exist* — moving through time like a shadow of yourself. You smile when you should. You respond when spoken to. You say, “I’m fine,” and maybe you even believe it for a second. But deep down, there’s… nothing.
By SHADOW-WRITES9 months ago in Psyche
The Unseen Weight: Listening to a Generation in Pain
You feel it in schools: the empty chair in math class where a bright kid just... stopped coming. You hear it in the tired voice of a teacher saying,
By Mahdi H. Khan9 months ago in Psyche
How Perfectionism Destroys Our Potential
You Know the Old Saying... Practice Makes Perfect... Which has further been Amplified by Many... "Perfect" Practice Makes Perfect.
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)9 months ago in Psyche
The Lie That You Should Have It All Figured Out by 25
There was a moment — on my 24th birthday — where I looked around and thought: *“Wait… shouldn’t I have figured it all out by now?”*
By SHADOW-WRITES9 months ago in Psyche
I Felt Deeply Lonely — Even With 3,000 Followers and Constant Messages
There was a time when my phone never stopped buzzing. DMs. Likes. Tags. People commenting on my posts. People replying to my stories.
By SHADOW-WRITES9 months ago in Psyche
Why “I’m Fine” Is the Most Dangerous Lie We Tell Ourselves
“I’m fine.” We say it without thinking. Sometimes it’s automatic. Sometimes it’s a reflex. Sometimes it’s a desperate attempt to keep everything from spilling out. But rarely, if ever, is it true.
By Noman Khan 9 months ago in Psyche
🧠 What Overthinking Feels Like — And How I Finally Silenced It
You ever had a moment where your brain just *won’t shut up*? That’s not “just overthinking.” That’s torture. And I lived in that loop for years.
By SHADOW-WRITES9 months ago in Psyche
The Scroll That Never Satisfies: Why Short-Form Content Leaves Us Spiritually Starving
I open the app, and within seconds, I'm swept into the current. A dog-tasting peanut butter for the first time. A podcast clip where someone's crying about heartbreak. A dad surprising his daughter at school. A pastor delivering a one-minute message on identity. A fitness influencer explaining "three reasons you're still bloated." A sped-up recipe for honey garlic chicken. A baby laughing so hard, I can't help but laugh too.
By Robert Lacy9 months ago in Psyche
You’re Addicted — And You Don’t Even Know It
You roll over in bed and reach for your phone without thinking. Maybe you’re checking the time. Maybe you’re scrolling for just a second. Maybe you don’t even know why you picked it up. Ten minutes pass. Then twenty. You didn’t plan it—you just… did it. That’s not random. That’s design. And that quiet, automatic moment might be the clearest sign of something deeper: addiction. Not the dramatic kind we usually picture, but something subtler, slipperier, and far more common. You’re addicted—and you probably don’t even know it.
By Noman Khan 9 months ago in Psyche
The Ghost in My Synapses
Dr. Elara Myles had spent her entire adult life studying the brain—mapping its secrets, decoding its language, and dreaming of rewriting its flaws. Ironically, it was her own mind that would become her greatest mystery.
By Syed Kashif 9 months ago in Psyche
What Anxiety Really Feels Like (And How I Finally Destroyed It for Good)
**What Anxiety Really Feels Like (And How I Finally Destroyed It for Good)** Anxiety doesn’t knock on your door politely. It barges in, sets up camp in your chest, and rewires your brain so that everything — even the good things — feel like threats.
By SHADOW-WRITES9 months ago in Psyche