Try to understand this: the day you can look at a bunch of people all competing with one another to be better in the eyes of someone, and choose to not be a part of that game, is the day you win in the mental battle of life. Look at that figure that you want to impress and see a person in them, nothing but a person just like other people you know. If they have the power to give you opportunities, then focus on what makes one capable to get that opportunity. Screw serving that person.

From Shwetagh Ganwar Rudest Book Ever

True reality of superiority and false society approval. 

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Swetabh Gangwar is a novelist, public speaker, professional problem-solver, and has over two million followers on YouTube. He dedicatedly solves people's problems sent to him on his Instagram (@mensutra) and makes videos on as many as he can. He defines it as the purpose of his life and what truly brings him meaning. 

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The Rudest Book Ever

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬.

𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭.

𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.

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In life so many things to doAnd, yes, so many things to say,I know I can and I really wishThat I also do a simple thing today.Let me help quench thirst of someone -Be it a friend, a stranger, or even a dog,Let me help carry someonehis burden: a box, a load or log.

A Simple Thing Today! (A Poem)

Let me bring comfort to someoneOr be a helping hand, perchance,From the road, if I come across,Let me remove a thorny branch.Let me speak a hopeful wordOr help someone find his way,All the things that I do in a day,O my Lord, let me do a simple thing today.~Mohammad Omar Farooq

So Shall We Do A Simple Act Of Kindness Today.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Charity is due from every part of a person's body. Every day on which the sun rises, doing justice between two persons is charity; to extend helping had to a person in riding his mount or put his luggage on it is charity; a pleasant word is charity; every step taken to join in the Salat (prayers) is charity; removing anything which causes harm from a path is charity.'

Let's perform an act of kindness everyday! Shall we?

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in 1999, 2 social psychologist discovered something about intelligent people: they rarely think they're smart. In fact, they often rate themselves at below average. On the other hand, people with low intelligence do the exact opposite: they almost always overestimate they rank by a long shot.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

for example: let's say you re trying to learn how to draw. When you finish your first drawing you're probably going to think you're great at it. But once you practice and realize how much you don't know, you won't think you're very good anymore. This is why people with low intelligence often rate themselves so highly: they don't understand how little they know.

"ignorance is bliss

It was inspired by a man who, thinking about the fact that lemon juice is used to produce invisible ink, decided to rub lemon on all his skin, in order to rob a bank. He thought he was invisible to the bank's camera. Which of course was not true. He just had high expectations and a low intelligence, therefore he thought of himself as genius.

Dunning And Kruger's Original Experiment

If you get to know about the Dunning-Kruger effect it is impossible to have low intelligence. It makes no sense, i know, but hear me out. If you think highly of yourself you will be informed that this means you're not intelligent which leads to not having such a good opinion about yourself, that in the end, judging by this experiment, means that you are actually one of the intelligent people :)

My Conclusion

In today's video, we will explore a number of psychological facts that you never knew! Whether you want to learn about psychology facts, secrets of the mind, or the Dunning-Kruger effect, this video has it all... enjoy :) Music: "Straight" from Bensound.com Thanks to the rest of the TopThink team who worked on this video, including Tristan Reed (writing), and Maverick (Animation).

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If you’ve ever pushed hard or cared deeply about something then you’ve probably experienced a feeling of being lost. Perhaps this manifests as being unsure of what to do next; unsure of how to do it; or even unsure of why you’re doing what you’re doing in the first place. This, says the spiritual teacher Rob Bell, “is a very normal dimension to the human experience…when you feel lost, whatever you do, don’t fight it; just bear witness to it; acknowledge it.”

What Do I Do? How Do I Do It?

Rob Bell has a framework for growth that goes like this: orientation > disorientation  > reorientation. Another well-known spiritual teacher, the Franciscan Friar Richard Rohr, often speaks about transformation as a process of order > disorder > reorder.

Is It Disorientation? Disorder? Rest?

This is quite similar to a framework that Brad Stulberg, bestselling author of Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox, and co-creator of the TheGrowthEq.com, has written about extensively, and one that is backed by over 100 years of science: stress > rest > growth.The challenge for many, himself included he says, is what to do during the off phases.

The Off Phases

For someone who is accustomed to being on, to having things under control and figured out, disorientation, disorder, and even just rest can be discombobulating. These are the phases that almost always look better once you are on the other side of them. It’s easy to talk about the merits of disorientation and disorder from a place of reorientation and reorder. It’s much harder when you’re in the thick of them and feeling lost.

All Is Well When It’s Over, But How About During?

As Bell says, the natural tendency is to fight being lost; or perhaps to shut-down altogether in the face of disorientation and disorder. Generally, this isn’t helpful. Decades of psychological science shows that suppression and repression have negative effects.But the flip-side, to romanticize and dwell in disorientation and disorder, isn’t helpful either. It’s not fun to be lost. We shouldn’t celebrate it. Ruts build on themselves. Science clearly shows that mood tends to follow action, not the other way around — sometimes the best way out of being lost is to just start doing something⁠.

Should I Fight? Shut Down? Stall?

Herein lies the paradox: It’s counterproductive to suppress or repress disorientation and disorder. But it’s also counterproductive to romanticize and dwell in them. What is one to do?Perhaps the answer is simply to pay attention — ideally with a non-judgemental mind and an open heart.

The Paradox And The Answer

The minute we judge them as good, as being desirable and key phases to growth, we’re liable to sit and stew in them for too long. The minute we judge them as bad and start suppressing and repressing them, we’re liable to miss out on what these phases have to teach us, and, ironically, also overextend their stay. But if we pay close attention to what is happening inside of us during these phases, and do so without judgement, the next steps tend to emerge on their own. In other words: we’ve got to be with disorientation and disorder⁠ before we do something about them.

Disorientation And Disorder Aren’t Good or Bad. They just Are.

This is true for individuals and for organizations. It’s true for small communities and entire nations. It’s the stuff of not only spiritual teachers but also science. Evolution is literally a process of order > disorder > reorder. Rush through disorder without listening to what it is telling you and adapting accordingly and you get selected out. But the same thing happens if you dwell in disorder for too long.

This Is The Very Process Of Evolution

Whether we’re talking about a marriage, a career, training for a marathon, building a business, writing a book, or walking a spiritual path, the middle phases are often the hardest. They are immune to strategizing and planning and controlling. There’s a risk in spending too little time in them and there’s an equal risk in getting stuck in them for too long. Perhaps the best thing to do is cultivate the capacity to name when you’re in these phases and then pay close attention to what is happening. It is in this way that you’ll learn when to keep being and when — and what — to start doing.

In The Middle Phases, Keep Being

Switch to Idle, but don’t idle. Be. And watch.

It may seem daunting, but a period of disorder from time to time can be a beneficial break from stress.

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What To Do When You’re Feeling Lost

<ol><li>To lay out global standards for organizations to create and administer an environment where the psychosocial well-being of employees is as clearly defined and care for as their physical safety.</li><li>Offer a helpful baseline for HR professionals across industries to evaluate how effectively their organizations are providing a psychosocially healthy atmosphere, without the need for in-house specialists with deep expertise in mental health</li></ol>

The Goals of the ISO 45003 Psychological Health and Safety at Work

<ol><li>A stigmatized (often nonexistent) support system. Our current situation has highlighted the lack of supportive environments, unsustainable and unfair workloads, and ineffective recognition practices.</li><li>A diverse workforce has different mental wellness needs. Having a blanket solution applied to everyone, without considering their position makes them feel excluded instead.</li><li>Burnout remains pervasive and prevention is the best cure. Employees are facing difficulties in dealing with burnout because it remains to be their responsibility to solve it.</li></ol>

3 Common Mental Health and Wellness Issues Organizations Face

<ol><li>We need to discuss mental health more openly at work and underscore the importance of creating a psychologically safe space for each and every employee. The ISO guidelines are asking to create a culture of protection for employees that speak up.</li><li>The quality and reach of the mental health programs are what's important. We should consider the diversity of the workforce and their particular needs.</li><li>We need to implement and maintain support systems in the workplace for burnout prevention.</li></ol>

Strategies For Change: Handling  the 3 Mental Health and Wellness Issues 

Traditional solutions to mental health and wellness issues won't cut it anymore because it's becoming an increasingly important subject. Organizations seeking transformative solutions may need to have fresh eyes for the following:<ul><li>How we view employee mental health</li><li>Our company's role in leadership and how it's changing the company culture around mental health; and</li><li>The effectiveness of our strategies for today's workforce</li></ul>

A Significant Opportunity for Organizations Ready for Change

For too long we have let companies applaud us for being workaholics without considering our mental health and wellness issues. This article shows those in leadership roles, how they can prioritize our psychosocial health just as much as they focus on our physical safety.

Organizations can improve workplace safety by not only focusing on physical protection but the psychological needs of employees.

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A New Era of Workplace Safety: Prioritizing Psychosocial Health

Eye contact. This is the first indication that we are noticed by another person. Every human has the longing to be seen, understood, and appreciated.Muscles of facial expression. Our expressions are why we have preserved our species because they can show ranges of emotions from disgust to flirtation.Posture. It is a powerful conveyor of connection through open or closed signals, whether the person should approach or avoid.Affect. The scientific term for 'expressed emotions' and we orient ourselves to the emotional experience of the other person

What EMPATHY stands for

Tone of voice. When we are emotionally activated, our tone of voice and facial expressions change unconsciously.Hearing the whole person. It means that we are keeping our curiosity open and saving the judgment against the other person in order for us to fully understand where the other person is coming from.Your response. Our inner experiences and feelings mirror those of others. We are hard-wired for empathy and we are alive today because of mutual aid and cooperation.

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity will not survive.”

Our brains are working with shared neural circuits and shared neurons; some mirror neurons so that we actually have an internal experience of what happens to others. So when we hear the expression ‘I feel your pain,’ it’s not just a figure of speech. We are made for this and it happens not just with our loved ones.Moreover, when we are deprived of empathy, it declines, but the good news is that it can also be learned. In order for us to bring out the best in others, we need to have their specialness reflected back in the eyes of others so they can see it themselves.

How Empathy Works

‘When we accept diminished substitutes we become diminished substitutes’

When we collectively come together to bring our best selves to solve the world's biggest, smallest, and most vexing problem, we are able to do so. That is the power of empathy.

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Here is what I've learned from Helen Reiss, M.D. about the power of empathy.

Dr. Riess is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She directs the Empathy & Relational Science Program, conducting research on the neuroscience of emotions and empathy, and is Co-Founder, Chief Scientist and Chairman of Empathetics, LLC. She is also a core member of the Research Consortium for Emotional Intelligence and is a faculty member of the Harvard Macy Institute for Physician Leaders. Dr. Riess has devoted her career to research on the neuroscience and art of the patient-doctor relationship and teaching psychiatry residents and medical students. Her research team conducts translational research based on the neuroscience of emotions. The effectiveness of Dr. Riess's empathy training approach has been demonstrated in several studies including a randomized controlled trial. She has developed faculty curricula for "Teaching the Teachers" of Psychotherapy that is used by faculty psychiatrists. Dr. Riess's empathy training curricula are implemented internationally in healthcare as well as in business. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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Dr. Riess is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She directs the Empathy & Relational Science Program, conducting research on the neuroscience of emotions and empathy, and is Co-Founder, Chief Scientist and Chairman of Empathetics, LLC. She is also a core member of the Research Consortium for Emotional Intelligence and is a faculty member of the Harvard Macy Institute for Physician Leaders.

Dr. Riess has devoted her career to research on the neuroscience and art of the patient-doctor relationship and teaching psychiatry residents and medical students. Her research team conducts translational research based on the neuroscience of emotions. The effectiveness of Dr. Riess's empathy training approach has been demonstrated in several studies including a randomized controlled trial. She has developed faculty curricula for "Teaching the Teachers" of Psychotherapy that is used by faculty psychiatrists. Dr. Riess's empathy training curricula are implemented internationally in healthcare as well as in business.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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However, there are some resources on the internet which are based on medical research and lived experience that can help educate patients about safe tapering and enlighten doctors about de-prescribing.

Resources for Psych Drug Withdrawal

Psychiatric drug withdrawal is emerging as a significant issue within psychiatry. We have provided a few resources to help demystify the withdrawal process.

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A new set of evidence-based practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with <a href="https://www.psychcongress.com/coe/schizophrenia">schizophrenia</a> has been released by the American Psychiatric Association, with the goal of reducing the significant consequences the disorder has on individuals. Here, Laura J. Fochtmann, MD, MBI, a member of the practice guidelines writing group, shares some insights into the guidelines and how they may impact clinical practice, and discusses future research needs related to schizophrenia.<a href="https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.9780890424841">Full Version online download page</a>

New Practice Guidelines Aim to Reduce Harmful Consequences of Schizophrenia

Outlines practice guidelines related to treatments of persons with schizophrenia, and provide future research directions

Laura J. Fochtmann, MD, MBI, shares insights on a new set of evidence-based practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia, which she helped write. 
Schizophrenia Q&As

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There are two types of human personality :-1. INTROVERT - A quiet, shy person who prefers to be alone than with other people. 2. EXTROVERT - A person who is confident and full of life and who prefers being with other people than to being alone

Personality Types

Introvert is a person with Qualities of a personality type known as Introversion. Introvert means quiet, alone, shy person who prefers to stay alone. Introverts are:-<ol><li class="ql-align-justify"> Quite/Shy/Silent</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Talks less </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Reflective</li><li class="ql-align-justify"> Self Aware</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Take time in making decisions </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Feel comfortable being alone</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Don't like group work </li><li class="ql-align-justify"> Prefer to write rather than talk </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Feel uncomfortable being in public/ crowd </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Have few friends </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Daydreamer</li><li class="ql-align-justify"> Don't like to go for parties/public places</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Don't like to express their emotions </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Enjoy their loneliness </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Extra ordinary thinker....etc.</li></ol>

INTROVERT 

Introvert are shy and alone. But Researchers have found that Introverts have a higher blood flow to their frontal lobe than extroverts do. This part of the brain helps to remember things, solve problems and plan ahead. Even, the imagination power of Introvert are higher than extroverts. Where as loneliness becomes boring for extroverts while loneliness becomes joyful time and exploring new ideas for Introverts. For Introverts a simple and boring things are also interesting. They love to read books, explore something new and doing something extra ordinary things.

Introversion Benefits 

Introverts are shy and quiet,But never underestimate their Potential. They are better than your imagination.

WHO ARE YOU AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT ??

I'm an introvert.  But not less than an extroverts. 

Introvert

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