Get Psyched: How to overcome math anxiety
Ever since middle school, whenever I take a math exam, my heart beats faster, my palms start to sweat and I get butterflies in my stomach.
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Get Psyched: Freud’s defense mechanisms
Ego defense mechanisms are techniques used to reduce anxiety by distorting our reality. Let’s learn about nine such examples.
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What are you most afraid of? The distinction between fear and phobia can be a fine line.
Read More →Why are we still watching the “Amanda Show”?
By Alexandria Hilliard, Staff Writer @alxhilliard What first comes to mind when you hear the name Amanda Bynes? From “The Amanda Show” to her recent Twitter shenanigans, Amanda has had a constant place in the public eye in the last few months. After her huge falling out on Twitter, in which she posted numerous tweets that freaked […]
Read More →Should colleges begin using trigger warnings on syllabi?
By Kyra Louie, Staff Writer @beammeupkyra As I scrolled through social media sites over the past few years, the word “trigger warning” had stood out to me from the normal cacophony of the Internet. It was like a buffer. It was someone telling me that what was to come in the following article, post, video, […]
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