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We tend to associate cyber fraud with the theft of money or the misuse of accounts. However, what is the mental state of the person who is a victim of cyber fraud? Research suggests that the emotional toll of cyber fraud can be as damaging as the actual experience of fraud. This blog aims to look at the invisible wound of cyber fraud victims and how humour can help them heal.
Can material possessions make us happier? This blog explores how materialism can affect our happiness and life satisfaction through psychological processes such as hedonic adaptation and social comparison. While certain forms of materialism linked to achievement may support well-being, pursuing happiness through possessions alone can lead to cycles of adaptation and rising expectations. These cycles can have both negative and, at times, positive effects.
After decades of building a life together, the passing of a significant other in old age not only ends the partnership but reshapes the meaning of past decisions and identity. The blog explores how disenfranchised grief could silently intensify if not acknowledged, leading to decisional regret and identity disruption in late-life widowhood.
