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PROCASTINATION: HARMLESS OR HARMFUL!!!

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  Procrastination: Harmless or Harmful? Whether you’re a student or a grown-up doing a 9 to 5 job, you’ve probably procrastinated at some point in your life. It is indeed completely okay to take your time to work – no need to rush it. It is also true that the amount of productivity you engage in does not define your self-worth. However, while it might not seem a life-threatening hindrance, procrastination doesn’t just delay work, but it also makes one question themselves and dislike themselves in the longer run. People who consider themselves to be procrastinators have been found to have poorer health and financial stability. If you’re a serial procrastinator, likely, you don’t have a very high opinion of yourself. Procrastinators are likely to see themselves as lazy people. But is that all there is to it? Do human beings simply procrastinate because they’re lazy? The answer is: no. Just like most of the phenomena we possess in our behavior as human beings, procrastination is c...

SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION

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  Suicide Awareness & Prevention Pages on calendars have turned, and we’re now in the September of 2021. Ever since the pandemic, for many, times have been more difficult than ever before. You might not be a stranger to articles and news reporting the declining state of the youth’s mental health. Therefore, it is more important now than ever, to talk about self-harming behaviors and suicide. On September 10 th , the world observes World Suicide Prevention Day. The entire month of September is called Suicide Prevention month. To promote World Suicide Awareness Day, this article aims for you to understand suicidal behavior, suicide ideation, what to do if you’re having suicidal thoughts, and what to do if someone you know is having it. Before getting into it, we shall dive into the general facts about suicide. Defining Suicide Suicide refers to the act of harming oneself physically, with an intent to die, and succeeding. The major statistics we may mention in this article...