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The Destructive Power of Peer Pressure Peer pressure is when you are influenced by other people to act in a certain way, as we all wanted to became a part of a group and feel like we belong in that community. It can happen when we are influenced to do something usually we would not to do or stop us from doing something wrong. Changes in their attitudes, behaviors and values also comes under peer pressure. It is not always direct, it can be also indirect. Many of the people say peer pressure is a negative thing. The different cases of peer pressure teach us different lessons. Some can use this pressure in confidence boosting or some in negative way. It all depends on a human mind how they react in a situation. Negative pressure can affect one's body, mind and spirit, however, positive pressure lowers our stress and help in better decision making. Negative pressure can affect important relationships, one's grades, and overall personality whereas positive pressure c...

Does skin color matters? https://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/12/the-color-of-your-skin-does-matter/ When it comes to skin color, India is obsessed with having a fair skin. The comparison on the basis of color is predominant. Perhaps the ever-growing hatred for the dusky skin has been nurtured by fairness creams. Earlier, it was a notion that people with dark skin belonged to lower classes that are destined to work under the sun, while people with fairer complexion are meant to rule the world. After all who can forget the infamous apartheid in South Africa where blacks were ruled by the whites! Even in India, the white British men came here to rule over brown men. Somehow we have inherited looking down upon our darker colored brethren from them. Even today, a family’s first preference of a daughter-in-law is a fair skinned girl. We talked to some people regarding the issue: “I am 21 years old and I used to think that skin color matters a lot. But with age and maturity, I c...

Breakup Loss Falling in love and coming together in a relationship is easier than maintaining it. Whether a relationship is short-term or a long-term, people tend to get emotionally attached to the other person. The attachment is etched so deeply in the minds, that the breakups have a painful impact on us, more mentally than emotionally. A breakup can be very painful because it represents the loss of shared dreams and commitments between the two. A healthy relationship begins with full of excitement and hope for the future but when these relationships fail the feeling of disappointment, stress and grief overpowers the senses and all the joys of life become redundant. Sometimes the impact of a breakup is such that a person loses his/her will to live and take extreme steps. Psychologists suggest that the people around such a person should be sensitive and help them through this stage to bring them back to their lives. Here are a few people who share their breakup experie...