351 Blog Posts To Learn About Mental Health

Let's learn about Mental Health via these 351 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. If your mind is not right, nothing it produces or caters to will be. HackerNoon's mental health stories address how to care for your most valuable asset 1. Omori on Nintendo Switch SERIOUSLY Needs a Trigger Warning Omori is a game that can trigger anxiety, I know that firsthand. 2. How Dating Apps Shift Focus from Simple “Matching” to Mental Health Why Dating Apps Shift Focus from Simple “Matching” to Help Users Prioritize Mental Health? 3. Procrastination is a Form of Emotion Regulation In this Slogging thread, our community discusses their experience with procrastination, coping mechanisms, and Sirois' take on procrastination. 4. Managers, Do You Wait for the Doorknob Effect? If you are not sure what a Doorknob effect is, you probably want to keep reading. Either you’ve seen it before and didn’t act properly, or worse you just missed it. 5. How I Learned to Stop Worrying As a psychiatrist, I know worrying does not help. Focusing on our sphere of influence, the present moment, and gratitude can help with worry. 6. The Difference Between Early-Stage Theater and Traction A former founder reflects on how fake traction and startup delusion led to his downfall - and what real traction actually looks like. 7. The Dark Side of LinkedIn: A Capitalist’s Pipe Dream LinkedIn has become a cesspool of toxic productivity, virtue signaling, and corporate worship. It is time to call for a change! 8. The Frightening Truth Behind Mind Control and Social Media [Halloween Special] Let’s talk about the elephant in the room… 9. 9 Free Book Websites That You Should Know About Looking for free books online? Check out our top 9 websites, including Project Gutenberg, Open Library, and ManyBooks, offering over 2 million ebooks! 10. The Art of Overthinking: Why You're a Genius at Creating Problems That Don't Exist Thinking so much it’s holding you back? Uncover the hidden motives behind your mental chaos, Master the Mind Wizard's Stopwatch Formula, delve into the unexpect 11. You Are Not Your Startup, Your Startup is Not You About the psychological trap founders fall into, merging their identity with their startup, and why maintaining objectivity is absolutely essential. 12. The Great Outdoors (of Computing): Take Your Work Outside Anyone else tired of being shackled to a desk between the hours of 9 and 5 on a beautiful day? 13. 3 Tips to Improve Your Mental Health as a Developer It's been over a month now since I last wrote an article here for my blog. I've been struggling a lot with low mood, which has meant that I haven't had the motivation or the energy to produce new content. I have been getting help, which I've found really useful, so I thought I'd share some of the things I've learned in the hope that it might help other developers in a similar position. 14. The 7 Scopes of Wellness and 21 Apps to Help You Attain Them These times are hard and achieving good health may seem difficult, but it is possible to achieve your wellness goals. Find out more about wellness here. 15. How I screwed up myself building my dream startup I was looking at the doctor’s face, my heart beating super fast, scared of what will come out of his mouth: 16. Technology and the Mind: An Existential Psychotherapist’s Thoughts on the Meaning of Tech A: Technology has two primary shortcomings. Both of them stem from the fact that technology facilitates contact with humans, but through a medium that underscores the individual and not the connection between them or the relational phenomena that occur between them. 17. The Illusion of Being Stuck When you face the challenge of feeling stagnant in your career, in your personal life, nothing seems to help you progress. 18. An Introduction to Pain Management: How To Deal With Pain Pain can be difficult to deal with, but there are different management options for pain depending on person, gender and clinical conditions. Read about pain. 19. The four things I do to manage my migraine as a software developer Migraine affects 1 billion people worldwide. It's the 3rd most prevalent and the 6th most disabling illness in the world. It's worse than an ordinary headache. The attacks usually last between 4 and 72 hours. Whoever has, or had a migraine knows about the pain they had to endure and the sacrifices they had to make because of it. Managing a migraine is not easy. You're pretty much forced to change and adjust your lifestyle and habits. There is no pill that you can take to make it go away forever. In this article I'll cover the four things I do to manage my migraine. 20. Hey Employers: Do Black Lives Matter? As you know (I hope), the murder of George Floyd has caused protests and violent riots in Minneapolis, and many other cities around the United States. Yet again, another Black man was murdered by those hired to protects us. Four policemen pinned George to the ground after being called by a store clerk about disorderly conduct. An officer, by the name of Derek Chauvin, kneeled into George’s neck with extreme pressure, digging it into the ground to the point that he struggled to breath. As George was suffocating, he stated that he could not breath multiple times, but Chauvin did not let up. The other officers just stood by allowing it to happen, which makes them just as guilty. George died later that day. It took days just for Chauvin to even be arrested. He’s now been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. If you’re unaware of the story, please head here. 21. Master Manipulators: 5 Behaviors to Watch Out For Manipulators are hard to spot because, with the intention to cheat and deceive, they use tricks that are meant to influence, exploit, and control you. 22. The Joy of Using Single-Purpose Tech What is it about smartphones that make them the most useful technology ever created? 23. My First Panic Attack And Subsequent Relationship With Depression And Anxiety - Part I The first panic attack I had was back in 2015. During an official college trip with a few college friends. 24. How to Help Those Who Are NEET Most of us know volunteering is good for our health. You’re giving something back, meeting people you might not otherwise meet, and possibly transforming lives. 25. The Impact, Symptoms and Management of Stress Are you frequently feeling stressed out? If so, this article discusses some of the physiological symptoms associated with stress and offers tips for reducing 26. How To Reduce Workplace Stress Work is a big part of our life. Done well, it can be a source of joy. But when managed poorly, it can often lead to stress, anxiety, and dissatisfaction at work 27. Technology Trends for 2021: A Forecast from Hacker Noon’s Top Writers I asked 10 of Hacker Noon’s Top Contributors to weigh in with their strategic tech predictions for 2021 — you can expect a 14-minute briefing on everything from recession startups and (self) edtech, to AI applied to end Covid-19 and the commoditization of Machine Learning. 28. Why Senior Citizens Should Learn to Code Seniors - learn to code! As a mind-stimulating leisure activity, learning to code has many health and social benefits for older adults. 29. Managing Stress May Be A Lot Simpler Than You Think You can't avoid stress, but you can certainly learn to manage it well. To do this, you need to apply the right strategies by taking charge. 30. 4 Corporate Benefits that Improve Employee Mental Health and Engagement The benefits of mental health support programs are numerous. Some of these programs include free therapy and healthy eating and physical activity. Others provide financial assistance to employees who need it. Whatever the case, there are three main reasons why you should care about your employees' mental health. Read on for more information. Here are some examples of mental health benefits offered by companies. All three promote a healthy work environment. Having a positive company culture is one of the most important factors in preventing mental health problems. 31. I Quit My Job at the Age of 36 to Be Happy Hi! my name is O. I am the founder of Goodnight Journal, where people come to write their own private and public journals. In this blog article, I want to share my own story about quitting my job and working on the app that I’m passionate about while traveling. 32. Yves Saint Laurent: Exploring the Runway of Mental Health Challenges This article delves into the intricacies of Yves Saint Laurent's mental health. 33. How You Can Help Stop Domestic Violence A look at how to spot the signs of domestic partner abuse and how to find resources online to help your situation. 34. 59% of Employees Want More Mental Health Support at Work About 3 in 5 professionals in the US (59%) do not believe their employer supports their mental health, according to a survey of 3,269 professionals. 35. Practicing Oxygen Hunger To Benefit Mental and Physical Health I am less breathless during exercise, I am less tired at the end of the day, and my response to fear and stress has improved — All thanks to Oxygen Hunger. 36. I Built a Mental Health App While Stuck in My Tiny Studio in NYC Mental health has been a rising issue lately since the pandemic and it caught my attention right away since I was going crazy being stuck in my tiny studio in New York City that has no view. Also, I was consistently looking for ways to help users on Goodnight Journal who expressed depression and anxiety through public journals. Some of the public journals really got me concerned and think more about features that I can implement to help them feel better. It kind of came naturally that I want to do something about it. I ended up playing around with a bunch of mental health and meditation apps out there and came up with the app called Happy. 37. Mental Health, Body Image, & Social Media: Censorship isn't the Solution The impact of social media and AI on mental health, on the way we perceive and experience our world, cannot be underestimated. 38. The happy ending to my burnout story Burnout is a scary thing. It creeps in when you least expect it. And it usually takes longer than usual for you to realize it’s even happening. Let’s back up a few months. 39. Work Smarter, Not Harder: 7 Powerful Tips To Manage Your Projects Better Thinking is probably one of the hardest, daunting tasks, and George Bernard Shaw had his perspective that made me think more about my way of dealing with challenges. 40. Meditation Resources: Apps and Websites to Keep Calm There are a wide variety of meditation apps and websites available to help you with meditation. Choosing one may help with your mental health 41. How the Metaverse Could Affect Mental Health The impact of tech on mental health is a field of study that is still in its infancy. 42. Building and Maintaining Healthy Relationships is Not an Exact Science Having high standards in love is basically a form of self care and self respect 43. Food Tech Stories: Digital Transformation of Restaurant Industry Based on How Restaurants Can Adapt to the Digital Economy. 44. How to Avoid Career Burnout The best way to avoid career burnout is for employees to prioritize taking care of their mental, physical, and emotional well-being. 45. How Imposter Syndrome Affects Developers Imposter syndrome is a feeling in software development. Not only does beginners or mid-level developers face this problem, but also the experienced coders. 46. My $0 Biohacking Journey to Completing Ultra-Marathons This article details my $0 biohacking journey to ultra-marathons, health, fitness, and more 47. How to Manage Your Technology and Reduce Your Digital Distractions With so many different ways that we can be connected at any given moment in time, it’s easy for technology to take over our lives. 48. Stepping Away From Operational Management The headspace of the owner is key, especially when they're hands-on in running their business, putting their all into it 49. How to Cope With Massive Losses in Crypto With the right coping strategies and a healthy mindset, you can bounce back from this loss and come back stronger than ever. 50. Raising Kids And A Startup Kids are great. They're funny, smart, beautiful, the light of your life and exhausting. Kind of like a startup...so how does one go about balancing both? 51. How to Build a Quality AI-Based Mental Health Counseling App Because of the mental illness crisis that has worsened during the last ten years, digital solutions functioning on artificial intelligence offer hope for millions of people to improve their mental state, or at least to keep it balanced. Technology companies and scientific establishments have developed the applications ready to provide daily therapist sessions and support patients` treatment programs. 52. Can You Improve Your Mental Health with Psychedelics? Pushing the Boundaries: Healing Mental Health with Psychedelics 53. Lessons From GitLab—A $1 Billion Business With 700 Remote Employees A lot has changed since I shared my last article related on COVID-19 (the most recent strain of coronavirus), and how AI and Blockchain professionals and industry experts are tackling the crisis. 54. Mental Health (Just Like The World) Is On Fire: Here's How It Can Be Put Out Here are the steps that I take to remain focused and keep my mental health…well, healthy. 55. "Fail more", advised David Stapleton, BUA FIT's Founder & CEO BUA FIT was nominated as one of the best startups in London in Startups of the Year hosted by HackerNoon. This is an interview with their Founder CEO. 56. 7 Proven Ways to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in the Workplace Imposter Syndrome, persistent self-doubt even among the most accomplished individuals, is more common than you might think. 57. The Mixed Blessings of Technology for Mental Health Mental health technology is a subject of controversy. This post tends to assess the existing potential of new healthcare tech for mental health treatment, 58. The Rise of Mental Health Apps: What Are the Consequences? Mental health apps rose in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there any consequences to their meteoric rise? 59. Technological Solutions for Combating Depression and Anxiety Tech innovators continue to develop solutions that address specific gaps in the treatment pipeline. 60. What Neural Networks Teach Us About Schizophrenia Pretrained Artificial Neural Networks used to work like a Blackbox: You hand them an input and they predict an output with a certain probability — but without us knowing the internal processes of how they came up with their prediction. A Neural Network to recognize images usually consists of around 20 neuron layers, trained with millions of images to tweak the network parameters to give high quality classifications. 61. Personal Development is a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Two problems with self-development, the industry looking to profit from the naive and the ego, fooling itself it's getting enlightened. 62. 3 Things That You Should Do Before Even Trying to Be Productive Before you find the perfect productivity techniques, stop doing these simple things first. 63. Say No to Last Minute Requests: Here's How in 3 Steps Finally, giving a thoughtful response goes a long way in ensuring your message is received well without coming across as arrogant... 64. From Zero to Manic I am 36 years old and have long felt disconnected from the world. Not so much the natural world — that I’ve been lovingly drawn to and constantly in awe of as far back as I can remember. 65. 8 Habits of Highly Productive People The habits of highly productive people make them accomplish a lot. It's not magic, and you can improve your mentality by following these 8 habits. 66. What’s the Healthiest Way to Lose Weight We would all like to lose body fat rapidly. However, not only is that nearly impossible (get real), but it’s also incredibly unhealthy. According to the people who lose weight gradually (one-to-two pounds per week) are more successful in keeping the weight off. We post less but scroll more. Explore why social media is shifting to "posting zero," how AI algorithms fuel doomscrolling, and if we can reclaim the internet. 68. 8 Proven Ways to Foster a Stronger Mind-Body Connection These dedicated practices will help you develop a more robust bond between your mental, emotional, and physical selves, boosting your holistic well-being. 69. Are You Suffering From Achievemephobia? What in the world is - achievemephobia? 70. The Quintessential Work of Remote Developers Building and supporting software does not require you to be in the office every day. Companies like GitLab, Digital Ocean, CircleCI, InVision, and Stripe have realized that remote work gives them a recruiting and productivity advantage over the competition. 71. Treating Your Internet Friends with Respect Starts Right Here at HackerNoon HQ TL;DR: All Hacker Noon full time employees and long-term part-time contractors are now eligible to enter our fully-funded Mental Health initiative. Plus a few tips on how to make Remote Work work. 72. Coronavirus: A Test For Modern Technology and Tethics ICYMI: The spread of the new strain of Corona virus known as Covid-19 has caused massive disruption to daily life- be it social or economic. 73. Dear ChatGPT, I'm Alone and Depressed—Can You Help? ChatGPT is a chatbot that listens to your thoughts and responds to them. It's being used for emotional support in an increasingly lonely and overwhelmed world. 74. I Burnt Out on Inconsistent Codebases How Front End Development Broke Me: A Burnout Story 75. Unraveling Coco Chanel: Creativity, Resilience, and the Shadows of Mental Health Explore Coco Chanel's enigmatic life, from fashion revolution to mental health struggles, unraveling the complexities behind the iconic fashion icon. 76. 5 Techniques to Combat Morning Anxiety The way you wake up will influence your performance, how you communicate, and how effective you will be in setting boundaries and achieving your targets. 77. New Research Examines Connection Between ADHD and Anxiety: What It Says Discover how this study advances personalized ADHD care, highlighting the importance of considering gender differences and comorbidities for tailored treatment 78. Exploring Mental Health and UX Design with Jennifer Wong Jennifer Wong is the Founder of a UX design boot camp called Product Design Fam and the CEO of Empathie, an app dedicated to empowering racial minorities. 79. The Zoom Boom's Impact on Innovation, Infrastructure, and Mental Health The corona virus has challenged all aspects of our lives. Healthcare not with standing, one of the biggest challenges has been in trying to keep as much of our lives as possible running as normal. Technology might already have altered the way we work, rest and play for good– but it’s been even more crucial during a period where people are working from home and avoiding large gatherings in the US and the rest of the world. In this post, we’ll look at how tech industry is rising to the corona virus challenge to keep the world moving. 80. 87 Stories To Learn About Work Life Balance Learn everything you need to know about Work Life Balance via these 87 free HackerNoon stories. 81. How Does Gaming Affect Mental Health? There may be no significant detrimental impacts on mental health from playing video games in moderation. 82. Tech Must Disrupt the Mental Health Hotline Industry Venture funding in mental health and wellness companies has seen healthy growth this past year, with $321 million raised across 26 deals in the second quarter of 2019, which is a 141% jump from last year’s $227 million raised during the same quarter. The impact of this growth in popularity is having its much-desired changes in the US, with the use of meditation growing 3 folds from 2012–2017, making it as popular as yoga according to the Center for Disease Control. 83. I Said "I Love You" to an AI Bot — What's Next? AI companions have evolved from Hollywood fantasy ("Her" in 2013) to a booming -multi billion industry growing 36% annually. 84. Exploring 10 New COVID-19 Realities You Might Already Be Experiencing We are halfway through 2020. Self-evident truth makes it crystal clear that there is too much to swallow and digest to make sense of everything that is happening in our new reality. It is also important to mention that there is no doubt that the world will remember this year just like they remember 2012 when everyone was expecting the end of the world. But what happens after COVID-19? The Economist has its perspective: 85. Rediscovering Focus: How I Did It After years of distractions and poor decision making. I rediscovered the art of focus. I realized that if I did not plant my butt in the chair, I would fall behind in my ambitions. Since October of last year, I have been taking serious action to improve my attention span and my ability to do deep work. 86. Building a Mental Health Startup: Insights from a Founder People have a wide range of different "tools" that can give them cheap and fast relief of anxiety or other psychological conditions. Latest research reveals AI companions can reduce loneliness and build social skills—but only with ethical design. A guide for developers and users. 88. 5 Strategies for Shifting a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset How do you approach failures in life? 89. What if Video Games Could Treat You A look at the state of prescription video games designed to help individuals suffering from various physical and mental issues and the companies behind them. 90. COVID-19: How Has The Pandemic Changed Our Society? In this article, we look at the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has changed our world for better and worse. 91. Green Lights at the End of a Dock: The Secret to Happiness by Jay Gatsby and Richard Curtis My first experience with time travel was when I was 21 years old. 92. Is Experiencing a Burnout Good or Bad? A fast-paced world and burnouts go hand in hand. 93. Why Dyslexics Make Great Spies and Security Professionals Why dyslexics make great spies and cybersecurity professionals. 94. Trash and auto purge from Gmail. How to leverage Apps Scripts to make your life easier! Getting unwanted emails from a specific sender and can’t resist checking the trash? This guide will help you remove them for good. 95. Dear Elon Musk, Can You Help Me Lose Weight? My open letter to Elon Musk, one of the greatest problem solvers of our time, asking about recommendations on how I could lose my extra few pounds. 96. The Importance of a Developer's Mental Health Day A moment of reflection dear dev, dear engineer, and dear LANister. A brief reminder that yes, we are here, and yes we are alive. We made it to this day! What a joy! Ohh, hey Kelvin! Let's talk about our mental health today. A little sanity in all the chaos of whatever bugs, errors, and painful hours we might have had to this moment. 97. Stop Complaining About Being at Home You got what you wanted. 98. Is Quiet Quitting a Sound Strategy? What if employees at work mentally check out? They do not become lazy, or irresponsible. Rather, they do what they are being asked to and nothing more. 99. Personalization or Personal Bubblization? Where is our pursuit of personalization leading us? Digital isolation may take us towards more radical thoughts and less consensus. 100. Only 3% of the World Has Figured Out Their Reason for Being Matt Schnuck explains why only 3% of the world has figured out their reason for being. 101. Data Can Help You: How Technologies Fight Mental Health Issues Medical technologies are not limited to remote examinations, robotic surgical controllers and diagnostic algorithms. Today they transform mental health domain, specifically, work methods with patients and the doctor’s role. 102. BetterHelp, Cyberblade, YouTube, and Prayer Saved Me from a Panic Attack My first-ever panic attack happened while I was at a 5-star restaurant. Worse, it happened on my honeymoon. 103. What is a Developer's Worst Enemy? We developers get stuck working hard for a long period on multiple projects, that seems impossible to complete. 104. 209 Stories To Learn About Mental Health Learn everything you need to know about Mental Health via these 209 free HackerNoon stories. 105. The Founder Playlist: Reflections on Really Good Advice from 45 CEOs On the Importance of Building Healthy Co-Founder Relationships, Navigating Investor Meetings, and Investing in Your Mental Health as a Founder. 106. My Personal Experience with Impostor Syndrome and How I Overcame It Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which one doubts one's accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud". — Wikipedia. 107. The Coding Barrier: A Simple Guide to Clearing The First Hurdle Are you new to coding? Have you been struggling to come to grips with your first programming language? If so, allow me to illuminate an early step on your path to becoming a software developer. 108. Top Reasons Why You Should Make Reading a Habit For every person barring a few fictional ones, life is only experienced once. 109. Protecting Your Mental Health While WFH The past six weeks have been challenging. As someone who thrives off social interaction and throwing ideas around in a room of people, working from home has been a huge shift for me both mentally and professionally. 110. Time-Loops and Roguelikes: Unlikely Teachers in a Post-Pandemic World Why are there so many time-loop and roguelike video games coming out in 2021? The answer could be a resounding argument for the benefit of video games. 111. Letting Go of Rejection: How to Free Yourself From the Trap of Approval Live for Approval, Die from Rejection 112. Skyrim Wellbeing Manager Discover how RPG mechanics, quest-based to-dos, and AI-generated lore can transform the "grind" of mental health recovery into a legendary adventure. 113. How to Hire Your First Autistic Employees Disclosure: I'm the owner of Spectroomz, which is currently in YC's startup school trying to solve the autism employment gap. 114. The Science Behind Cognitive Overload Technology is making it difficult to focus, analyze, and think deeply about information. 115. A Guide to Practicing Self Care for Managers Management is a tricky job. You are required to care for other people and their growth while also feeling responsible for their emotional and mental well-being. 116. Antonio Salieri: A Musical Maestro and the Delicacies of Mental Health While historical records don't provide a detailed account of Salieri's mental health, there are instances that suggest the composer faced personal challenges. 117. Harnessing the Power of Shutdown Rituals Do you have a clean break from work at the end of the day? Or does your work life tend to bleed into your personal life, creating a sense of never-ending stress I watched “The Social Dilemma”, the documentary by the Center for Humane Technology and featuring Tristan Harris, yesterday. It taught me zero new things. I learned nothing that I had not already come across during my research for my latest book Life Beyond the Touch Screen. Or that I had not even incorporated in the book. 119. It's Time We Started Talking About Schizophrenia With June estimates at 7000+ authors, 69 other Hackernoon contributors might also be a victim of schizophrenia, along with me. This article serves to demonstrate why these people are facing tougher-than-average odds to live to a ripe old age, and how society isn’t doing them justice in helping or finding a permanent solution. 120. Why Proper Waste Disposal Is Crucial For Healthcare Businesses A look at the proper handling of the medical waste economy. 121. The Quiet Thing No One Talks About When They Talk About AI The article explores what happens when AI takes over the tasks that gave us purpose, and why the mental health crisis nobody's talks about has already started 122. 3 Positive Aspects of Anger Anger remodels my world the same way the erupting lava from a volcano landscapes its surroundings. 123. How Feed Algorithms Keep Us Glued to Our Screens Social media platforms have become the go to place for the manipulators when they need to tweak the behavior of masses. 124. Virtual Reality: A Bold New Era for Workforce Learning Virtual reality is reshaping workforce learning by replacing passive training with immersive, experience-based simulations that improve focus, retention, and re 125. From Stress to Success: My Journey of Overcoming Burnout Learn how finding a new hobby, such as music, helped one person recover from burnout and discover the power of creativity in business. 126. SuperBetter Improves Mental Health Using the Psychology of Gameplay SuperBetter is tackling the youth mental health crisis. Its scalable science-backed platform promotes resilience, mental health & social emotional learning. 127. Why You Should Stop Your Reading Challenge Image: Goodreads.com 128. Navigating the Wild World of WEB3: A Satirical Guide to WEB3 and Staying Sane as a Startup Founder Navigating the Wild World of WEB3: A Satirical Guide to WEB3 and Staying Sane as a Startup Founder 129. Tech Addiction and Smartphone Dependency: Latest Science and Statistics How do we choose to have our new and rapidly evolving tools and capabilities impact our lives as individuals, organizations and as a global society? In order to make a smart choice, it is imperative that we have a good understanding of the impact digital technology already has or can have on our lives. What can we say with a degree of certainty? 130. Importance of a Gratitude Journal Gratitude works its magic by serving as an antidote to negative emotions. It’s like white blood cells for the soul, protecting us from cynicism, entitlement, anger, and resignation. — Arianna Huffington, Thrive. 131. Leading When You're Feeling Leadership Anxiety All leaders throughout their leadership journey feel intense emotion. While some big decisions like organization restructure, negotiations, acquisitions and mergers can be a source of anxiety, oftentimes it’s the small day-to-day things like a looming deadline, presentation, or a decision meeting that can be a source of stress and anxiety. 132. Overthinking: Causes, Impact, Strategies for Taking Action I thought I was pretty good and smart at making decisions from routine tasks with little cognitive load like what to eat for lunch, what dress to wear to the office, how to avoid traffic on the way to work to the more mentally demanding activities like putting together a hiring plan, defining org structure and thinking about the future strategy of my organisation. 133. What is Attention Residue and Why is It Your Worst Enemy? The keyboard is on fire, you're typing so fast. But a thought suddenly occurs to you: what about those concert tickets you forgot to buy last night? 134. How to Avoid Awkward Virtual Events While her pajama set was nice, I was wondering what type of crowd this was. Even before the March shelter-in-place orders, I would have never thought to wear pajamas to an in-person social event. 135. Leaving the Spotlight: What to Do When All Eyes Are on You Explore what it means to step out of the spotlight. 136. Being a Student Founder Ain't Easy Estimated Reading Time: 14 minutes 137. How to Overcome Burnout While Staying Productive This intense hustle can be useful at times, and it certainly is very productive, but it’s important to keep things in check. 138. Miuccia Prada: A Fashion Icon's Impact on Mental Health and Creative Expression Miuccia Prada's pioneering fashion legacy and its profound ties to creativity, mental well-being, and breaking societal norms. 139. The Secret to Finding Your Purpose Is to Stop Chasing It Perspectives on Finding Your Purpose 140. From the Brink of Suicide to Bliss: How Hormones Destroyed and Saved My Life Health is not everything, but without it everything is nothing. 141. Fighting Against a Pandemic of Dread The psychological toll of this global pandemic is multi-layered, pointing us towards a reckoning with deeper layers of our psyche. [142. The 2:00 AM Crisis: Why Patients are Choosing AI Over Us ](https://hackernoon.com/the-200-am-crisis-why-patients-are-choosing-ai-over-us) A psychiatrist’s look at why patients are choosing AI over traditional care. 143. You're Not a Doormat — So Stop Laying Down for Everyone Trapped in the people-pleasing cycle? Learn how to say no, set boundaries, and prioritize yourself without guilt. Start living for you. 144. Is Virtual Reality Bad for Your Mental Health? Can virtual reality damage your psyche? As VR becomes more mainstream, it's crucial to find out the mental dangers it could pose. 145. 13 Hacks for Managing Anxiety (If You Have None, Entrepreneurs, You're Doing Something WRONG) Anxiety is also an inevitable side effect of ambition. If you don't suffer from at least a little anxiety you are not really ambitious. 146. Productivity Hacks: 5 Tips for Software Engineers and Knowledge Workers Everyone seems to be strapped for time these days and desperate to get more done in less time. I'm in the same boat. Here's to achieve more by doing less. 147. TikTok and Diagnosing Mental Illness: Would You Please Kindly Shut Up About ADHD The politics of self-diagnosing mental illnesses from TikTok and other social media platforms. 148. Achieving Excellence With Less Stress: A Simple Guide to Success Achieving excellence doesn't require subjecting yourself to constant stress. By adopting efficient practices, blending work and personal life, etc,, 149. Mental Clarity: Why It's the New Wealth in a World Designed to Confuse You In a world where the average person makes 35,000 decisions per day, the quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life. 150. Jack Pullen Shares 3 Critical Mistakes Holding You Back in Life Jack Pullen is a young motocross rider specializing in both 65cc and 85cc categories. 151. A Hacker's Awakening: Ep.01 - Being Free While Feeling Caged and Yearning for a Victory The following are various emails, posts, messages, and tweets I've had on social media and privately (my side, only paraphrasing their side without permission) in the last 24 hours. 152. 6 Ways to Mentally Prepare Yourself to Start a Business We've all experienced time management problems at work. Here are 6 tips to use when you are mentally preparing yourself for entrepreneurship. 153. Thriving Under Pressure: Tips for Staying Calm Amid High Expectations Strategies to keep calm under pressure: realistic evaluation, reappraisal of anxiety, leveraging experience, focusing on small steps, and being prepared." 154. How Does the Metaverse Influence Our Mental Health? A new digital universe called the Metaverse will be created by the year 2022, but, There are no definitive answers yet as to how it will affect mental health 155. How to Behave during Video Calls: 9 Rules for Communicating with Colleagues These days most companies have asked their employees to stay at home and change their office work for a remote one. In such conditions, the issues of organizing video calls have become especially relevant. It seems that online conferences for dozens and even hundreds of people are a step towards a digital future without borders when people can work from anywhere in the world and get together for negotiations literally by click. But in reality, video calls are often not as good as you might imagine. Someone cannot install the necessary program, someone is nervous because of the relatives in the background, and someone appears at an important conference call in his pajamas and using the nickname “DimonKiller666”. We have put together some simple rules for making video calls that will help make them comfortable for yourself and your colleagues. 156. Why Talk About Digital Habits? This division between the virtual and the real was useful during the early days of the internet. However, as time progresses, this distinction makes less sense. Only when there is something worth sharing do we think we are worth resting. 158. 7 Lifehacks for Beating Back a Bad "Mental Health Day" Yes, bad mental health days happen even for hackers, I had one last week. And I'll tell you how I turned it around in about 45 minutes. 159. 4 Steps to Deal With a Bad Day at Work When you’re having a bad day at work, your mind spirals toward sadness. It’s like someone dimmed the light around you and everything appears dark and gloomy. 160. The Curse of Rumination—and How We Unknowingly Reinforce It How rumination becomes a self-reinforcing mental loop—and why mental exhaustion makes it harder to break. 161. Alone, But Not Lonely: The Power of Purposeful Isolation Isolation isn't a bad concept in and of itself; in fact, it can be an incredibly powerful tool for development and self-discovery if we let it. 162. The Rational Software Engineer: How to Manage Stress and Avoid Burnout how to avoid burnout as a software engineer? Follow simple protocols 163. Brainpower And Brainberries: 7 Food Ideas to Hack your Brain Are you a programmer who wants to know what are the best food that would best fit your lifestyle? Developers and programmers can have very demanding jobs. They stay up for long hours and require a lot of brainpower in order to get their work done and meet their deadlines. 164. Why Web Development Is So Difficult Are you struggling while starting learning CSS and HTML? Do you feel overwhelmed with sooooo many properties? Don’t they look like the same? Haven’t you tried with a couple of tutorials (that you feel they are easy to do at the moment) but feel you don’t have the knowledge to start from the scratch? 165. Entrepreneur Jiaru Cai Traded Data Tables For Meditation Mats and Is Now Transforming Mental Health Jiaru Cai is the founder and CEO of JoinSangha, a meditation platform. 166. Entrepreneurs Are Not Robots: How to Prevent Burnout and Not Harm Your Business Entrepreneurs Are Not Robots, and in the fast speed of work, we tend to forget it. We have to work harder to succeed but it's vital to care about mental health. 167. Hacking Your Sleep Cycle No one is sleeping well. There is a lot of uncertainty in the world and it’s not just from the pandemic - the economic downturn and struggle for equal rights seems to be overshadowing the pandemic. People are reporting strange and vivid dreams and nightmares and with it trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, and feeling rested when they wake up. It’s time to start hacking our minds so we can get the sleep we need to maintain our best health. 168. Resilience in Couture: Donatella Versace's Journey Through Fashion and Mental Health Donatella Versace's resilience: From fashion icon to mental health advocate, her journey unveils the intertwining of creativity and personal struggles. 169. All You Need To Know About UX Design In The Ambient Computing Era Ambient/Ubiquitous computing is a concept that circumscribes many terms together. It can be considered as a magnificent amalgam of software, hardware products and user experience with a major component of human-machine interaction and learning, all of these things becoming the aim of using a computer or any internet-enabled device, without necessarily deliberately using it. 170. Adverse Effects of Smartphone Addiction Today, as the world progresses, the inevitable dominance of technology has taken over almost every aspect of our lives. Unfortunately, relationships are replaced by virtual ones, leisure time is spent while scrolling, and you no longer need drugs to escape from reality. Instead of shutting your eyes and empowering smartphones to rule our lives, it would be wiser to embrace this revolution, let it infuse in your daily routine, and exploit its power to enhance your life. 171. I Coded Through a Bipolar Manic Episode — Until It Landed Me in the ER Tech developer's unfiltered journey from manic coding binges to managing bipolar disorder in an industry that fetishizes sleepless productivity. 172. My Experiences with Overcoming Depression Overcoming depression is a long and challenging process. Here’s what else I have learned. 173. Switch Up Your Attitude to Work for Good A different approach to solving the burnout problem. 174. From Mid to Senior: What Self-Care Looks Like for Developers Discover the importance of self-care in a senior developer's role. Learn how to avoid burnout, set boundaries, and nurture your mental health. 175. How Remote Work Saved My Mental Health Remote work means finding a balance between your job, passions, and yourself. People can still be productive without working from nine to six. 176. The Empty Calories of AI Companionship A recent HBS study highlighted how AI companions, like chatbots, can help reduce loneliness. The short-term relief they provide may mask deeper problems. 177. How to improve your communication so that it hits neurodiverse targets This article discusses ways you can craft your message for people who have neurodiverse traits. 178. Human Mental Health and Artificial Intelligence This is an article that discusses ethical principles to reduce the fallacies of fear based thinking related to artificial intelligence. 179. Apply These 3 Secret Techniques To Be Amazing At Everything Photo by Guillaume de Germain, Unsplash 180. Therapy is Broken—Here's How to Fix it Therapy is Broken. Here's How to Fix it. 181. The Noonification: Even Supermarkets Are Tracking Your Data Nowadays (8/14/2023) 8/14/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage! 182. From Connected Cars to Mental Health: Ivan Mishanin's Journey as a Co-Founder and Tech Leader How to build successful companies and what tech leader should look like in the AI era? 183. Startup Interview with Josh Herst, Joon Care Co-Founder and CEO Joon Care is a teletherapy practice for teens and young adults, providing quality mental health care from the convenience of home. 184. How Do You Live A Long, Happy Life? A Harvard Study Has Some Advice A Harvard study shows that high-quality relationships may be the key to living a long, happy life. 185. The Real Metaverse Was Never for Gamers — It Was for Patients The real metaverse isn’t for gamers — it’s for patients. Explore how immersive VR is transforming emotional and cognitive rehabilitation, and why clinics in the 186. Cybercrime and Sociopathy: How a Lack of Empathy Can Threaten Cybersecurity Writing about how some crimes can be tied to those who are born with a lack of empathy! 187. The Noonification: How I Relocated to the US and Found a Job at Roku (9/30/2022) 9/30/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage! 188. The Need for Sleep: How Tech Professionals Can Optimize Their Sleep Schedule for Better Results So, how can you improve your sleep quality and finally get some rest? Here are a few tips that have helped me and might be useful for you. 189. 6 Strategies for App Developers Dealing With Anxiety During Layoffs App developers, manage anxiety amid layoffs with tips from Calmer app creator Daniel Leimanis: mindfulness, physical health, goals, support, and more. 190. All About Anxiety: Is Anxiety A Disability? Living with anxiety can be difficult and in some regions anxiety is classified as a disability. However, employers can help employees with anxiety work better. 191. Single-Tasking is the New Superpower (And Yes, You Can Do It Too) In an age of burnout and digital chaos, discover why single-tasking is the underrated superpower of our time-and how to reclaim your focus like a boss. 192. Anime Cartoons Are Sucking Our Children Into A Fantasy World "Anime Cartoons Are Sucking Our Children Into A Fantasy World" explores the concern surrounding the influence of anime on children's perception of reality 193. Smart People Are Stuck in Mental Poverty Your elite brain is running apocalypse movies 24/7 (DMN). Stop living in theory. Shift to DEN: next physical action, touch reality today. 194. Don't Believe the Hype: Why Standard Measures of Success Are Bullsh*t Recognizing the influence of capitalism on your perceptions of value, worth, and success is an essential step in taking control of your own narrative. 195. Life’s Ultimate Hack is Embracing Your Inner Childlike Lunatic Let's explore the scientific and psychological benefits of embracing our inner foolishness and why it's important to be a little bit silly every now and then. 196. Gaslighting in Our Society: The Silent Epidemic Gaslighting is a pervasive form of psychological manipulation and emotional abuse that has taken root in our society. 197. I Stopped Using ChatGPT to Write Code. Here Is What Happened to My Brain. The first week was painful. 198. How to Spot a Narcissist A look at how to spot a narcissist and how to successfully escape a dangerous situation. 199. How I Keep Sane While Earning My PhD 🧠 Hello All 👋, 200. Avoid Creating a Toxic Workplace: 6 Tips for Managers and Leaders 1 in 4 employees are experiencing toxic behavior at work. This blog aims to give leaders and managers some tips that prevent workplaces from turning toxic. 201. Meet DŌBRA, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in Vilnius/Venture-Capital What if mental health is an infrastructure challenge? DŌBRA builds startups from pain, not hype — proving that a studio can outdo solo founders. 202. If Reality Can Hurt Us, Can Virtual Reality Heal Us? Reality can wound us, but can virtual reality help us heal? This article explores how VR and AI are reshaping recovery. 203. Mental Health in Indian Workplaces: Employers Must Step Up Mental health awareness is one of the latest trends in workplaces after the pandemic revealed its significance. 204. Psychedelics | LLMs: Is Mental Illness also a Disease of Myelinated Axons, Saltatory Conduction? Uncover the link between psychedelics, LLMs, and mental illness. 205. J.R. Martinez Talks About Learning to Reframe Your Trauma J.R. Martinez | Becoming Resilient: Learning to Reframe Your Trauma 206. I Never Thought Compassion Would Pay Me Back in Such A Wonderful Way As soon as the World Health Organization declared Corona Virus to be a global pandemic, there was an immense quick heat fired up around the globe, with people being highly concerned about their survival amidst these hard times. People actually started to stock up for months, according to CNN, grocery stores ran out of the daily use products, and basically, it was all depicting the scenario of the end of times. 207. The Importance of Friendship and How It Connects To Mental Health Friendship is a vital aspect of the human experience, offering a unique and invaluable contribution to our mental well-being. 208. How To Prepare Yourself For a Marathon [Part One] This Slack discussion by Arthur, David, Richard, Anna Bleker, Natasha and Linh occurred in hackernoon's official #slogging-beta channel, and has been edited for readability. 209. 10 Easy Ways to Make Time for Wellness Many people find it difficult to fit everything they need to do in a 24-hour day. Between work, social events, travel and family time, finding time to work out and eat right is tough. It’s much easier to find excuses for skipping the gym and picking up fast food instead. 210. 5 Optimistic Ways AI is Revolutionizing Mental Healthcare Indeed, William Gibson was spot on when he said: “The future is already here, the fact is it’s not just very evenly distributed”. 211. "Track Your Mood For Improving Your Mental Health" says a Founder Living With A Bipolar Disorder Oftentimes we don’t even realize how we’re feeling. Even when someone asks us, “How are you?” our knee-jerk reaction is to say, “Good.” But are you really feeling good? What is your mood right now? If you had to label how you’re feeling in your body and mind, what would you write down? 212. Tips for Setting Healthy Boundaries At Work Learn how setting personal boundaries at work can boost productivity and protect your mental health. 213. How Burnout Can Take Over Your Professional Life Burnout is an intense word and can lead to professional and personal dissatisfaction, depression, and social isolation. 214. This CEO was Going to be a Consultant but Decided to Solve Mental Health Issues With AI Instead. Sumondo was nominated as one of the best startups in Copenhagen, Denmark, in HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year. This is an interview with their Founder CEO. 215. Mental Health Awareness Month: How to Maintain Good Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Stress, anxiety, and fear are normal responses to actual or perceived threats, especially when confronted with uncertain situations. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are experiencing heightened levels of stress and anxiety. 216. I Asked 100 People What They Learned From Lockdown: Here's What They Said I asked 100 people on reddit what fundamental lessons they learned as a result of quarantine, hopefully you can get some insight on how other people have been 217. How to Post Mindfully: A Guide I spoke with Phillips and Milner about how people can better regulate their emotions while scrolling, and to know when to pause and take a breath 218. Ludwig van Beethoven: The Composition of His Mental Health Ludwig van Beethoven's contribution to classical music is immeasurable, but his life journey was marked by personal struggles. 219. The Noonification: Say No to Last Minute Requests: Heres How in 3 Steps (3/10/2023) 3/10/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage! 220. Pausing vs Resting: The Life-Changing Distinction Pausing vs Resting: The Life-Changing Distinction. The term 'rest' has been overused. It's time to change your perception of what it means to rest. 221. Workplace PSA: Treat Everyone With Kindness Be careful who you step on at work because they could become the person in charge of your next promotion, and your pettiness might come back. 222. Moonlake Lee's Journey with ADHD and the Role of Technology AXSchat interview with Moonlake Lee on ADHD, neurodiversity, and entrepreneurship—insights for tech and startup communities. 223. Can Technology Reduce Emotional Friction? We use apps to track calories, savings, and sleep. But we still expect pure willpower in relationships, and wonder why it keeps failing. 224. How Much Screen Time Should Teenager Get On Their Phones? When screen time became such a major part of our daily lives, it was only a matter of time before people began to question the pros and cons of how much technol 225. A Morning Walk Can Improve Your Productivity and Boost Cognitive Function Starting your day with a morning walk has a large positive impact on your productivity. 226. I Built an AI Prompt to Fight Post-Holiday Anxiety—And It Actually Works Returning to work after vacation shouldn't feel like a crisis. This science-based prompt turns ChatGPT into your personal transition coach. 227. How Technology Can Help with Mental Health Diagnosis Imagine for a minute that it's morning and you’ve just woken up. Bleary-eyed still, you fumble for your smartphone. Because, well, what else would you do? We're in 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic, and for better or for worse, approximately 81% of the U.S. population owns a smartphone. 228. Technology as Humankind’s Dark Mirror: The Perils and Promises of the Digital World Technology has given us more than any of us would have dared dream of decades ago. This cannot be stressed enough. However, we are becoming increasingly aware that such advancements also magnify both positive and negative sociological behaviours that were long the realm of the analogue world. So much so, in fact, that algorithms are now at the center of a digital world that’s changing the way experts think about human development. 229. The Science of Cognitive Performance: Focus Can Fix Your Life A look at how focus can improve your life. 230. Technology Addiction: When Is It Time to Unplug For You? Making a conscious decision about how we want digital tech to influence our lives 231. 3 Ingredients I Think You Should Give Up Forever Life expectancy is going backward in both the U.S. and the U.K. This isn’t a blip like World War I plus the Spanish flu combo. This is a downward trend since 2015. When’s it going to stop? What’s happening to our quality of life? 232. Self-Care Rest Stop: Cultivating More Than Just Food Growing plants indoors can be a healthy and inexpensive self-care activity. 233. 3 Mental Health Initiatives Addressing Concerns Following COVID-19 Pandemic Over the course of the past 10 months, COVID-19 has increased suicide rates across the globe, thanks to the necessity to quarantine and self-isolate. Arguably, children continue to suffer the most when it comes to their mental health. 234. Mental Health Basics: Diagnosis, Treatment, Tech Tools Last year I found I had ADD. 235. We Should Talk More About Founder Burnout in the SaaS World SaaS founders battle burnout - an overlooked challenge. Prioritize self-care, empower your team, and seek founder-friendly acquisitions. 236. Wellness Trends to Try, and to Ditch, in 2023 Before trying a new wellness trend, it's important to consider your personal health and wellness goals. 237. Just Do it: How Much Motivation Do We Need Nowadays? The message (you literally only need this information from this article): stop wasting your time on blindly consuming self help materials. Learn things that matter. Find the time, and do them. Don’t waste your time reading how not to waste time. 238. AI Sentience: How Neural Correlates Setback Consciousness Research It's not that the neural correlates of consciousness may never be found because they do not exist, it is that seeking them would continue to setback research 239. Overcoming Mental Habits that Stifle Aliveness Complaining, keep resentment, and lack of curiosity kill our aliveness before we're even dead. It's important to learn how not to lead an unuccessful life too 240. An Open Letter to The Human Behind The Code Where to go to when in a mental rut as a software developer. The battle between engineering and the engineer's health. 241. Why so Many Digital Interventions Feel Helpful at First, Then Flatten Out The brain does not experience digital products as software, but as an environment. 242. Coping With Loneliness While Working From Home Here are 6 ways to battle the feeling of isolation and loneliness while working from home. 243. Did Special Counsel Robert Hur’s Report, Referencing Joe Biden’s Memory, Derail Neuroscience? How does human memory work? What is the configuration or representation of a chair or table in the mind [as a memory]? What answer does neuroscience present? 244. "Rationality at the expense of another person’s mental health is not worth it", says Elesaro CEO An interview with Johnpaul Nobodo - the Co-Founder/CEO of Elesaro: a full suite crowdfunding protocol built on Binance smart chain. 245. I Tracked My Happiness Every Day For A Year I tracked my mental health each day throughout year. I rated my happiness on a scale of 1–5, with “1” being a really bad day, “2” being a kind of bad day, “3” being a neutral day, “4” being a kind of good day, and “5” being a really good day. I want to preface this article by saying that I understand how complex and difficult it is to try and quantify mental health. My absurdly simple, completely subjective, and inherently biased rating system is by no means an attempt to accurately represent the complexities of the mental health spectrum. 246. Christian Dior's Enduring Legacy and Advocacy for Mental Health In celebrating Dior's contributions, we recognize that beauty and well-being are intertwined, and that true elegance extends beyond the clothes we wear 247. 5 Types Of Fear That Millions Of People Feel Fear of missing out 248. 3 Basic Tricks to Smash👊 Your Goals Do you feel unmotivated? Lethargic? Overwhelmed? 249. Overcoming Your Inner Critic A summary of 3 research-backed ways to silence the voice and build resilience developed by Shirzad Chamine. Mindfulness, labelling, mental training and more 250. The Mental Health Industry is Braced to Embrace our "New Normal" The problems in the mental health space are clear from the statistics we see and the unfortunate passings of famous figures and our personal loved ones. As an investor at Pascal Capital and a team lead at Hack Mental Health, I often ask what the necessary drivers for the much-needed changes are. 251. Protecting Your Identity and Mental Health in the Age of Social Media Social media makes it easier to connect but comes with significant risks. Here's how you can protect yourself. 252. Learning a New Language Can Help Delay the Onset of Alzheimer’s & Dementia (Podcast) Berges Institute is an online Spanish language school for adults headquartered in New York City. 253. This Job Training Program Is Helping People With Autism Fight Cybercrime For the better part of a year, the 25-year-old wouldn’t respond when spoken to, his father said, and his blue, wide-set eyes revealed little cognition. 254. People With High Levels of Emotional Intelligence Perform Better at Work Emotional intelligence is critical for leadership success, employee performance, and teamwork. Learn to develop your EI with coaching app LIFE Intelligence. 255. What Does Being Neurologically Atypical Look and Feel Like? A short time ago I asked John McAfee through Hacker Noon's podcast (although the question didn't quite make it thru the filters, by the time we got to community questions Bitcoin Jesus had 3 minutes before another call :( ) - 256. 5 Ways to Motivate Yourself When Struggling Mentally The saying "Getting started is the hardest" exists for good reason. Starting any business takes more motivation than continuing the business once you have the momentum and focus. 257. Do We Really Need a Like Button? - The Pros and Cons of Social Media Social media is here to stay. Yet, not everything is beneficial. In this slogging thread, the technology channel discussed the pros and cons of social media. 258. Discovering the Intersection of Creativity and Mental Health: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey Beyond her artistic achievements, O'Keeffe's life also invites contemplation on the complex relationship between creativity and mental health. 259. Navigating Toxicity in the Workplace Workplace toxicity can imply many different things to different people, much like the elusive chameleon of the working world. 260. Givenchy: A Fashion Icon and the Complex Landscape of Mental Health This article delves into the intersection of Givenchy's illustrious career and the challenges he faced with mental health, exploring the depths of his mental di 261. Handling Remote Team Personality Clashes: Think Like a Shrink To handle a remote team, you have to understand different personalities. 262. How Technology Is Disrupting Mental Wellness in Recovery Centers With the consistently developing prevalence of shrewd innovation, it's nothing unexpected that this kind of innovation is being involved increasingly more in compulsion recuperation and psychological wellness treatment. You can utilize savvy innovation to help individuals recuperating from fixation keep focused and help those with emotional wellness conditions in dealing with their condition. In this article, we'll take a gander at a portion of the manners in which that shrewd innovation is being utilized in habit recuperation and emotional wellness treatment. Here is the rundown. 263. Marketing and Mental Health: Why Are We Addicted To Social Media? The ability to escape reality reduces our willingness to engage with real life or to face its problems. Social media just may be killing off our will to fight. 264. A Hacker's Awakening: All You Need to Perfect the Pomodoro Technique Is Crippling, Deadly Nicotine Check it out, my first Unsplash insert. I'm really Hackernoon worthy now! 265. Sidelining Genetics - How'd Research Counter Mental Disorders? What does it mean that "circuits appear to malfunction without obvious cellular pathology"? If neural pathology is not the problem, what are the other options? 266. Discovering the Genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart through the Lens of Mental Health Delve into the fascinating interplay of 'Harmony and Discord,' as we unravel the extraordinary genius of Wolfgang Mozart through the lens of mental health. 267. How DIY Therapy through Apps is Making Mental Health Management accessible in the Pandemic Research shows that online therapy for depression is basically as effective as in-person therapy in helping individuals deal with mental health issues. 268. How Society is Failing Young Professionals: Workplace Stress and the Mental Health Crisis Explore how societal pressures, family expectations, and workplace demands are contributing to a mental health crisis among young professionals. 269. Guide on How To Eliminate COVID-19 News According to the American press institute, the purpose of news and journalism is to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments. 270. Startup Interview with Steven Gramlich, Co-founder and CMO of Headversity headversity Co-Founder and CMO Steven Gramlich talks startup life and origins of his employer mental health training company. 271. Mental Health As A Product: How Can Mental Health Tech Succeed? The idea of therapy as a taboo is quickly changing. we’re reaching an era where mental health will become a consumer product, similar to modern medicine. 272. Jørgen Svennevik Notland is Very Excited About Yerba Mate “In these impressively unprecedented times…” Impressive people build unprecedented products. One such impressive human of Hacker Noon is Jørgen Svennevik Notland from Norway, who's been nominated in the Noonies Decentralization Award Category. Read on for Jørgen's Noonies interview, right below the ad break. 273. Staying Mentally Healthy at Work: Transforming Behaviors for a Better Work Environment Discover how personal behaviors at work impact mental health and learn strategies for a healthier, more productive work life. 274. Battling Imposter Syndrome in Tech Learn how to overcome imposter syndrome in the tech industry and unlock your true potential with practical strategies and self-empowerment. It's March 2020. I'm 5 months into a new role as Director of Sales at Preciate when the pandemic hits and sends us all home. I had really valued joining a startup with a physical office presence and face-to-face interaction, especially after having worked remotely for 3.5 years at my last startup. 276. Rethinking Schizophrenia: A Complex Interplay of Genetics, Spirituality, and the Neural Substrate Exploring the multidimensional nature of schizophrenia, from genetics to spirituality, for a more holistic understanding and approach 277. Keeping Your Sanity Amid the War in Ukraine We should consume information about the Russia - Ukraine war. Nevertheless, there are orders of magnitude between being informed and being tormented. 278. A Step-By-Step Guide to Reflect on 2022: The Most Powerful Journaling Exercise Kieran Drew goes over how to reflect on 2022. 279. Beware of These 3 Mental Pitfalls Learn to improve your relationship with time, money & emotions for a fuller life. 280. Undoing the Knots of Mind — One Habit at a Time When it comes to coping with the intricate labyrinth of the mind, mental health often seems like a cryptic crossword puzzle. 281. The Noonification: A Nullish Coalescing (in JS) Tutorial for Normal People (6/24/2023) 6/24/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage! 282. How AI Can Greatly Improve Mental Health Services AI can transform mental health care for ever. Read our article to learn why we desperately need AI tools for mental health today, how they are already helping p 283. Brushstrokes of Turmoil: Vincent van Gogh's Artistic Brilliance and Mental Struggles While a definitive diagnosis is challenging , contemporary experts speculate that van Gogh may have experienced various mental health conditions. 284. How To Ensure That Your Team Is Happy With Remote Work? A month ago saying that running a company through the crisis caused by this pandemic has been hard would be an understatement. I’m sure this has been unchartered territory for most of us. I mean, most workplaces don’t even have work from home policies that they had to design from scratch. 285. Fruit Fly Connectome: An Expansive Theory of Signals it is theorized here that electrical and chemical signals are the fundamental unit of the nervous system, in contrast to the neuron, declared by Nature. 286. You Are the Cure to Imposter Syndrome in Data Science Imposter syndrome is a common experience for data scientists. But there are ways to tackle it and succeed despite it. 287. Constant Distraction is the Opposite of Personal Growth What kind of future do we choose? How do we choose to relate to technology? How do we choose to relate to other humans? How do we choose to relate to the best version of ourselves? Modern day digital technologies have an immense capacity to improve our lives and empower us as individuals, in groups or organizations, and have already proven their huge potential to improve society as a whole. 288. 5 things every employee wants in a workplace wellness program It’s a well-known fact that businesses today are worried about their employees' wellbeing. Solid, upbeat employees commonly create more significant levels of profitability than unfortunate workers, and therefore, more business achievement. That is the reason it's nothing unexpected that business wellbeing programs have gotten staggeringly famous during the most recent couple of years. Numerous employees are receiving the rewards too. 289. Food Tech Stories: The Secret Of The Sustainable Food System The EAT-Lancet report is the primary full logical report of what comprises a sound eating regimen from a sustainable food system, and which activities can support and accelerate food framework change. 290. How can we protect the vulnerable with technology? Technology can be helpful but it also can cause power imbalances in relationships. 291. Improve Employee Engagement and Mental Well-being In 2021 In this article, you'll find some amazing techniques to improve employee engagement and mental wellness. 292. 7 Ways to UseRobots in The Food Industry Robots have come a long way. People have been predicting that robots will be a massive part of our lives for decades. That prediction is finally starting to become a reality. We are starting to see robots everywhere, with new innovations arriving on a weekly basis. Feelings of isolation and loneliness have spiked in the past few months with most people now stuck at home with the outbreak of COVID-19. However, even before the pandemic, Americans still felt this isolation and loneliness - more than half of American adults said that they felt alone, at least some of the time. All generations, from Gen Z and Millennials to Gen X and Baby Boomers still feel lonely. Working at home may be a culprit for loneliness - remote workers are more likely to feel lonely as compared to traditional workers. K-12 teachers are the least likely to feel lonely - but with millions of students being sent home and online school taking over, this may be changing. 294. Quick Tips on How to Manage Entrеprеnеurial Strеss and Thrive in Thе Facе of Advеrsity As an еntrеprеnеur, it is tеmpting to work around the clock in pursuit of success. Howеvеr and this can quickly lead to burnout. Learn how to manage it. 295. Mental Health Crisis Calls: The Government's Controversial Idea to Track Them On dark days, in the midst of a mental health emergency, many Americans look to a federal government program for help. 296. Why I Used CBT Principles to Design an AI That Breaks Tasks Into Micro-Steps How I combined CBT principles with GPT to build an AI micro-step engine for ADHD task paralysis. 297. The Anxiety Paradox Discover how embracing discomfort and reframing your narrative can help you conquer anxiety and transform your life, featuring insights from Dr. John Delony. 298. Got Laid Off? Here's How to Get Back on the Job Horse 299. Tom Ford's Influence on Fashion, Creativity and Mental Health Tom Ford's fashion legacy and mental health: A narrative exploring creativity's toll in high fashion's glamourous yet demanding world. 300. Why Exploring the Outdoors Helps Put Our Mind in Balance A look at how exploring the outdoors could be the vacation you need in order to better focus and balance your life. 301. Can Digital Therapeutics Help in Times of Coronavirus Crisis? Medicine is taking a turn from physical to digital - by 2025, the digital therapeutics market is projected to hit $7.8 billion. The uses of digital therapeutics range wildly from alleviating symptoms of physiological and neurobehavioral symptoms to therapeutic interventions driven by software and tech to therapies to improve outcomes when combined with regular treatments. They also offer new options to those who have otherwise unmet needs, and can help reduce reliance on medication. Digital therapeutics can also be used in the treatment of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular, central nervous, respiratory, and gastrointestinal problems. 302. 4 Finds that Made 2022 Seem Less Horrible So Far These are some treasures that made me feel just a little bit better, move some, and breathe easier in 2022. 303. Mental Health in the Coronavirus Era With the U.S. taking the title of most reported COVID-19 cases in any one nation, staying at home is being pushed more than ever. But staying at home all day every day can have some negative side effects on the mind and body. Social isolation can lead to a multitude of health concerns including heightened risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Even just short periods of time alone can increase anxiety and depression after only a few days mainly due to the fact that most people rely on one or two close relationships to help them stay level-headed and secure. This is most common in high income earners, those with a graduate degree, married couples, and people over the age of 65. 304. Metaverse Mental Health: Is This The Key to Improving Mental Health? Exploring the Potential of the Metaverse: Can Immersive Virtual Worlds Revolutionize Mental Health? Here is an article on How Metaverse Enhance Mental Health. 305. The Remembering Self and the Experiencing Self: A Paradox to Happiness Hackers Dr. Daniel Kahneman, Inventor of Behavioral Economics, explains how our happiness is determined and sometimes distorted by what he describes as our two selves. 306. The Noonification: Buh-Bye Webpack and Node.js, Hello Rails and Import Maps (8/7/2024) 8/7/2024: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage! 307. Never a Dull Moment - How Boredom Impacts your Mental Health Explore the profound impacts of boredom on mental health, and discover innovative solutions to keep yourself engaging. 308. How To Use Twitter Without Hating It This is a guide to getting only the good parts of this infamous social network. Discover how to make your Twitter experience productive and stress-free. 309. Kieran Drew: 10 Incredible Lessons I Learned After I Broke My Neck 12 years ago, I broke my neck. Then doctors found a brain tumor at the base of my skull. And my spine bent by over 56 degrees. It was the best time of my life. 310. Is Your Technology Addiction Taking Over Life and Your Mental Wellbeing? In this article, we’ll be diving deeper into the Relevance and Risk of Smartphone and Technology Addiction in the times we live in today — during COVID-19. 311. How Can HR Facilitate Your Remote Workplace Mental Health Initiatives? In this article, we will explain the role of HR in helping employees solve mental health problems and see what HR is doing to address this issue. 312. Three Strategies to Help Break an Internet Addiction In more ways than most people recognize, the internet has infiltrated every part of our lives. In some cases, that's been beneficial. For example, the internet puts the majority of the world's knowledge right at our fingertips, allowing individual learning on a previously unheard-of scale. It has also enabled free-flowing global communications, making the vast world a much more integrated community. 313. The God-Mode Illusion: Why I Stopped Optimizing for Control and Started Architecting for Entropy Obsession with "Novelty" is a bug, not a feature. 314. 207 Stories To Learn About Health Learn everything you need to know about Health via these 207 free HackerNoon stories. 315. Harmony in Turmoil: Frédéric Chopin's Struggle with Mental Health Explore the intricate interplay of musical brilliance and personal struggles in the life of Frédéric Chopin. 316. The Loneliness Epidemic: Overcoming Loneliness as an Entrepreneur in a Highly Connected Era Even with the rise of the Internet of Things and the digitalization of our communication efforts, more people are experiencing high levels of loneliness. 317. Meet the Writer: "I hope to help people with my writing," says Contributor Amy Shah, Physician Amy Shah is a physician-writer whose latest Hacker Noon Top story was an interview with a blind software developer. Are you getting a positive return on your investment into your social media marketing? Or is your time and mental health more important? 319. Hacking Your Psyche To Prevent Isolation Fatigue Americans have been reporting increased feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and even hopelessness at least once per week since the start of the COVID pandemic. In fact, at the end of April, 3 in 4 American adults expected a second wave of the virus and supported continued social distancing. 320. How Developers Are Feeling In Challenging Time Of Pandemic A study into wellbeing and productivity of software developers during the pandemic is now being replicated after a year of working from home. 321. It's Lonely At The Summit: Leaders Need Help Too You’re at the top of the world; you can’t be hurting… depressed… lonely… Can you? Overcome your loneliness through communication and community. 322. Be Your Unique Self Why do we follow gurus and not pursue our unique path 323. Healthy Eating Under Coronavirus Quarantine Eating out has become a big part of our lives and with everyone now at home, a lot needs to change to make up for it. Before this lockdown, Americans would eat out on average nearly 6 times per week. Eating at home is still popular - Americans spend around $4,400 annually on food for their fridge; around 7% of their total annual spending. In these past few weeks, however, going to grocery stores has been discouraged and most restaurants have been closed. This has caused many to stock up on a variety of items. Shoppers are stocking up on goods like canned foods, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and bottled water. Sales for some of these items such as oat milk and medical masks are up by hundreds of percent and other products like frozen and fresh fruit, dried beans, bath and shower wipes, and water all have higher sales that are higher by a noticeable amount. 324. The HackerNoon Newsletter: Managing Stress May Be A Lot Simpler Than You Think (12/17/2024) 12/17/2024: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage! 325. How to Navigate the Holidays: A Closer Look at Christmas and Mental Health Diagnoses In this article, we delve deeper into the intersection of Christmas and mental health. 326. Food Tech Stories: How Food Can Fix Your Depression Based on this story: Why nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment 327. Is it worth believing in mankind or has competition taken over? Is it worth believing in mankind? Here I have raised up the questions that have been inside me due to growing competition in the recent generation. 328. Office Inferno: Why Aren't We Happy At Work? I just finished watching “The Office”. Funny on the surface, but very satirical and even dark once you go a layer below. 329. Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health with Amy Pravin Shah, Noonies Nominee 2021 Amy Pravin Shah has been nominated for Noonies 2021: HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Mental Health. Here is her story. 330. A Nasty, Brutal U.S. Election Season Favors Wellness-On-Demand Services for 2021 Victory for President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris lends favor to the tech sector’s 2021 mission to address mental health. 331. Tech's Silent Epidemic: Why We Are Rebooting 2018’s Landmark Mental Health Research Working with FlowDealer Labs, we're rebooting my original mental health research to understand how you're doing and what we can do to materially improve it. 332. I Said, "It's Funny Being Human" at a Marriott Sports Bar in 2001 There I was. Sitting in a Marriott hotel sports bar in downtown Chicago in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday having a drink with a good friend — and suddenly former colleague — when I said that phrase out loud. 333. "I don't want anyone to go through what I went through" - with I-Ally Founder Lucinda Koza Interview with I-Ally Founder Lucinda Koza where reveals she wants to save millennial family caregivers from a broken system 334. New Book Release For Self-Assessing Your Digital Habits Raising awareness around digital health as the world moves back to life beyond the screen 335. When Will We Act Against the Heinous Effects of Tech Dependence? The above photo is from the Weconomics convention last year, where I had the opportunity to pre-present my book Life Beyond the Touch Screen before its official launch in 2020. Something really interesting happened during my session. 336. 3 Actionable Tips for Burnt-out Entrepreneurs From scheduled breaks to deep breathing techniques and the Four A's of Stress Management, this guide provides holistic solutions for every entrepreneur. 337. How to Lead With Empathy & Avoid the Pitfalls of Emotional Contagion Use empathy to your advantage and bring big changes in business performance. Know the science behind empathy and the pitfalls to avoid in this detailed article. 338. Meet the Writer: Matthew Proffitt, ESG & Disruptive Tech Consultant Background info about a Hackernoon Top Story author's life, interests, and career. 339. Neuroscience: Is Consciousness Research Avoiding Mental Health? How can the available theories of consciousness be plugged directly into some mental health problems, including addictions, so that possibilities are sought? 340. Embracing Healing - Breaking Free from the Past and Moving Forward The tools and tips I found helpful in healing and overcoming my past. Acknowledge your past, identify patterns, re-parent yourself and seek professional help 341. How to Talk to Your Children About Smartphone Addiction On Parenting post-2020, post-covid-19 and post-lockdown. 342. Code, Burnout, and Late-Night Debugging: Life Advice for Devs From Someone Still Figuring It Out Developers need more than clean code. They need clean boundaries, too, and they need to set boundaries. 343. My Perspective About The Motivational Market Self-help, motivation, we all need it. But do we need it that much? Are we helping ourselves by others’ capitalization on it? 344. Jarett Reginald Stewart Lifted Up By All These Hacker Noon Shenanigans “In these unprecedented times…” People build unprecedented products, and contribute to the internet in unprecedented ways. Go on, make a fellow human’s day and nominate the best YOUR best of 2020’s tech industry for a 2020 #Noonie, the tech industry’s most independent and community-driven awards: NOONIES.TECH. 345. When AI Babysits Anxiety: The Rise of Emotional Delegation As AI begins to manage our emotions, are we losing the ability to manage them ourselves? Nargiz Noimann explores the ethics of emotional delegation in tech. 4/10/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage! 347. The Psychological Effects of Working from Home Amid a Lockdown If you’re working remotely for the first time and feeling fatigued, believe us, we know what you're experiencing. 348. Understanding Leadership Anxiety in Managers and 5 Ways to Manage it This blog here focuses on leadership anxiety and aims to help managers and leaders in bettering understanding and managing anxiety at work. 349. How Diets and Dying Related to Demographics When we seek to understand consequences of our actions and the hidden complexity that underlies them we can make better decisions. One set of decisions that everyone participates in throughout life is choice of diet. The impact of what we consume on a daily basis is often only felt many years later — and can be an accident of birth. 350. Finding Meaning in Loss: A Journey of Grief, Reflection, and Embracing Life's Fragility The surprising perspective I gained from witnessing death 351. Mapping the Mind: Can Mice Brains Help Harvard Researchers Chart the Human Connectome? When someone is experiencing a severely depressive heaviness, which is a situation like a boulder in the mind, where is it? Is it a synapse, a set of synapses ? Thank you for checking out the 351 most read blog posts about Mental Health on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read blog posts about any technology.