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Why Do I Keep Attracting Narcissists?
RelationshipsPsychology

Why Do I Keep Attracting Narcissists?

You were not attracting narcissists. You were trained to tolerate them. Here is the psychology behind the pattern and what it actually takes to change it.

6 min read • 4/12/2026
Signs Someone Is Breadcrumbing You
RelationshipsPsychology

Signs Someone Is Breadcrumbing You

Breadcrumbing is when someone gives you just enough attention to keep you hoping but never enough to build anything real. Here are the signs and the psychology behind why it works.

5 min read • 4/12/2026
Affairs at Work: How Proximity, Stress, and Loneliness Create the Perfect Condition
RelationshipsDark SidePsychology

Affairs at Work: How Proximity, Stress, and Loneliness Create the Perfect Condition

She was 22 and spoken for. He was 27 and married. They were developers in the same Bengaluru office and from different castes. A psychological and sociological examination of why people who know better still choose this.

9 min read • 4/12/2026
When Your Manager Just Doesn't Like You: A Workplace Case Study
WorkplacePsychology

When Your Manager Just Doesn't Like You: A Workplace Case Study

Vertika did everything right at work. Good output, no complaints, two years in. So why was her career going nowhere? A case study on managerial bias and how it quietly destroys careers.

8 min read • 4/12/2026
Signs You're in a Situationship (And How to Get Out)
RelationshipsPsychology

Signs You're in a Situationship (And How to Get Out)

A situationship looks like a relationship but operates without any of its agreements. Here are the signs you are in one and how to get out.

8 min read • 4/12/2026
What Destroys a Relationship Faster Than Cheating
relationshipslovePsychology

What Destroys a Relationship Faster Than Cheating

Cheating is the accepted villain of relationship stories. But it is rarely where the destruction starts. The things that actually kill relationships are quieter, more ordinary, and far more common than infidelity.

10 min read • 4/12/2026
How to Get Over Someone Who Didn't Love You Back
relationshipslovePsychology

How to Get Over Someone Who Didn't Love You Back

Unrequited love is a specific kind of grief. Here is why the usual advice makes it worse and what moving forward actually looks like.

9 min read • 4/11/2026
She Was Never an Employee. She Was a Resource. Resources Do Not Get Promoted.
behaviourworkplacePsychology

She Was Never an Employee. She Was a Resource. Resources Do Not Get Promoted.

A case study in what a company can do to someone without ever breaking a rule, missing a process, or doing anything that would look wrong on paper. What happened to Priya over three years at a startup was not illegal. It was worse than that. It was policy.

12 min read • 4/11/2026
How Organisations Engineer Exits Without Ever Writing a Termination Letter
behaviourworkplacePsychology

How Organisations Engineer Exits Without Ever Writing a Termination Letter

They will not fire you. Firing you creates paperwork, legal risk, and an uncomfortable conversation. Instead they will make the job unliveable, wait for you to quit, and call it a mutual parting of ways. Here is exactly how they do it.

10 min read • 4/11/2026