Blogs by Hoorix

I know the title sounds confusing, but hear me out. Some activities have been aggressively marketed as therapeutic and sanative —like they’re one yoga mat away from fixing your life. But in reality? Those same activities often send you into an emotional spiral you did not sign up for. This isn’t a self-care guide. It’s more of a reality check: a list of things that are supposed to help you heal but somehow end up making your emotional state worse than it already was. To make my thesis make sense, let me give some examples. Organising Organising starts as a “clean space, clean mind” situation and ends with you sitting on the floor at 1 a.m., holding random objects and questioning your entire personality. Every single time I start cleaning; organising drawers, dusting cabinets, rearranging shelves, I crash out. Never in my life—not once—have I been peaceful pre-, mid-, or post-cleaning. If anything, I come out more overstimulated and emotionally unstable than I went in. Whoever came up...

World War II in a Nutshell History textbooks talk about World War II like it just… happened. No drama. No buildup. No accountability. Which is insane, because WWII was basically the world’s biggest group chat fight that spiraled completely out of control. So let’s rewind. The Villain Origin Story After World War I, Germany was down BAD. Like, embarrassing-level bad. They lost land, money, pride, and were forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which was basically the Allies saying: “You caused this mess, now suffer forever.” Germany was broke, angry, and humiliated. Enter Adolf Hitler , a failed artist with an ego problem and way too much confidence. This man pulled up and said: “Okay so hear me out: what if I blame minorities, spread hate, promise glory, and rebuild Germany by starting another war?” And unfortunately… people clapped. Hitler became Chancellor, turned Germany into a dictatorship, banned opposition, brainwashed the youth, and convinced the nation that they were the “mas...