Your brain is likely to prioritize thinking about your ex-partner in the same way as it signals you to pay attention to physical pain.
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They say that LePera has proven resistant to this criticism, blocking or deflecting people who question her. Her critics within the community say they are alarmed by her refusal to accept criticism, especially criticism that her work erases the way oppression affects the mental health of those who e…
It’s just the same thing over and over: The world is falling apart, and I am depressed.
It seems that they’re able to improve our mental processing: they can help us to think and may be a surprisingly handy part of our cognitive toolbox.
It’s been comforting to conceive of my mind as a dignified fortress rather than a heap of festering goo.
In 1951, Yale psychologist Solomon Asch famously demonstrated the power of conformity when his research participants knowingly answered questions incorrectly just to comply with the group. While engaging in silly behavior and posting the antics online doesn’t always call into question one’s deeply h…
The political is a tiny fraction of the world, and what I’m doing isn’t political: it’s psychological, or philosophical, or theological. The political element is peripheral.
What do we really need in order to trust someone?
Since melatonin is made from serotonin, people with SAD may potentially produce too much melatonin during the winter months, leaving them feeling lethargic or down.
I still think 'kk' is truly grotesque.
Reverse psychology is an awesome tool. I don't know if you guys know about it, but, basically, you make someone think the opposite of what you believe. And that tricks them into doing something stupid. Works like a charm.
Cute aggression is often baffling and embarrassing to the people who experience it.
Trauma is another way to install a new behavior. We learn things instantly all the time.
Suggestions last as long as there is repetition or as long as the suggestion is useful.
I imagine his interest in politics is much like the interest one might have in a Rubik’s cube. He is tinkering with a meaningless logic problem.
You say you love me like you’ve just been reprimanded.
Left as daydreams, crushes are usually harmless.
But if connection is so important, how can it be that it is so often overlooked, and that there are almost no resources available to teach people how to foster real connection in their lives?
Here's a piece of advice, Brendon. There's no such thing as psychology. It's all made-up crap. They're all conmen, all of them. Even the women.
— Bill Braudis, Brendon Small, H. Jon Benjamin, Coach John McGuirk, H. Jon Benjamin, imdb.com
Name a modern blight, and someone, somewhere, is ready to blame it for messing with the modern libido.