15 year study shows that majority of gender-confused kids grow out of it.Researches in the Netherlands conducted a study on over 2,700 people over the span of 15 years, from the ages of 11 to their mid-twenties. They found that 11% felt some sort of gender confusion, but by the time they reached the age of 25, the...See More »
R.I.P. Daniel Kahneman (1934 - 2024) Daniel Kahneman, an award winning psychologist, died this morning. For people that don't know him and his work, I can heavily recommend his award winning book: "Thinking Fast and Slow", which is a must read for everyone that tries to make a bit of...See More »
Why are my stages of grief so backwards?I usually jump straight to anger then i get mad at being mad then i begin bargaining. Denial and depression are kinda lumped together but the anger remains in the background. Acceptance takes ages to reach sometimes but when we reach that sometimes...See More »
Psychology: Why does alcohol help ease anxiety and worry?What would cause someone with anxiety to begin to self-medicate with alcohol? What does alcohol do help the patient with their anxiety? Also, this would do more harm than good in the long run, correct?
"Real Women"/"Real Men"Expressions used by manipulative narcissists where instead of communicating their personal unrealistic expectations from some gender, they try to emotionally blackmail you into believing that there's something wrong with you if you don't do what they...See More »
Is it weird that I get imposter syndrome from looking so young while almost being 30.I feel like I don’t fit in with my age group like 98% of the time.
Life is about what you've doneLife is about what you've done and how you feel about what you've done. It's having to live with yourself with what you've done. Having to live with yourself forever with everything that you've done. And coming to terms with all of it. From being a...See More »
Cynophobia, the fear of dogs.One of the unforgettable events that shook my childhood was watching a close friend of mine being attacked by a canine. I still remember him getting bitten and torn apart. I witnessed the horrific scene, helplessly standing frozen and traumatized. I...See More »
I notice a lot of videos made by therapists on YouTube tend to spend a lot of time describing the problem in question without getting to the pointAs to what the solution is, it’s like a ramble and it’s hard because most videos are like this and they are 20 minutes long
how should you deal with people who play 'head games'obviously you can't get aggressive with them, so what's the very best way to 'deflect' what they do?
how do you deal with someone who 'insinuates' something falseat you directly or indirectly, you see them say or write something meant for you, and it is false what they're implying or insinuating. how should you deal with someone who does that without losing your temper?
USA psychology, 1970s vs todayI read something the other day that said something like 1 in 44 children today is somewhere "on the spectrum". Considering most children go through childhood never talking to a psychologist, it seems the diagnosis rate must be very high. Yikes...See More »
The ‘Shared Psychosis’ of Donald Trump and His SupportersBandy X. Lee, a forensic psychiatrist and president of the World Mental Health Coalition, led a coalition of psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals to put out a statement calling for Trump’s immediate removal from office...See More »