This Instagram Page Shares Fascinating Psychological Facts And Here’re 30 Of The Most Interesting Ones

I used to think that depression is deep sadness. Then I found out that, at least for me, it is actually a lack of joy and pleasure. You barely feel any pleasure from any activity you usually enjoy. Everything is dull and grey. You surprise yourself when you laugh out loud. It is like you are emotionally numb all the time. You don't look forward to anything. You just lie there on your bed, thinking of a lot of things you can do for fun, but end up not doing anything because you couldn't be bothered.

Can confirm... Discovered that through therapy :)

Yes 👏👏👏

Yes!

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This includes family members! Even if it’s yo’ mama. If mama is toxic/triggering/detrimental to your wellbeing, then she’s got to go!

This 100%

Confidence is not knowing that you'll win. Confidence is knowing that you'll be okay if you don't.

Why do I always want to believe the best of people? And the worst of myself?! 🤯

I so wish more people understood this!

Ahh, all the catholics ever - they have to force you into their sky daddy fairytale to not feel like idiots

Did that with my mother, step father and my sister. So much stress gone since then..zero regrets

Yup, this explains so much..

So when people give me crp about being in my 40's and single, I can just tell them it's because I'm too smart? I find this acceptable.

Come on now, that's not a phobia. That's reality.

Case in point: MAGA Edit: thanks for the corrections

This!

I'm not lazy. I'm efficient.

Stress is your body assuming you're being stalked by one of those pesky saber-toothed tigers...

Oh, is it?

Better the devil you know...

Take that, parents of toddlers! Listen up, everyone else.

Doesn't make it hurt any less, even if it was the right one :(

When I was caught napping during work-time and explained this to my boss, his response was anything but polite. He wasn't convinced that I was sleeping only for the sake of the company.

*calling cat*

i shall now bath in lava

If you dont love yourself, no one else will

This data is skewed because people that tried and failed were still too busy hiding under a blanket in their bed, cringing and kicking the blanket as the thoughts of it all reply in their minds on endless repeat.

That being said, there is something really soothing about a rain storm, but only if I can use it as an excuse to stay under a blanket with a good book all day.

Higher fish content diets and the constant sound of the ocean drowning out the voices of your enemies. Of course it is better for you.

Sadly, I am kinda convinced that people tend to think about others more than of themselves, because thinking about yourself is hard, while judging is easy.

Come on, Psychology Peers, you can't just quote Sigmund "Oedipus Complex" Freud and expect us to take it seriously...

Well, that explains doctors' signatures

I have actually noticed that I feel a bit better when I cry my eyes out while listening to my sad song playlist after a long, awful and depressing day

You can’t control how others take your words

*Slowly puts seed back* *Walks away* *Waits for 5 min* *Runs back to seed*

I love that. Even if the music isn't cheerful, the sheer magnitude of the feelings some simple pressure changes can impose on you is baffling!

cry

For me, that's right. Even though I think about my friends every day and I often cry because I don't want them to forget me, I am not able to contact them 😔

You want a relationship to last, think of your spouse not only as a lover, but as a best friend and teammate. That’s how my parents described it to me. They’ve been happily married for 21 years. I think it’s good advice to live by

This list keeps trying to tell me I'm smart. I'm not smart. I just have layers of issues like a delicious anxiety cake. With sprinkles.

Babies can die if they’re not physically snuggled a little. Makes you wonder what happens to us adults who are lacking hugs and good snuggles.

I didn't even know there was a word for me

All of mine are clearly labeled. As they run roughshod over my existence. But at least I know what to call the thing that just mowed me down.

There aren't enough bananas in the world for this.

I wish my friend Tim would learn this. Sigh. My best friend of over 20 years and has a hard time saying No sometimes…at the expense of his health. And he’s back in Arizona and I’m in Iowa. Damn.

Yet it doesn’t make dealing with those other people’s behavior totally ok or not frustrating

But helping other before you help yourself is the wrong way!

I hate this one. Toxic positivity imho. If you're helpless in an unbearable situation, there's not much you can do to improve your response.

Any kind of stress will weaken your immune system, chronic stress especially so. It also slows healing (for instance, of wounds/bruises, etc.)

My singing helps reduce my anxiety but causes my husband and kid to be in bad mood and have earaches 🤷‍♀️

Very common in elderly couples who were mates for a long time. If one dies, the other tends to pass soon after for no obvious reason when they were otherwise pretty healthy.

*Pinches bones*

Sounds like a disgusting salad 🤢😅

No, I'm not telling you why I'm dyeing the cat blue. You'll find out when I reach my goal /j

So that is why all of our group project fail, they are all in love with me!

Awwww.

But it’s not the size of the brain that matters, it’s how you use…never mind.

I'm so going to use this excuse if I can't remember an answer in class

I don't think I'm anything like Frank Zappa though

Attractive people can get away with almost anything.

I thought it was the opposite.

*symmetrical. They look at more symmetrical faces due to the human ability for facial pattern recognition. Babies don’t have a concept of beauty. *facepalm