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This Instagram Page Shares Fascinating Psychological Facts And Here’re 30 Of The Most Interesting Ones
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Did you know that most of us use mind tricks from time to time, even if we are not aware of it? It’s normal and it helps us maneuver through life. Knowing how to properly behave, what to say or simply being able to understand our emotions and ways of acting helps a lot in life. And there’s nothing wrong with that (as long as you don’t use that knowledge for evil purposes).
There are many psychological tips and tricks laying around offering us help to shape our inner psyche. If you can use psychology to your advantage, then why not do so? That’s why we want to share the best psychological insights presented by “Psychology Peers”, an Instagram page spreading knowledge to 118K of its followers.
So, prepare a notebook because, we believe, you’ll find something valuable in here.
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#1
Passerby 2 years ago
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.
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
You nailed it, Passerby. “You surprise yourself when you laugh out loud.”
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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Yes. When I finally told some close family and friends I'd been diagnosed with MDD they were absolutely shocked. Sometimes the smiliest people are just hiding the most hurt 🤷🏼♀️
Headless Roach 2 years ago
The easiest way to check is to sneak up on them during the night - they're likely in the kitchen and will run away when you turn on the light.
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Lorraine Woollands 2 years ago
When I was off sick from work with depression and anxiety my boss came to do standard sickness interview. I had my boyfriend with for support. Anyway we were talking and he was asking questions and he said "what happened , the day before you went off sick you where smiling and making jokes. ( Well that should have been a warning sign because I am not a jokey kind of person). My boyfriend said " Well you didn't see her when she got in the car" ( he used to pick me up from work because he finished before me and this day as so has I got in the car I said to he that I couldn't go back,ever ). I was suicidal and if he had made me go back i would have walked in front of the bus that was to take me to work.. Anyway when my boss left my boyfriend said " what a a@#£hole, he knows nothing about mental health. I am glad this fact about depression as been shown, because many people have the wrong idea about all mental health
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Big hugs; glad your boyfriend is so supportive <3
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Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
Unfortunately, this is the new normal. People work too much, make only enough to survive, and can't afford to have a fun day.
Load More Replies... Happy Panda 2 years ago
This. It's also sleeping to pass the day to go to the next, though I'm not exactly sure why I'm always looking forward to a tomorrow. I don't really have a goal or anything. Not much motivation in life, but something still drives me to continue living.
RajunCajun 2 years ago
I take meds to keep me from crying all the time, so to sit quietly and do little to nothing is still a win for me
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AnnaRachelle 2 years ago
It took me years in and out of therapy to realise that I can shut negative people,relations or friends out of ny life. They probably need therapy as much as I did
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Mariaf 2 years ago
my pych professor used to say "Narcissistic personality disorder is treated by psychotherapy...adminstered to everybody around them"
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
it’s called being the Identified Patient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identified_patient
LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago (edited)
Yup! The moment my parents (mostly my mom) found out I was in therapy, they made it all about themselves and how they must not have been good parents if I was in therapy. I had actually needed therapy since I was 12, they refused to let me go to one, and took years as an adult before I wasn't scared to go. Back then it would have had very little to do with them, nowadays? Well now it is mostly about them, I just didn't confirm it.
Liam Walsh 2 years ago
The ability of some people to always make it about them... 🙄
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Lsai Aeon 2 years ago
Last time I went to therapy, the counselor had me convinced that I actually deserved the abuse I endured as a child. I don't trust therapists
Liam Walsh 2 years ago
Ye gods, did they get their qualifications out a Christmas cracker?? No, dear Lsai Aeon, you do NOT deserve any abuse. No consolation I know but I too came across some effing awful psychiatrists. Some of them are odd. First meeting with one he had his tie tied around his neck. So what you ask? It was literally his neck, not his shirt... weirdo.
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A B C the Third 2 years ago
That's more r/showerthoughts than psychological fact, but oh well, it's BP after all, right?
#3
Lorraine Woollands 2 years ago
My old boss didn't like me standing up for myself, said that I was making trouble
LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
Also currently because of family. I used to be a shy, invisible child who had no spine. As an adult I'm very willful, I hate being ignored and I definitely speak my mind. According to my family however I'm "too outspoken, stubborn and crazy." Sure. I started being myself, suddenly I'm "unreasonable".
Happy Panda 2 years ago
A close friend of mine is having a hard time with her new circle of friends. There has been so many times when she told me that she wants to rest, but at the same time, she is afraid of being on bad terms with the said circle of friends. She actually knows how mentally-draining they are, but she had her fair share of being treated badly by her previous friends, and I think she's just striving to be on a good term with people, just so that she doesn't have to be in toxic situations even though her situation is rather toxic for her, but maybe to her it is still mild.
AnnaRachelle 2 years ago
Absolutely. I would rather be alone then have to spend time around negative,abusive,manipulating people
To find out what an expert has to say about these facts and why it is important to learn psychology, Bored Panda reached out to Ronald E. Riggio, a Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. He is also the author of more than a dozen books and research articles in the areas of leadership, assessment centers, organizational psychology and social psychology.
#4
Lorraine Woollands 2 years ago
My partner died in January and I don't have any friends and my only family , my mum is in a care home, I am disabled and I have carer's twice a week. But I have come to realise how much I like my own company. I used to hate being on my own but now I prefer it. Has long as I have my cat I am ok
CultOfBambi 2 years ago
My condolences, Lorraine. My kitties and I send you and your cat best wishes. I have more friends than I truly deserve - I'm an antisocial grump most of the time and also really enjoy my own company. I'm not sure why they still invite me to things, to be honest!
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DuchessDegu 2 years ago
Can absolutely confirm. The years I lived alone were the happiest of my adulthood!
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Depends. I’m somewhat of an introvert. Being around people drains me, and solitude recharges my “social butterfly” battery. I’m also just as happy in my own company as I am in the company of others (until they drain me, that is).
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
During Covid lockdown this was so destructive for people with serious mental health issues to start with. We’re told NOT to isolate ourselves in order to help maintain our mental health and yet and we had to. Also, our usual support systems were no longer available to us. Really difficult time.
Esme Weatherwax 2 years ago
Me too Maudelin. It's the best feeling. At home alone reading a book sitting near the open fire listening to the dogs snore
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Garry Cowan 2 years ago (edited)
Sorry bit off topic but for some strange reason it really irks me when (usually Americans) use the world addicting rather than addictive..don't know why but there you go
#5
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
It's so draining, isn't it? You're doing amazing though, and I know you can carry on, even when you don't want to. Hugs.
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It’s the hardest and most important work you’ll ever do in life that has no true witness or mentor, very little support or hope for a good prognosis, and is almost entirely without external acknowledgment or reward.
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
This is one of the most accurate things I've ever read; have an upvote.
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Giles McArdell 2 years ago
It's not so much pulling myself out of a dark place, it's finding some way to carry on despite being there.
David 2 years ago
For days I've been telling myself that tomorrow I will do something useful. Today is yesterday's tomorrow. So far I've had coffee and am lol'ing to bored panda while I make snarky remarks. At this point am still telling myself I'll do something useful in a bit. Plan B is notice the sun is setting and tell myself, "Well, today was a waste but tomorrow I'm going to do something useful. Depression is a MF.
Happy Panda 2 years ago
I've been in that kind of place a lot, not proud of that, but I'm proud of myself for being able to get up again each time. Journaling helps me to deal with it, to be honest. :)
the shy platypus from nextdoor 2 years ago
And everyone thinks that you just refuse help while you aren't strong enough to accept it in reality
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Yes, it takes a lot of mental energy and motivation to accept help and look after yourself.
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Lollipop Girl 2 years ago
Yeah, I think that's why I hate when people tell me to "hold on" and "don't give up". If it was that easy I would do it. If I had a reason why, I would do it. Heck, if I liked living, I would do it. But it's not like that.
#6
Sar ska 2 years ago
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!
Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
I genuinely love it when people say this. It hits home for me and it's very reassuring. Yet I haven't been able to take that step...
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Passerby 2 years ago
This is why I cut contact with my parents for around three years. I was struggling with depression and my thesis, but my parents only put more pressure on me. There were a lot of times when I thought I would just end myself. Fortunately, I was not financially dependent on them and had my own place, so I simply stopped taking their calls and never went to visit. I recently reconciled with them though. I am okay now as long as they don't bring up the past.
Gregg Carr 2 years ago
to ague with an intelligent person is hard , to argue with an idiot is impossible
JustJackie 2 years ago
I think I got this one from another BP post, and it's helped me a lot. I would rather adjust my life to your absence, than adjust my boundaries to accommodate your disrespect.
Brazen 2 years ago
We haven't talked to my husband's mother in a few years now, but his sister things we are wrong to do so "because she's family." I said "if my friends were to treat and talk to us the way she does, then that person wouldn't be my friend either. Why do family members think they are exempt from treating us like dirt?" She had no answer for that.
LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
I'm going as far as moving late next year. I've had enough of some people and just want to go somewhere where they can't find me. They'll be aware I left because of them.
We first asked the professor why it is important to understand human behavior. R. Riggio explained that the only way we know one another is through our behavior. "We behave in certain ways, and others interpret that and draw conclusions about us — what kind of person we are, whether they want to continue interacting with us, etc. So, we need to better understand our own behavior and how it affects others.
It is also critically important to study our own behavior if we are engaging in self-damaging patterns of behavior (e.g., not taking care of ourselves, abusing substances, abusing or using other people for personal gains, the list goes on and on). That is why psychology is such a popular topic and subject of study (psychology is one of the most popular college majors). We all want to understand more about our own, and others', behavior in order to make sense out of our social role and increase our knowledge and effectiveness in life."
#7
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
My grandmother died two days ago. From something entirely preventable. This is the point in life where I learn this lesson.
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago (edited)
I’m angry and awake on BP at 4am and I need to tell someone so I’m just going to say it out loud here: this f*****g hurts and I miss her. And I’m angry and I’m defensive and I’m a total jerk right now. I am trying to manage my reaction to my emotions but damn - those emotions be angry spicy right now.
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Happy Panda 2 years ago
This is something that I am bad at. I have always been emotionally-reactive. I have tried to remain calm and do the breathing exercises that my therapist told me to do but sometimes the emotions just got the better of me and it sucks :( I don't shout and stuff at people, but I do say really mean stuff that I don't mean to the people that I love and treasure a lot and it always makes me feel horrible because of the pain that I have inflicted on them.
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
the breathing doesn't work for my anxiety. It's hard because my first reaction is to just cry. I'm anxious about something stupid like what show to pick? I'm probably gonna cry. Maybe have a conversation with your friends and family and talk to them about this, let them understand that you don't mean it and that you're working to get better, it'll probably mean a lot to everyone
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Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
The best way to manage your emotions is to realize the reason for them. The real reason.
UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
That only took me about 45 years to learn. Still miserable, but now I can manage getting through the day. 😃
K. Ayyelos 2 years ago
Indeed. The one thing we control directly is how we react to the world around us; including our emotions.
Evan Martin 2 years ago
True we can control how we react to our emotions (except we can control other things directly). Our faction to our emotion is what we do our Hoe we behave. But it really starts with thinking. First we think, then we feel, then we act. We can't feel an emotion with our thinking first. And our emotions obviously have a huge impact on our behavior. So in my opinion if you're unhappy with how you're acting (or reacting) you need to address your thinking.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
Confidence is not knowing that you'll win. Confidence is knowing that you'll be okay if you don't.
Jon Steensen 2 years ago
Confidence is knowing that you have the skills to achieve the things that you want, or at least that you have what it takes to learn the skills that you might be lacking. Unless you are in a direct content with somebody else and it is a zero sum game, it has nothing to do with other people, but is only about your goals and succeeding with them.
Helena 2 years ago
Except knowing where you are in the rankings of those around you can really help with job retention.
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
I like to hope this quote has nothing to do with employment requirements
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
I recall that as one of those job interview questions that was really a trick question. "Mr. Smith, we are interviewing several candidates for this position. Can you tell me why you are the best person to hire?" (or similar) The correct answer is to point out you know nothing about those other people so can not compare yourselves to them - followed by some reasons why you feel you are a good candidate for the position. They ARE asking you to pitch yourself but they are also seeing if you are the kind of person who throws shade at people you don't even know.
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
Confidence is willing to compete with your knowledge, skills, and effort. Arrogance is believing you'll win no matter your effort. Thanks Coach Martino for teaching me that.
The crushinator 2 years ago
So that's what i've been feeling! It's on and off but it sure beats self hatred and despair :p
#9
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Why do I always want to believe the best of people? And the worst of myself?! 🤯
Sar ska 2 years ago (edited)
Some people don’t ignore the red flags so much as they just don’t realize that they’re colorblind yet.
Poeha 2 years ago (edited)
I'm not colorblind. It did look pink with rose colored glasses on. My brain just went on a holiday. He returned in time luckily. Brain needs a break now and then too.
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Ruth Hempsey 2 years ago
As an old woman I'd say, believe your first impression or reaction to a new person. My experiences have shown me that even when I've given people the benefit of the doubt, in the end they've proven that I was right not to trust them in the first place. Sad but unfortunately true.
Blackadams 2 years ago
We all have red flags,yoy can't ignore everyone because of their wrong doing,you have to deal with their s**t sometimes as they also have to deal with yours
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
I should be single. Wanted to talk to my boyfriend on his codependency and why it's not healthy and he took that as "it's not healthy that I love you?" so I tried explaining it as that it makes me scared sometimes, and I feel that if I needed to break up with him over something I'd be too scared.. He punched a wall and didn't understand why that scared me....
Load More Replies... Are you curious about how psychological facts can help us maneuver through life? R. Riggio shared that our perception is inherently biased by our own belief systems, lifetime experiences, and what we have observed. "For example, we are quite protective of our image of ourselves. We like to believe that we are good, smart, and kind and that we possess a host of other positive qualities. We use self-protective biases to help guard our often-fragile egos, and maintain a positive view of ourselves. By studying psychology, we can learn more about these systematic biases and how to not be fooled by them. Psychology helps us to be honest with ourselves: own up to our mistakes. Review and critique our own behavior. Second, we must realize that the situation and our psychological makeup are responsible for our actions and outcomes."
#10
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I read this one a few times and I still plan to read it more often. I have OCD that does not seem valid to some people because it's a very irrational set of fears. And people do not tend to believe me when I explain it to them so this just makes me feel a lot better. It helps so much to be reminded that I am experiencing is very valid to me.
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
hey, i read this amazing memoir, it's called "Obsessed: A Memoir of my Life with OCD" and it's by Allison Britz. It really opened up my eyes to what people with OCD can go through. She gets really irrational, and it even goes thru what she did in therapy. It might help you realize it's all valid and it's all on different scales ❤️
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Renae Dougherty 2 years ago
I am tired of people saying "just stop worrying so much" FFS why didn't I think of that!!
Jaaawn 2 years ago (edited)
And never feel your struggles aren't important because someone is going through worse. Your mental health struggles are valid to you and does matter.
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
my mom always says this. "but other people have it worse", honestly it makes my mental worse.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
I think of this every time "normal" people are trying to make logical sense of why some person was a serial killer or shot up a school or something. "I just don't understand why he did that". Lady that's because you are relatively normal and recognize that murdering innocent people is a bad thing.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
I think of this every time I see people baying for bloody revenge when someone does something "evil".
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
Most things "make sense". We just don't understand them yet. Appendicitis was a complete mystery two thousand years ago.
Lorraine Woollands 2 years ago
If people took more notice of this maybe I would have gotten help sooner
Dan Padgett 2 years ago
I explain my anxiety as overactive fight or flight. I explain the feeling as "the buzz and twitchiness from twice the healthy limit of caffeine". People seem to get it.
#11
Isabella 2 years ago
Ahh, all the catholics ever - they have to force you into their sky daddy fairytale to not feel like idiots
Satan Laughs 2 years ago
I’m Catholic and I’ve never forced anyone. Leave the hate off BP, please.
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3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago (edited)
Sweet juicy pineapple is fantastic on a well-made, savoury greasy bacon-y pizza with warm salty homemade dough and I am very secure in this belief and choice 🧡 and if you aren’t cool with it - that’s cool, tell me your favourite pizza topping combination then pls? :)
SCP 4666 2 years ago
Tell that to an Italian. They will stare at you like you're the devil himself😄
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RAWR 2 years ago
I feel this. I watch a lot of people in my same religion that take aggressive approaches to sharing it with others. Like, okay. Just saying, it doesn't work. Just live your life, do what you want, but be friends with all different types of people. If they are interested in your religion, cool. If they aren't, also cool. It's not your place to decide what they believe.
Frederick Schulkind 2 years ago
This is only partially right. Most of the comments below refer to religion, but politics matters more, because that really controls what you can and can't do.
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
this is my best friend and I. We believe different things, she's Christian and I'm not. We believe different things about trans rights and LGBTQ, but she literally doesn't care, she's like I'll believe what I want and they can have an amazing life doing what they want. She says she's not gonna stop anyone from doing what's important to them. I respect her so much for that, and I think she respects me for never pushing my beliefs on her either. we have so many healthy discussions and we learn things from each other constantly
#12
KombatBunni 2 years ago
Did that with my mother, step father and my sister. So much stress gone since then..zero regrets
Brodie Bruce 2 years ago
You can't change the people around you but you can change the people you're around.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
It often keeps you from becoming a bad person, or a person who is less than he could be.
Jon Steensen 2 years ago
No, but in many cases it will make you a really lonely person, as toxic people has a tendency to isolate other peoples and make them cut their supporting network first. So it might not make you a bad person, but in many cases it will make you feel bad cutting the primary social contact out of your life requires a large saftenet of friends to catch you.
Ronald Riggio is sure that we can become more successful in life by learning about psychology. "We can gain self-insight that can help us to become a better person. In my work in organizational psychology, we use psychological knowledge and methods to make conditions better at work, and by studying and assessing work behavior, we can increase job performance, job satisfaction and engagement of workers, and have huge effects on the organization's functioning and on making organizations better, and more rewarding, places to work."
If you'd like to learn more about how psychology can benefit your life, check out Riggio's blog posts on Psychology Today here!
#13
Helena 2 years ago
That would explain a lot. Or does it? If I say it does, does that make me a bad person? Crud, is that person staring at me? They know I'm thinking something bad.
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
You’re probably bad. Or are you? Am I a bad person for saying that? It was a joke but now people won’t like me. Or will they? They make these jokes too? Maybe they don’t, maybe I’m the a*****e. Now everyone is looking at me. I’m going to pretend to go smoke a cigarette even though I don’t smoke.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
If I had to choose between living my life among overthinkers or underthinkers, ...well, that's one decision I wouldn't have to overthink.
Emma Kilcup 2 years ago
Naw, my parents aren't strict. I just pressured myself into making everything stressful because I heard horror stories about other people's parents. I've got only myself to blame.
#14
Helena 2 years ago
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.
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Or simply tell them it's none of their f****n' business! :D
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Dawn Marie 2 years ago
Because men can not handle a woman who is smarter than they are. This is so true!!
Sar ska 2 years ago
Those are the guys that you don’t pick for a partner because their IQ (and self-esteem) is too low. — My guys readily acknowledges that he thinks that I’m smarter than him, and often says he loves that dynamic between us. So, there are indeed guys out there who can handle it. 👍
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Sar ska 2 years ago (edited)
Well, naturally. People are going to look for a mate that’s at about the same ”level”. The higher your IQ is, the fewer people there will be in your “level”, and those rare people will obviously be harder to find. And then, even if you found a potential mate, the EQ comes into play. They may both be of similar IQs, but if one has a low EQ that’ll be the end of that. And this doesn’t even start including matching interests, personalities, lifestyles, love languages, etc.
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago
sometimes i just wanna hit myself over the head with a shovel or something cause this muthafucka *slaps skull* has done nothing but cause pain
#15
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Yes. Expect the best but prepare for the worst.
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Mom always told me, "chin up, things could be worse". So I held my chin up and sure enough...
Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago (edited)
Didn't knew it had name but I have this. Nothing goes right in my favor without something else going double wrong against me.
ButFirstCoffee 2 years ago
I always expect the worse in every situation (be it an activity, a dinner with friends, etc. anything that gets me out of the house). I can only be pleasantly surprised. Every time I was over cheary or expecting positive things, I was disappointed.
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Jon Steensen 2 years ago (edited)
Kind of... it is more that when you lack knowledge about a subject, you often don't even know what there is to know in that field, and hence you don't realise how big the holes in your knowledge is. That big blind spot will make a task look much smaller and less complicated than it is, and hence a lack of knowledge will often result in overconfident people. The odd thing is the more you work with a subject, and hence the more experience/knowledge you get on the topic, the more you will realise that there is something that you still don't know, as not everything works out for you. being more experience may mean that you have a better chance of succeeding, but as it will also mean that you can better predict all the trouble you can run into, it will often make you less sure that you can actually do something. Dunning-kruger isn't as much about being smart/intelligent as it is about your level of knowledge/visdom.
Blarrg 2 years ago
I was hoping someone in the comments would have explained what the Dunning-Kruger effect really is. I was also hoping it would rank a bit higher among the comments.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
Rylee Evergreen🦋 2 years ago
C**p, maybe I'm dumb because I consider myself to be smart. But at the same time, I usually think I'm dumb. It alternates. Maybe I'm just average lol
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago
everyone overthinking this: if you're overthinking it, you're smart. dont worry: you too can suffer and be useful to society :)
Kea_Tortilla 2 years ago
There is a bit of a conundrum associated with this. "I think I'm smart, so I must be ignorant. But now I'm underestimating myself, so that means I'm smart" and so on
Lorraine 2 years ago
I feel you. A co-worker/friend used to constantly reassure me because no matter how high I'm in the professional ladder I always feel I'm fooling people and that I will fail inevitably. Is so refreshing when someone else tells you that you own that success and that you're good.
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John C. Karge 2 years ago
For me, the more simple an explanations or definition is presented to me the better.. Then I don’t get lost, hung up, preoccupied then discouraged over things like technicality’s, vocabulary… etc.. KISFS (Keep It Simple For Stupid) hahahahaha! I too have finally discovered about myself and by watching others close to me over many years….MY UNDERSTANDING is… There’s 2 types of people; GIVERS & TAKERS…. & being a giver comes naturally to me, I enjoy the act of giving and taking makes me uncomfortable… BUT… If there weren’t TAKERS , then Who would there be to satisfy us GIVERS… SO DONT pretend or ignore this when finding others to enjoy your life with…. TAKERS take and feel loved when taking/receiving….GIVERS will give for the same reasons. Perfect MATCH RIGHT ‼️BEWARE BEWARE‼️BETTER PREPARE! “REALITY” Changes in giving happen the TAKERS feels unloved… ATTN‼️GIVERS YOU may not be able to EVER satisfy the needs of the TAKER.‼️
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
Roots in self esteem - if you struggle with boundaries, that might be a good place to start building
Ruth Hempsey 2 years ago
Too much pop psychology in this list. Too simplistic and not enough definition of terms to make sense of statements given as facts. Sorry, I'm cautious about believing everything I read without knowing where it comes from, is it proven, and by whom. Mental health is important and this is psychology "lite." Thanks but no thanks. 🥺
Sexual Harassment Panda 2 years ago
As the saying goes 'When you give someone a hand, they end up taking the whole arm!'
Jode Mode 2 years ago (edited)
My ENTIRE LIFE would be different if I had HAD boundaries before 2 years ago. (Middle age now) It pours over to every relationship: friends, roommates, clients, bosses, co-workers, neighbors, relatives, chosen-family, PETS, romantic partners, and today - strangers online! We’re all guilty of to some degree. How many times have we meant well, tried to be helpful and should have minded our own biz, bc we made a situation worse? I watched a couple get into a fight (both drunk) and he went in the other room, yelling, ‘I need a break from you!’ She went in after him & he yelled at her ‘Go away! - I don’t want to talk to you right now’ And she kept talking/explaining/apologizing - the whole time he’s shouting ‘Leave me alone!’ She finally came out crying and asked me to leave. I felt bad for her, but she refused to listen to him & observe his boundary. And you know what part kills me? I recognized it bc I had BEEN in a situation like that as her, and I only later realized wanna jerk I was!
Jode Mode 2 years ago
I put pets in there bc people pet dogs without asking for permission first, and then get mad when they get bit. Again, I learned the hard way & had to get my face stitched up. I really think it should be a big part of learning growing up, but so many peeps I know have bad boundaries. It’s nuts.
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ButFirstCoffee 2 years ago
always ask a lazy person how to do a task, and they'll show you the most efficient and short way to do it.
Load More Replies... Jon Steensen 2 years ago
What we call laziness often has its root in something else that is killing the initiative to do something. E.g. I don't postpone that phonecall that will only last 5 minutes due to laziness (though it may look like it) but it is actually due to a fear of rejection. That thing that you never get done may actually be due to a feeling of hopelessness stemminig from not knowing how to do it, which emidiately drains you af all the energy you need to start. This is e.g. often the case for cleaning up, which may seem like a simple task, but actually requires a lot of mental energy. If everything does not have an exact place they belong, you actually have to make a sorting system up along the way, which can be challenging for all the odd objects. What disguises as laziness, may is often a task that is more complicated than it actually look at first glance, or alternatively is so trivial that it is downright boring and understimulating.
Lorraine Woollands 2 years ago
I was ( my mother told me)a month late and she told me many ,many times "born lazy, been lazy ever since" when you hear it soooo many time you come to believe it your self
Lama 2 years ago
Not confusing laziness and lack of motivation also really helps :) When I was finally diagnosed with ADHD and learned that my brain has a hard time motivating me, the first thing that changed is that I became a lot nicer to myself. And that became a foundation for more positive change. -- Be nice to yourselves people <3
Let’s Go Brandon 2 years ago
Maybe it’s not mental at all, but physical. If you’re “tired all the time” or sleep unusually long times, see a doctor.
Happy Panda 2 years ago
Well, my battery health is degrading day by day, even if I were to charge it for a whole eternity, it still wouldn't charge to the fullest.
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CalicoKitty 2 years ago
Stress is your body assuming you're being stalked by one of those pesky saber-toothed tigers...
Nadia D 2 years ago
Seems like i live in some saber-toothed tigers sanctuary then...
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Jon Steensen 2 years ago
... and it comes in two flavors, the productive one and the counter-productive one. We need a bit of stress every now and then, that is what keeps us alert and productive. Good stress can e.g. be the form the exitement of playing a game, or the anticipation of a situation that you look forward to but won't know how will play out. It is the stressfull situations that we learn from and which can make us grow as a human being. But stress is only meant to come in short bursts followed by relaxation, it should not become a permanent condition, where you feel overburdened, and your body is breaking down, and where you feel like you are loosing the grib on your life permanently.
pink_panda 2 years ago
Such a powerful thought! Beauty and play are not trivial, they are necessary for us to thrive.
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Oh yes. Which has finally led to a complete mental breakdown ... 🤷🏼♀️😭
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I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
Upvote for sure! I will be happy to inform my family of what I am learning today 😀
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
Damn my husbands has a super healthy funny brain and i ask the silly questions 🙈
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
That and there's no such thing as a silly question. It all depends on what you consider silly and why you feel the need to be sarcastic.
Jon Steensen 2 years ago
There are indeed stupid/silly question, and if you ask me one of those, you get a stupid answer -often of the sarcastic kind, because I hope that that will make you wake up and reflect on what just happened. It is ok to ask questions if there is legid hole in your knowledge, but if you only ask a question because you are too lazy to stop for a moment and find the answer yourself, -despite having the ability to do so-, then your question is likely to be silly. "What colour was Napoleon's white horse" is an example of a silly question. The answer is litterally in the question itself, and as most people should realise this quite fast, this makes the question silly. Requirering that other people spend their time answering that kind of question is just to waste their time, and I consider that to be a little respectless, and hence I might snap back in those situation.
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David 2 years ago
I have seen this so many times. A classic is person grew up in home filled with negative drama. Claims to dislike negative drama. Continually creates unnecessary negative drama because that is familiar territory to them and feels 'normal' even though they say they don't like it. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Meebumitches 2 years ago
The fear of the unknown is often more powerful than the familiar pain of abuse. I believe this is why so many people stay in abusive relationships.
LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
Moving next year to a city I've never been to. Massively unhappy here, I'd rather be scared in my new start.
#22
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
Take that, parents of toddlers! Listen up, everyone else.
Happy Panda 2 years ago
I hope I can say "No" more without the feeling of guilt afterwards. I've been a people pleaser for a long time, it's time for me to please myself. (Nah, not in that kind of way, please do not misunderstood :D)
Brandie Litchfield 2 years ago
Hey we don't judge, whatever it takes for Panda to be a Happy Panda 🐼
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Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
And it's okay to miss people/things when they are gone, even if it's for the better.
lenka 2 years ago (edited)
My Nana used to say if you are having trouble making a decision.... just make one. It doesn't matter too much which choice you make at this stage because the process will clarify. Don't act on yet, but sit on it for a few days and see how it makes you feel. You might feel sad, but you might also feel relief, anger, frustration, joy. Pay attention to how that decision makes you feel and when you have clarity that it feels right (even if it makes you sad) then you execute it.
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Arabiata Arabiata 2 years ago
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.
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
Just tell him you had Bojangle's chicken and dirty rice for lunch. That will knock anybody out within an hour.
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Diana Pahule 2 years ago (edited)
Except I just read about a study that says your naps shouldn't be longer than 30 mins. Or else it has the opposite effect.
Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago
Well, I guess people with a name longer than 30 min have their own problems...
Load More Replies... the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago (edited)
"improve" bitchh when i wake up from a nap i feel like i've been in a coma for about 18 years after getting shot in the head with a colt 45
K. Ayyelos 2 years ago
What? I’ve seen studies that daytime naps puts people at risk of dementia! Which is it?
MeMosabe 2 years ago
I would say that moderation is the thing. A 20 minute nap after lunch does the job.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
My problem is, if I take a nap during the day, I don’t sleep as well at night. So I just soldier through.
MrLoufoque 2 years ago
Although it's better not to take them during Zoom meetings with the camera on.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
It often would be the most insightful contribution to that meeting.
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Catherine Spencer-Mills 2 years ago
Except if you are one of those people who cannot sleep at night if they take a nap during the day. The only way I can is if i am very ill.
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Jon Steensen 2 years ago
Oxytocin is also called the bonding hormone. It is released in huge quantities during childbirth, and is what hack the brain of a woman and prevent her from doing the sensible thing and rejecting that resource demanding lump of meat that has caused her so much pain, and will cost her so many resources in the future. It is also a hormone that is involved in our sexual feelings for another being, and is sometimes called the love hormone. So humanity's existance is highly depends on that stuff.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
How my greyhound luls me into a sense of false security before trying to steal my spot
Teddybearnotsomean 2 years ago
Can't take it back once its been set in motion.... You know I love to rub it in like lotion....
Lea Panthera 2 years ago
Wait isn't oxytocin the hormone that causes contractions during pregnancy
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Sar ska 2 years ago (edited)
I’d like to see the research study design that supposedly confirmed this correlation.
Natalie 2 years ago
To grant your wish, here is a study that debunks this correlation quite well: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24821396/
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LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
Nope! I live for my nightly hot baths because its relaxing! I prefer to be left alone from people thank you very much!
Lorraine 2 years ago
Mmmm... no. Is just cold outside and I have a long routine. During the summer I like my shower colder.
Haywood Jablome 2 years ago
I'm reading this in the tub. The water is scalding, but my tears are cold
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Stolas 2 years ago
that's not necessarily true, my fiance and i both have depression and borderline personality disorder (ie we hate ourselves) but we love each other
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Sar ska 2 years ago (edited)
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.
James Doe 2 years ago
Nope, if a study is done correctly, a situation is created and reactions of test groups is observed, in a way that limits skewing. In this case it's not about asking about past experiences, but observing test groups in a situation specifically created for the purpose. E.g. simulating the "Trolley problem" a classic ethical thought experiment in which a bystander can choose to intervene to kill only one person instead of letting the trolley kill several.
Load More Replies... the shy platypus from nextdoor 2 years ago
I still regret asking a girl in seventh grade if she wanted to come to my birthday party. I didn't know her very well but I thought that she was nice. She told me that she didn't have time. Later I found out that her best friend had the same birthday. I know it doesn't sound bad but I still regret asking so much and everytime I see her... omg 😭😭😭
pink_panda 2 years ago
This doesn't sound bad at all. No reason to regret this.
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Firstname Lastname 2 years ago
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.
pink_panda 2 years ago
Yes! I love living somewhere with varying weather and seasons so in a year I can enjoy sunny days, stormy days, crisp days. They're all nice in different ways.
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pink_panda 2 years ago
Try not to let a day go by where you don't get your body under the sky. Even just a walk around the block, a meal on the balcony, or taking in your recycling bin can do wonders for your mood compared to a day spent solely indoors.
Lara M 2 years ago
Yes! I have "Get yourself outside" on my Daily Healthiness checklist, and I feel way better when I do it than when I don't.
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Gozer LeGozerian 2 years ago
Summer depression is real, many people tend to feel more exhausted and sad in the summertime.
Load More Replies... OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Yeah I'm SAD for 6 months of the year 😓
Load More Replies... Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
A nice winter walk with my dog always reduces anxiety espically when i have the winter blues
Catherine Spencer-Mills 2 years ago
Gives you skin cancer as well. I grew up without sunscreen because it wasn't available until I was in my 20s. Thanks, I have enough sun damage to my skin.
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
We had a fire drill at work on a not too cool not too warm spring day once. I was 100% energized afterwards. (we had to stand in the park next door for about 15 minutes)
Jordi Sharpe 2 years ago
When science invents a sunlight cream, I'll be the most emotinally stable lazy a*s ever.
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Helena 2 years ago
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.
Stephanie A Mutti 2 years ago
I heard recently [Revisionist History podcast] that there is a higher iodine content in the soil nearer the ocean and therefore a higher content in produce from those areas and the residents of those areas therefore have less iodine-deficiency illnesses.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
Evil is not a mental illness. It is a moral illness.
Load More Replies... Meebumitches 2 years ago
Probably a result of higher income people live in those areas and have access to better food, healthcare and lower levels of financial stress.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Depends. If they have the misfortune to live in a resort town, where they’re surrounded by rude drunk tourists all summer (northern hemisphere), they’re stressed all summer because they can’t get away from the noise and other c**p all night long. I know this because I lived it for several years. Moving AWAY from the beach was like getting out of jail. I no longer dread summer and holidays, because my peace and quiet is no longer negatively impacted by them.
Cypress Indigo 2 years ago
Same. I lived on the beach, south of Clearwater, FL. I was one of maybe 3 Black people and it was stressful as hell.
Load More Replies... Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
My one wish is to live a few feet from the ocean, its stunning to look at and listen to
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
"You’ll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
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CalicoKitty 2 years ago
Come on, Psychology Peers, you can't just quote Sigmund "Oedipus Complex" Freud and expect us to take it seriously...
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Maybe it works better if you're on the TREMENDOUS amount of cocaine that the weird, woman-hating k**b-fixated mum-sex obsessed pervert was on?
Load More Replies... K. Ayyelos 2 years ago
Indeed. Ask bigots, racists, and misogynists about that! Political correctness and even wokeness attempt to deal with the problem of bad ideas and feelings and practices, but does so in the wrong way. You can shame people into hiding what they feel, but then you end up with a demagogue as a president after a few decades.
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago
I have known people who can't read their own hand writing. I live by if you can read your hand writing it's good, if others can read your hand writing it's best.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
If this is actually true, the Nobel Prize committee has been awful affair to me.
TeenieMeanie 2 years ago
And here I thought I was a high functioning jackass with terrible fine motor skills. Jokes aside, stuttering is also a sign if high intelligence.
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Hotdogking 2 years ago
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
BetterBitterButter 2 years ago
I used to play Adele on my headphones and walk on the street while imagining that I was in an Adele video
Mia Black 2 years ago (edited)
You feel less lonely because you hear, there are people who understand pain which may be simliar to yours. edit: that is what i am thinking
Load More Replies... K. Ayyelos 2 years ago
There are studies that show this. I find it relaxing and usually helps me out of a funk.
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Jon Steensen 2 years ago
No, but you can control which words you use, and that can have an major impact on how your message comes across. Doing a quick, how-can-this-be-misinterpretated?-check, and inserting a few "softening phrases" like "know that I say this with the best of intent, it is just a piece of advice, use it or not to your liking" can save you a lot of trouble down the line. Being a bit humble, and showing that you are aware that you can somtimes be mistaken can go a long way. Knowing just what to say and how to say it, and when people are geniuly misunderstanding vs. when they are just prentending so they can abuse your kindness is an artform. But if you master it, you'll have a major advantage vs. just going by the principle that: I say what is on my mind directly, and then it must be entirely up to you what you hear, and how you understand it.
Load More Replies... Happy Panda 2 years ago
I need to keep this in my mind PRONTO! I always feel bad when I turn people down because it feels like I'm disappointing them. It is pretty hard to shake off the "people pleaser" mindset, I'm not going to lie.
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Otter-Popsicle 2 years ago
*Slowly puts seed back* *Walks away* *Waits for 5 min* *Runs back to seed*
pink_panda 2 years ago
JUST making sure you're still doing alright. Okay love you bye.
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Sky Render 2 years ago
Truer advice has never been given for anyone who is transgender. You know what you are, don't let anything or anyone make you second-guess that!
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Sometimes questioning yourself isn't the problem. Sometimes it's your answers
#38
Happy Panda 2 years ago
I love music A LOT, maybe kinda obsessive but uh, it feels amazing to really feel the music :D
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Jon Steensen 2 years ago
However be very careful that whatever you choose to do in order to get peace is not something addictive. Yes it may feel better to ignore the problem and escape into a fictive universe by watching a movie or playing a video game, and your mind might be at piece in that period, but if you do it all the time, they issues will just pile up and break you down.
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the shy platypus from nextdoor 2 years ago
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 😔
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
I feel this. If you need someone, I am here too. Hugs!
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Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
If you haven't heard from them in a while, you've not contacted them for the same amount of time.
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
I you have not heard from them in a long time, search for their obituary. That is the hardest part about outliving your friends.
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Hotdogking 2 years ago (edited)
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
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Helena 2 years ago
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.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
But is the converse true? Do people with higher verbal intelligence, critical thinking, and problem solving abilities tend to worry and overthink? And is there a third unmentioned factor that correlates the two sets of characteristics?
#43
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
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.
Dawn Marie 2 years ago
And your not Deshaun Watson on the Cleveland Browns.
Load More Replies... Tiger Lilly 2 years ago
For me the greatest thing in the world right now is holding my son's little hand when we're on our way anywhere ☺️
Urara Bridge 2 years ago
One of my childhood traumas was getting terrible and infectious lice poisoning when I was like 2 years old and I refused anyone to touch me after (apparently taking baths was horrendous for me) and to this day, I can easily live with out intimacy.
Lorraine Woollands 2 years ago
I have no friends, mum's in a home and I only see my carers twice a week and they can't hug. I have my cat . I like my own company but I do miss human touches
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Michelle Carlson 2 years ago
This is me! I am super social and love being with people, but it exhausts me and I love my alone time.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Had no idea of such a person, interesting. But certainly not me…too much introverted.
Jonn Thundergun 2 years ago
Me: Early years to teenage years extravert. 20s to 30s ambivert. 30s and beyond total introvert. I like individuals just fine but I can't tolerate people anymore.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Put me in front of a crowd, and you can't shut me up. Sit me down with one person, and I can't get a word out.
#45
Helena 2 years ago
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.
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bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 2 years ago
If I had a mental health banana for scale, it would have to come from Barbie's grocery store
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
That should be a 'relieve' for well-educated Psychology Peers. [/pedantry]
#47
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
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.
Renae Dougherty 2 years ago
I had to ditch a decade long friendship because I was there "just in case" ya no thank you
#48
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Sometimes I get very angry with people precisely because I do recognize their reason for doing something.
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Ka Se 2 years ago
I have found that simply helping others leads to many of the people who have been helped also simply helping. Simple examples: In my year, course summaries were only done and shared in small select groups. I started by just giving my summary to all my colleagues. Shortly after, we all wrote summaries together. Or at work (we can't always leave for lunch at work) I started to put some nuts and fruit for free for colleagues who have cravings. In the meantime, the box is overflowing with food.
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Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
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.
M. William Bell 2 years ago
Stoicism isn’t about being positive all the time. Instead it’s about understanding what is and what is not in your control.
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CalicoKitty 2 years ago
Any kind of stress will weaken your immune system, chronic stress especially so. It also slows healing (for instance, of wounds/bruises, etc.)
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Damn. This is why I have diabetes….not the chocolate bar I ate. Noooo.
Killashandra Lux 2 years ago
Blocking anger though can give you another set of health issues. Releasing anger you feel allows you to get over whatever caused it. Not allowing yourself to feel it will just make you stuck in depression /anger cycle. Of course not talking of "breaking stuff" anger release, but about acknowledging and harmlessly expressing it (pillow punching etc style)
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Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
My singing helps reduce my anxiety but causes my husband and kid to be in bad mood and have earaches 🤷♀️
Hotdogking 2 years ago
I sing to myself all the time when no one other than my family can hear me. Can’t sing to save my life. But despite this, got serious anxiety, asthma and an awful posture, so maybe I’m an exception
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Nope. nope. nope. Already been told I sound like a strangled turkey underwater.
pink_panda 2 years ago
I love singing but one of my cats can't abide it and will come give me a stern talking to. We call her the Singing Police.
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Sar ska 2 years ago
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.
Andrei Marentette 2 years ago
My aunt died a year ago and ironically, her husband died on Christmas day that year
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pink_panda 2 years ago
Especially if your partner has a heavier eating style than you. He was more of a meat-and-potatoes eater, I'm more of a twigs-and-berries eater, and we usually try to compromise at veggies-plus-protein meals.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
This happened to me. All three men in my life loved bigger girls, it’s what’s known as a feeder. Now all three of them are deceased and I’m reversing 50 years of unhealthy behaviors.
Renae Dougherty 2 years ago
Thats why they call it 'fat and happy' ... unless you're not happy then you are 'sad and skinny'
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CalicoKitty 2 years ago
No, I'm not telling you why I'm dyeing the cat blue. You'll find out when I reach my goal /j
Sar ska 2 years ago
But telling everyone your goal improves the odds that you’ll follow through and achieve your goal. So I guess it comes down to whether you want a satisfying daydream or a satisfying reality.
pink_panda 2 years ago
I think maybe the difference is whether telling people about your goal causes you to feel more accountability.
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CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
The Buddha would frown on the over focus for productivity in the world.
Ricardo Ferreira 2 years ago
Damn production. We have already too many things we don't need to impress people we don't like.
#59
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Little hard to do in a wheelchair but I’m doing better each day using my walker !
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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
How do you go about forgetting things that literally have free range in my head?
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Tell that to the detective who demands to know what you were thinking at 1545 hrs, (3.15 p.m.) on Thursday December 16, 1999.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Probably eating at PF Changs with my second husband Timmy !
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Sar ska 2 years ago (edited)
Unattractive people do too. They do all the time. Usually requires having a buttload of money and being male though.
Load More Replies... Jon Steensen 2 years ago
Not just that, if you show one attractive feature, real or fake, people tend to think that you must also be good at something else, and therefore think more highly of you. E.g. just carrying a guitar case can make people percieve you as more attractive, regardless of whether it actually has guitar in it or not, or whether you can play the guitar at all. All we see is an indication of musicality and then we more or less conclude that it must be a smart person.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I have no way of judging the validity of this claim from my own experience.. I've yet to be considered either
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Poeha 2 years ago
Yes I'm not really happy when I rush. I just have to catch a bus. When I walk slow, I'm relaxed.
Load More Replies... ObsidianAce_ 2 years ago
I’m not happier when I’m stuck behind a line of three slow walkers blocking the whole hall >:(
Horst 2 years ago
“Careful there you guys, you might just break the sound barrier!”
Load More Replies... Theoretical Empiricist 2 years ago
Ecclesiastes 3 is missing a verse: "A time to stride, a time to stroll..."
DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago
Makes perfect sense, I've always noticed this. People walking fast know where they're going! It's also recommended to avoid being a street crime target - eyes up and forward, confident stride.
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Sar ska 2 years ago (edited)
*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
Jon Steensen 2 years ago
A lot of what is considered beautiful is actually pre-programmed into us, so I don't find the idea of babies having a grasp of beauty to be that unrealistic. It is not all a social construct, part of it is genetic.
Load More Replies... ObsidianAce_ 2 years ago
What defines attractive an unattractive parents, you may ask? Babies, apparently.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Then why do some people consider babies ugly in general ?
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CalicoKitty 2 years ago (edited)
Not sure about some of these. Several seem out of context and/or questionable. One of note would be that it's not considered proper to refer to "narcissists" in the popular context, in reference to people with egotistical tendencies or NPD both, as it's both clinically incorrect and considered rude/ableist. Thus the use for the Twitter page makes it feel a bit... amateur, maybe? A mix of quality overall...
AMH 2 years ago
Kind of like they are more motivational quotes than psychology facts?
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Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
Came to say that. It's always like that with such lists though. Starts with a couple of interesting facts and then... yawn.
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Charles Rhoden 2 years ago
While interesting, calling these "psychological facts" is a basic level of misinformation.
CalicoKitty 2 years ago (edited)
Not sure about some of these. Several seem out of context and/or questionable. One of note would be that it's not considered proper to refer to "narcissists" in the popular context, in reference to people with egotistical tendencies or NPD both, as it's both clinically incorrect and considered rude/ableist. Thus the use for the Twitter page makes it feel a bit... amateur, maybe? A mix of quality overall...
AMH 2 years ago
Kind of like they are more motivational quotes than psychology facts?
Load More Replies... Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
Came to say that. It's always like that with such lists though. Starts with a couple of interesting facts and then... yawn.
Load More Replies... Charles Rhoden 2 years ago
While interesting, calling these "psychological facts" is a basic level of misinformation.
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