(Exploring Your Mind) The origin of this personality disorder isn’t clear. There seems to be a genetic component that could manifest or not depending on how much affection an individual receives as a child. Experts also consider the hypothesis that the root cause could be found in damage to the frontal lobe due to malformation, illness, or brain injury.
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What are Growth-Focused Relationships Like?
(Exploring Your Mind) A lot of people believe that relationships are synonymous with discomfort. This is because, for them, a relationship represents a permanent sacrifice, an uncomfortable place to be in. What is your personal view of a relationship in terms of success and personal growth? What do you think others think about this?
11 Signs Your Personality Is So Intense That It’s Intimidating To Others
(Elizabeth DeVille) There are many different situations we may find ourselves alone in life ranging from the energy we carry, the personality traits we possess and the atmosphere that we create in life. For those who possess a deeper personality, you may actually be scaring people off just by being yourself!
People Are Literally Killing Themselves to Get the Best Instagram Selfie
(John Vibes) A study recently published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care reported that at least 259 people died taking selfies between October 2011 and November 2017. The study suggests lives could be saved if dangerous areas were declared “no selfie zones,” where visitors are explicitly warned of the risks in the area.
Five Truths that Emotionally Mature People Accept
(Explore Your Mind) Emotionally mature people have traveled a long journey. They have learned from their failures. They decided to be responsible for their own destinies.
Acetaminophen Can Induce a Zombie-like State That Makes People Emotionless and Uncaring
(Vicki Batts) Is your over-the-counter pain reliever turning you into a zombie? New research has shown that might just be the case. While you may not have a hankering for brains that you can’t explain, it turns out acetaminophen (the active ingredient in drugs like Tylenol) can turn off more than just your pain — it can dull your emotions and reduce your ability to feel empathy for others.
Why Some Couples Have More Sex and Better Sex
(Madeleine A. Fugère, Ph.D.) Many couples want to increase the frequency of their sexual activity as well as the satisfaction they derive from their sexual encounters. Researchers have investigated several factors associated with increased sexual frequency and more satisfying sexual experiences.
Orgone Energy: The Greatest Discovery SUPPRESSED by the FDA
Orgone Energy: The Greatest Discovery SUPPRESSED by the FDA
The Secret to Behavior Change (That Everyone Overlooks) — You Can Improve Your Life If You Invest in Yourself
(Tasha Eurich Ph.D.) Because it’s January, we are being inundated with advice about our New Year’s resolutions. Yet despite all this guidance, only 8 percent of us actually achieve them.
Jordan B Peterson: Comment on the APA Guidelines for the Treatment of Boys and Men
(Jordan B Peterson) Beware the Ideologues in Psychologists’ Clothing
Fight the Establishment’s Narratives by Getting Clear On Your Own
(Caitlin Johnstone) Anti-establishment movements are a mess. Whether they’re left-wing or right-wing, whether they’re statist or anarchist, whether they’re organized or decentralized, whether they place emphasis on official or unofficial narratives, any circle of people who are interested in opposing the status quo on a deep, meaningful level almost invariably find themselves significantly bogged down by confusion, paranoia, infighting, and misdirected use of energy.
Dream Telepathy and Out of Body Experience
(Robert Sepehr) Dream telepathy is the purported ability to communicate telepathically with another person while one is dreaming. The first person in modern times to document telepathic dreaming was Sigmund Freud. An out-of-body experience is an experience in which a person seems to perceive the world from a location outside their physical body.
The Imprinted Brain Theory — Genetic Factors From Father and Mother Affect Expression and Behavior in Offspring
(Christopher Badcock Ph.D.) “Perhaps psychiatry’s grandest working theory since Freud” in a nutshell. Related Mind Hacks for Self Mastery: The Talismanic Effect, Biological Virtual Reality Environment, and The Power of Personal Narrative Source – Psychology Today by Christopher Badcock Ph.D., Modern science can trace its origin from Copernicus’s discovery of the Sun-centred solar system: something which made the prevailing Earth-centred […]
Having Empathy and Being an Empath: What’s the Difference?
(Jennifer Lea Reynolds) We’ve all heard of empathy, and maybe consider ourselves to be empathetic individuals. Empathy means being in tune to other people’s feelings and life circumstances. An empathetic person may be moved by a situation in a sort of heart-tugging, emotional manner that ultimately gives rise to kind, caring, and understanding words and actions.
Is Addiction the Result of a Lack of a Sense of Purpose in Life?
(Steve Taylor Ph.D.) As you are no doubt aware, presently the United States is experiencing an opioid epidemic. There are many reasons for this—one of the most obvious being the reckless over-subscription of opiate-based painkillers by doctors, leading to dependency. But on a psychological level, we have to take into account the strong relationship between addiction and the lack of a sense of purpose.