The Bystander Effect: 5 Ways To Understand Why We Don’t Help
With technology and social media being the way in which a good section of the population gains its information and knowledge, it isn’t a wonder…
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6 Ways to Deal with Inferiority Complex
Inferiority complex comes with huge waves and barely stops to give you breathing space. There is this loud voice in your head that tells you…
5 Reasons Why We Help: Does True Altruism Exist?
Have you ever wondered what makes us help each other? We each have our own theories on why we think humans decide to help each…
Self-Presentation: The Public as Our Audience
Self-representation is, whether we know it or not, a part of our daily lives. In fact, try comparing mentally how you act while you’re alone…
Shame, It Doesn’t Work. An Interview with Krystine Batcho
Shame is a common thing to come across, and most of us have probably experienced it at one point or another. Whether its being shamed…
Tumblr’s Date With Eating Disorders
The words “perfection” and “beauty” plead for my attention as I skim through my dashboard. I pause, immediately regretting my kill-the-cat type of curiosity. What…
10 Signs You’ve Pissed an Extrovert Off
In response to one of our more popular video on signs you’ve ticked off an introvert, we thought we respect extroverts as well by creating…
Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychosis: A Call to Stop the Stigma
When we think of serial killers, the first word that pops into our mind is ‘psychopath’. I’m here to tell you that that is not…
The Perks of Being Helpful to Others – An Interview with Art Markman
A simple study can emphasize the importance of empathy. Seriously, it is proved that helping other externalize their problems might help you develop new ways…
Maybe We Are Afraid to be Happy – An Interview with Krystine Batcho
Accepting that things can simply turn out good for you can be a difficult task, specially if you have a lot of cultural and psychological…
8 Psychological Tips to Boost Self-Confidence
Self-confidence has an effect on everything we do, from job interviews to first dates. Such an important tool should be kept as sharp as possible…
How Motivated Are We? An interview with Art Markman, Ph.D.
Today we’re talking to Art Markman, Ph.D., a professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. He studied Cognitive…
How to Help Someone Dealing With PMS
Friends, family, and loved ones of all sorts: take this as reassurance that us uterus owners don’t hate you, we aren’t upset…
10 Tips to Successfully Ask Someone Out on a Date
We had a reader approach us with an intimate question that we just had to answer. How do you ask someone out and get them…
10 Signs That You’re the Toxic Friend
Have you ever wondered if you’re the friend that everyone gossips about? Maybe you’ve thought you were the “crazy” one in your group of friends.…
10 Signs You’re Dating a Narcissist
Narcissists live amongst us. You might be friends with a narcissist, or you might work with one. You might even be dating one! We received…
10 Signs Texting is Psychologically Hurting You
One of our readers came to us with a question about texting and the psychological impacts it’s been having on their relationship. Even though the…
16 Analogies for Depression – How would you explain it?
Depression is very difficult to explain, because as with any mental illness, it feels different for everyone. We asked our readers “who has experienced depression?”…
10 Psychological Tips From Creative People
Actors, artists, rock stars, and writers have the ability to touch us on not only a personal scale, but a global scale as well. We…
5 Reasons We Feel Hate
A deep and extreme dislike, hate is a negative emotion that is directed towards a particular individual, groups, objects, behaviors, or ideas. Hate can be…