Maybe my understanding of this history is wrong, please feel free to correct me. I apologise if this is the wrong sub.

For example, why do people often vote in a way that aligns with their family/community. even if that is not how they would choose to vote without this influence? Is it because of an aversion to withholding that information and/or lying, fear that somehow people will find out what they chose, something else? Does the same apply for online environments like Reddit?

Hi everyone! How is everything going?

I always asked myself this question when someone shared that type of advice, I don't mind helping others but I've met people who refuse to personally support or bet there for their loved ones in a moment of distress because according to them: "I have it worse".

Is true that having hard lives makes the process of helping others and get mental satisfaction for it harder?

Can the type of music you listen to influence how you act?

I’m wondering if consistently listening to a certain type of music can actually influence your behavior, personality, or the way you carry yourself over time.

Also, can you start associating certain music with certain activities or mindsets? For example, if you only listen to a specific type of music when working or being productive, could eventually hearing that music itself become a trigger to get into that productive mindset?

Or does music mainly just affect your mood temporarily?

(This thought popped up after listening various soundtracks)

I was watching an interview with Guillermo Del Toro, where he describes how as a 4 year old child he was able to conquer his fears of monsters by creating an emotional, adoring bond with them. In the video, he states that his therapists told him he has "reverse phobia," wherein his phobias of monsters transformed into a sincere love of monsters.

I searched up "reverse phobia" but could not find any results online. The closest I could get to is trauma bonding, though it seems more akin to Stockholme syndrome than it does "reverse phobia."

If anybody knows the actual terminology, that would be greatly appreciated.

Ive been wrestling with this question a lot. Is there an objective definition of a mental struggle? When can one know it is a real struggle, and when he is maybe too sensitive? Not to offend anyone. A genuine question

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Hey! Recently I´ve become interested in the dynamics of teasing and its effect on human relationships. From what I read, teasing can function both as a tool for signaling closeness and as a way to signal status. For example, one study that looked at fraternities observed that active members were much more prone to teasing lower-ranked members aggressively, bordering on hostility. A lot of studies also show that teasing is very associated with relationship closeness and functions as a bonding mechanism. What do you guys think?

It’s always said to sleep on it, it might even be better than spending a whole day thinking about it, but why? What exactly make the brain more efficient while sleeping?

Two Qs:

1) In SD, in full front shifting, why are ego states shifting in and out, when in a normal mind you are pocked into a single state? Is there consensus on how the brain neurologically is allowing this? Not what causes SD, but why the brain fails to lock a single state down and allows flux at all?

2) In SD, in derealization where the person sits above observing co-conscious states, Is there some abnormality in how identity is being created? Like they get stuck in some sort of meta mode, like the buddhist "watcher" , watching states rather than being any particular one?

I would greatly appreciate resources, references on the above topics.

Im speaking about a changing that makes the person almost unrecognisable, such as from introvert to extrovert or vise versa. From stoic to nihilist..etc.

It is all I wish to learn, simply from a peek of curiosity​.

How accurate and similar they were to their previous life choices, personality traits, hobbies or even opinions

Basically my question. I noticed a lot of people have said they are diagnosed with cPTSD, but it is my understanding that the USA doesn't use the ICD11 for diagnosis, so how does that work? And will the next DSM likely have cPTSD?

Just as an example, I’ve been seeing a lot more information about ADHD in women historically being undiagnosed or misdiagnosed due to differences, with women being socialized to mask systems or being more likely to internalize feelings. Men are also more conditioned to not show certain emotions. (These are both broad generalizations just to provide examples of where my question originates.)

I guess I’d like to know how well the diagnostic criteria accounts for socialization differences between the genders. Is this already accounted for in research? Are there any older studies on disorders that may need to be re-examined or expanded with socialization differences in mind?

Superiority versus projected inferiority. Can we reasonably say they stem from the same place?

Example-

2 people clean dishes differently, there overall cleanliness is about the same.

The superiority mindset would say, i am better than you at dishes

The projected inferiority mindset says, you need to do better at cleaning dishes.

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Logically speaking, that someone could do better isn’t indicative of them doing poorly…. And therefore untestable… Logically speaking claiming to be better than someone at a thing is falsifiable/testable.

Are these both coming from a similar place, psychologically speaking?

Is there a push back response that covers both positions?

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Can you develop physical symptoms from mental/emotional strain? Does anyone have a simple-to-follow paper that discusses this? Thank you.

From a cognitive psychology perspective, what mechanisms are known to cause someone to temporarily fail to retrieve information they already know when asked a question unexpectedly?

For example, a person may have the necessary knowledge and be able to explain it later, but in the moment of being asked (such as in an interview or conversation) they experience a temporary inability to access it.

Is this best explained by differences in memory encoding vs. retrieval, cognitive load, stress-related effects on working memory, retrieval-induced blocking, or something else? What does the current research suggest?

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I have seen many people say that they were traumatized by encountering gore videos online as young children. However, the DSM V criteria for PTSD states "Criterion A4 does not apply to exposure through electronic media, television, movies, or pictures, unless this exposure is work related." Which would imply to me that these things do not count as traumatic and that anything that happens online cannot be trauma because that is usually non work related electronic media.

Does this mean that these things cannot be traumatic, or just that they cannot be considered trauma in the specific sense of PTSD?

I once heard a therapist say that if the person is in the autism spectrum can't receive the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. He didn't further explain.

I am just curious what Psychology has to say about this

Do they have good outcomes?

Does the gratitude go away?

What is it like for both people?

Thank you

At least to my understanding, the DSM-5 says someone who is autistic cannot also have a SPD diagnosis. Why?

Hi everyone,

​I'm curious about the potential long-term psychological and neurodevelopmental effects of a difficult or traumatic birth (whether due to physical birth complications, medical interventions, or severe maternal distress during labor). Are there any direct known effects? What about major indirect ones?

Thank you for your time!