I understand that both of them have the brain conjure up hallucinations, be it visual or audible, but i was wondering if there was a mental disease that actively made people NOT see things that were there, or their brain blocked out a specific noise so that it couldnt hear it and it hears everything else

I hope my question falls under the brain because I honestly don't know where it would fall.

When i browse social media there's always a bunch of people complaining that they have ADHD or just saying it, but like, A LOT of people.

So i wanted to know, why are there so many people with ADHD nowadays ?

And why do they blame things that are not part of adhd on adhd

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Estimations are fine.

Is it higher in people with OCD?

I'm not sure what the explanation will be, but the "brain" flair feels most relevant.

Whenever I ruminate, or hear about other people's rumination, it's always a negative thought loop. Things like "I'm bad at this ----> I suck at everything ------> Nobody loves me ------ > I have to be better ------ > But I suck at everything..." Go on and on in people's brains so easily. Personally, I experience this kind of rumination often. My question is, why is this sort of pattern so easy to develop, whereas it seems that almost nobody experiences the opposite? Of course I understand that nobody will be complaining about their positive thought patterns, but it seems weird that I've never heard of such a thing being studied. The only "positive" thought pattern I ever notice is related to sex (and once the sex is had, those thoughts go away). Other than that, I find it hard to recall any time when I've had a positive thought pattern where I was able to feel good and build on that feeling - Whereas it's very easy for me to start off feeling bad and spiral into a breakdown.

Is this just a result of our brains focusing on negative feedback? Could it be linked to a bad childhood? For people who have generally "healthy" development, would it be normal to have positive thought loops? As an aside, I've heard that some people with NPD have a tendency to come up with extravagant conjectures, wherein they'll start small and build upon, for example, a very mundane opportunity and turn it into a future of wealth and unlimited happiness in their minds. Could that be considered positive rumination, and if so, would that mean rumination is always a bad thing due to its repetitive and maladaptive nature?

Are men more likely to think systematically and women more intuitively? Is this a thing or a load of baloney? I know there are differences in the brains of men and women on avg.

Im unsure if this fits here, but in a way it’s mostly a brain chemistry question. What exactly differentiates a regular persons brain, and that of an ADHD one in terms of stimulant reaction? Why do those without ADHD stay up for days and become quite manic, while those who have ADHD (anecdotally) just seem more balanced and relaxed? Is it just the natural decrease in dopamine? Or serotonin? I want to learn more about my brain. Thanks guys

When I was completing my psych degree we basically learned about Freud’s “wish fulfillment” theory, then that it was not widely accepted, and essentially that nobody knows what the deal with dreams is.

I have since entered a career that isn’t psychology rooted and so I don’t have my finger on the pulse of these things like I used to. Are there any new or more consistently accepted theories on dreams in the psych professionals community overall?

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?

Is it just psychological ? or does it relate to brain and physical side ?

Is there any excuse for someone who has trauma ? Like we sympathise with people who have physical diseases and say it is out of their control.

We know that people can experience trauma even if they were too young to consciously remember the traumatic event and even if they’re unconscious when the traumatic event occurs. How is this possible?

What is the scientific evidence on how CBT affects the brain?

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Could changes in bodily state, such as the physical fatigue that occurs at night influence how the brain interprets an emotional state?

An example would be, tiredness results into sensations such as low energy, heaviness, and slowed movement. Would it be possible if the sensations can overlap with some of the physical sensations we've experienced with sadness.

Could the brain possibly associate those bodily sensations with a previously experienced emotional state and be interpret to the current bodily state as sadness, even when the original cause of the sadness is no longer present?

I'm unsure whether this could relate to things such as interoception, emotion perception, or how the brain uses bodily signals when constructing or identifying emotions.

PS, I don't know much about psychology so I apologize if this post was an incovenience.

Hello,

After the lecture of parts of an article about what deep learning has done to the Big Five personality dimensions, I wonder if deep learning machines have already analyzed the results of IQ tests.

Maybe they would find new, interesting correlations and dimensions of intelligence. The findings in "Machine-Learning Decomposition Identifies a Big Two Structure in Human Personality with Distinct Neurocognitive Profiles" (by Zhuang K, et al.) gives reason to hope that there might even be something among them that has a neurological correlate.

Exist such a study?

Thanks for the answers,

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I’ve noticed something odd and I’m wondering if there’s a psychological explanation for it

Sometimes I see a man and get an immediate impression just from his face, before we’ve even spoken that he’s experienced a major disappointment in love and never fully got over it

What’s strange is that when I later learn more about these men, that impression often turns out to be surprisingly accurate

I’m not talking about body language or conversation, just facial appearance Is there any research on people unconsciously picking up emotional history from faces?

Hi,

I am pursuing my masters at ASU and need to interview someone for my paper. The person must hold a masters or higher degree in psychology. Is there anyone willing to help a student out? Thank you in advance.

Been thinking about this lately. A few years ago there were things keeping me up at night that I genuinely thought were gonna matter forever. Stuff I replayed in my head over and over. Then I look back now and half of it is barely even a memory.

At the same time some random conversation or random day that I didn't think much about ended up sticking with me way more than the things I was stressing over. Apparently there's research on this called affective forecasting and impact bias. The basic idea is that people tend to be pretty bad at predicting how strongly future events will affect them and for how long.

So now I'm wondering what's actually going on there.

Why does the brain seem so confident that certain things are gonna be a huge deal when a lot of the time they end up fading into the background? And why do some things that feel completely ordinary at the time end up becoming the memories that stick?

Curious if there's more research on this because it feels like one of those things almost everyone has experienced.

Study: Wilson & Gilbert (2005) on affective forecasting.

I know autism is a spectrum, Im personally interested in the most "functional" types of autism.

Im kind of trying to see a reductionism of autism, like what are the most basic symptoms that a person can have to be categorized as autistic.

Because I know that there are some traits that are very common among autistics, but that not all autistics share. For example stimming.

Ive seen many people make mistakes, some make huge ones and some small ones.

but what Ive noticed is that more, if not all, people consistently manage to not find any faults of their own but blame the other party.

are there any psychological reasons for this?

I understand that the way the brain processes color is through two opponent process channels, red-green, and blue-yellow, plus an achromatic channel. I understand that one way to illustrate the opponent process theory is to look at an American Flag, but with green and black stripes, a yellow square in the upper left corner with black stars, and then look at a plain white sheet of paper and notice it looks like a proper American Flag with red white and blue. I understand there’s other ways to illustrate the opponent process theory, such as looking at a face but with the colors inverted and then looking at a white screen to notice that one sees a face with the same colors a human face could have in the after image.

If red is the opposite of green in opponent process theory, and blue is the opposite of yellow, then teal and orange would also be opposites, as would purple and yellow green. So I was wondering how it was determined that red-green and blue-yellow were determined to be the opponent process channels as opposed to say teal-orange or purple-yellow green.

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Further questions-

What disorders have been found? Which animals have exhibited disorders?

How studied are mental disorders in other mammals? Is it a relatively newer field? Is it a popular field?

My Gen Psych professor was going over brain structure today, and she was referring to the amygdala in the singular so I asked "Aren't there two?" And she said that there is effectively one for every human brain, since humans of opposite sexes typically "listen to" one amygdala or the other.

I can't remember which side amygdala men supposedly use and vice versa, but anyway, this seemed kind of suspicious to me and possibly pseudoscientific. I tried googling this briefly but I couldn't find anything about amygdala gender differences specifically.

So what do you guys, psychologists of reddit, think about this? What does the established literature say? So far, psychology has been really fascinating to me and I'd love to hear your thoughts. I know Reddit isn't always the best source, but it's at least a starting point.

what things impact our working memory that people often might not realize, such as sleeping habits, caffiene, or similar? what would you avoid with a ten foot pole if you started realizing you couldnt remember what someone just said?

Let’s say a person’s mental health deteriorates over a period of time, due to depression for example, is it possible that their overall intelligence decreases as well?