Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Good opinions and reputations are equally hard to recover, once they’re lost. Those two facts can sometimes combine in a truly terrible way – like when all we remember about a person is slander and lies, so even though they did nothing wrong and might have even been a good person, no one ever remembers...

We spend a lot of time in our own heads – after all, we hang out with ourselves more than we ever do anyone else. That means we (hopefully) spend time musing on stuff that interests us, but it can also mean our perception of what other people know and like can be skewed. Below...

One of the peculiar things about human beings is that we can get stuck in our own worlds. Our own bubbles, our own feedback loops, and even in our own heads – which means that sometimes we can have a skewed perception of what is “common” and what is not. These 21 people, for example,...

It seems as if it should go without saying, but the fact is there is a lot to know about this world, how it works, and all of the people who have ever inhabited it. Some people know tons of information about a few things, some know a little bit about a lot of things, and...

Growing up in the 80s, there was quite an emphasis on getting into the “gifted” program. No one talked critically to the other kids about what it meant, we all just assumed those were the smartest of the kids. Sure, we were a little bit jealous that they got to leave class and do fun...

There has been a lot of talk recently about what being labeled “gifted” does to some kids as they grow up and age out of the formal education system. Many of them lament being praised for being smart, since it’s not anything they could ever control, and blame being singled out as a factor in...

We all know that pride is one of the seven deadly sins, and that no one really likes to listen to other people brag about, whether it’s something that’s super cool or not – but I swear, some people just cannot help themselves. What’s even weirder is when what people are bragging about is silly,...

Human beings are strange. There’s no explaining why they do the things they do sometimes, and there’s really no understanding why some people think things are cool and brag-worthy that definitely are not. That said, we all know it happens. We’ve all had that awkward moment when someone tells us something that sounds like a flex,...

A therapist’s office is supposed to be a safe place. We’re supposed to be able to talk about our deepest fears, the secrets we can’t tell anyone else, and be able to get help for the struggles that are impeding our lives. It’s sad to think that there are many people who have gotten the...

Hopefully, we all realize by now that while the majority of people in the world try their best to be kind and to do the right thing, there are bad apples out there – and they fall off the tree and land in all sorts of professions. Even ones, it turns out, that are normally...

We know that one of the most important things to do when we’re trying to be empathetic or understanding about a community that isn’t our own is to do our best to walk in their shoes. That said, generally we don’t want to spend time bothering minorities with questions that we could easily Google or...

Facts are fun. People generally love facts, whether they’re weird or funny, interesting, or even a little bit gross. There aren’t that many, in my experience, that horrify people to the point where they wish they weren’t true at all – but I can definitely see how these 19 facts fit into that category. 19....

No matter how much you love facts, there’s a good chance that you’re going to stumble across a few of them in your lifetime that you wish you hadn’t read. Knowledge is power and all of that, but I mean…some things we just don’t want or need to know. That said, you can’t “un”know things,...

If you’re someone who is into creepy stories, there is no shortage of them on the internet. Whether they’re true, complete fiction, or a little bit of both, there are a ton that will raise every hair on your body at once. These 16 stories are the creepiest of the creepy, though, so if you’re...

We all want to believe that we’re too brave and too sensible to be frightened by something as simple as reading a story, no matter how scary it might be. It’s just words on a page, after all, right? Well, we might be as brave as they come, but if you’re going to read something...