Psychology

There’s no shortage of weird things the human brain will do if you put it in a scenario it doesn’t expect, or hasn’t been primed to expect. It’s not that our brains don’t like surprises, exactly, it’s more that they just act like they don’t exist if they’re not sure how to handle them. Case in...

Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a little bit of a sociopath when it comes to mind tricks. I just find it so fascinating how our brains work in such specific ways that there seem to be universal methods of pulling fast ones on people. Here are 10 easy ways to psychologically trick someone for those...

Everyone is dealing with something. Pain, trauma, illness, grief, financial insecurity, etc. So everyone deserves the time, space, and resources to focus on their mental health. I can’t prescribe meds and I’m not a therapist, but here are 13 memes for your mental health. Take at least the next 60 seconds to breathe deep and...

Winter is coming. In some ways, we’re glad to see the changing of seasons, because in a particularly tough year, just the passing of time seems like something to celebrate. On the other hand, we could be in for an even tougher winter than usual, between increased isolation, a presidential election, and who knows what...

I have a feeling that these responses are going to sound like something out of a horror movie…so it should be kind of exciting! And creepy… We’re about to hear from therapists who admitted that they have had patients that genuinely scared the hell out of them. Are you ready to get creeped out? Here’s...

We’ve all procrastinated before. In a world where multi-tasking is the norm, faster is better, and now is already too late, it’s easy to fall victim to poor time management. How do we normally deal with approaching deadlines? We try to power-drive through whatever task we have at hand. No breaks, no distractions, no shifts...

We like to get inside your head! No, not in a bad way! I’m talking about in a positive manner that makes you think. Because that’s what we like to do here. Make you think with our stupendous fact sets that cover all kinds of different topics. As they say, variety is the spice of...

No one likes to believe that we’re not fully aware of what and why we make choices in our lives, but the truth is, our minds are far more complicated and vast than we’re able to control – or understand – most of the time. Here are 7 ways our mind’s biases influence us, whether...