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TikTok’s Latest Self-Help Trend, Explained: What Is Lucky Girl Syndrome?
If you feel down on your luck as of late or, possibly, your whole life, fret not. TikTok’s self-help gurus are here to help.
What Disney Animated Films Teach Us About Intergenerational Trauma
Disney animated movies are hardly the place to go for therapy, but they could help your family begin to heal from intergenerational trauma.
Reconnecting With Your Spiritual Side by Leaving Your Religion?: What Religious Deconstruction Is and What It’s Like According to People Who’ve Gone Through It
For some people, the way back into faith is moving away from it a little. Religious deconstruction lets people heal from religious trauma and reconsider what they really believe in.
From Clutter to Clarity: The Beauty of Minimalism
Because of minimalism I only kept what was truly necessary and what had sentimental value to me. And it made such a huge difference.
5 Psychological Tricks to Making Your New Year’s Resolution Stick
New year’s resolutions are usually abandoned come February, but these psychological tips can help you stick to them.
I Don’t “Believe” in Tarot but I Read Cards Anyway—Here’s Why You Might Want to Try It This 2023
There’s a side to tarot that’s more meditative and analytical. Here’s why you can gain from it even if you don’t believe in its “predictive abilities”.
Could Kanye West’s Recent Disturbing Behavior Put Him in a Conservatorship?
Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has been behaving unpredictably. Why isn’t he in a conservatorship like Britney Spears was?
MyProAna and the Eating Disorder Spaces of the Internet
MyProAna, once the biggest ED space on the internet, was a place where people could receive support and dangerous tips on how to worsen their condition.
Parasocial Relationships: What Are They and Are They Dangerous?
Parasocial relationships blur the line between the real and the imaginary, sometimes to disastrous results.
Your Brain On MBTI: The MBTI Cognitive Functions Explained
MBTI cognitive functions can be confusing to wrap your head around. Here’s the low down on the functions and how they work.
What’s a God Complex and How Do I Deal With It?
A person with a god complex can be difficult to deal with. So, how do you tell if someone has one and how do you deal with it?
Personality Tests Don’t Have to Be 100% ‘Scientific’ — They Just Have to Be Useful
MBTI, Enneagram, DISC, what good are they really? Experts and enthusiasts weigh in on why personality tests can be useful as personal development tools.
Cognitive Biases in Decision Making: Understanding Your Own Brain
Cognitive biases make it easier for us to make decisions, but they also open us up to manipulation from outside forces.
Examining Capgras Delusion and Past Cases
Capgras delusion may sound like something out of a horror movie, but it’s a real disorder affecting real people.
How Trauma Takes Residence In the Body
Trauma is mostly a psychological phenomenon but it manifests itself in the body in ways we may not expect.
How Psychology Changed the Way We Think of Personal Responsibility About Mental Health
By making mental health all about the individual, psychology fails to address the social factors behind the silent mental health crisis.
Exploring Recurring Dreams and What They Mean
Have you ever had the same dream over and over, or maybe a recurring dream year after year for your entire life? You’re not the only one.
Debunking Dark Psychology
Dark Psychology has been touted as this dark art that lets you manipulate people. But is it sinister manipulation or just basic social skills?
What’s the Alt-Right Pipeline and How Does It Work?
The alt-right pipeline keeps getting mentioned online. But what is it exactly and how do you deal with it?
The Gruesome Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett and Kidnapping of Her Unborn Baby
Read about the brutal killing of Bobbie Jo Stinnett and why her murderer was a victim, too.
I Lost My Best Friend to a Cult: Behind the Curtain of Cult Psychology
Five years ago, I lost my best friend to a cult. Today, we’re reconnecting while picking apart cult psychology and how they manipulate their followers.
Murder Is Girl Talk: Why Women Love True Crime
True crime media is mostly consumed by women despite the fact that most of the victims of these violent crimes are women.
Meet Marybeth Tinning, the Mother Who Spent 14 Years Killing Her Children for Attention
Marybeth Tinning was a serial killer mom who murdered eight infants. And the jury acquitted her.