Understanding phobias. Fear is a form of anxiety triggered by a situation or an object.
We know what it’s like to be afraid in certain situations and change our behaviour accordingly – avoiding dark alleys and standing back from the edge of a cliff. These are understandable responses to situations where we might be harmed. When there is a real threat, for example if you are about to be attacked, fear is a sensible and realistic response, and your body will release adrenaline and prepare for ‘fight or flight’. Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain.
The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who were sure of their recollections, but DNA evidence later overturned the conviction.
Alphabetical Index of all Psychiatric Disorders at ALLPSYCH Online. How to Change the Way You Process Negative Memories. The way we think of past events in our lives is very flexible and subject to change.
Whenever we look back at our life story, it can change based on our perspective and what information about our lives we choose to pay attention to and find important. We can take this flexible nature of our minds and use it to process negative memories in different ways that benefit us instead of holding us back. Memories are flexible Memories are never as picture perfect as we think they are.
In fact, every time we recall an event it changes from the last time we remembered it. A recent study published in The Journal of Neuroscience illustrates this phenomenon quite well. Interestingly, researchers found that on the third day, participants placed the object closer to the incorrect location they chose on the second day rather than the correct location. Psychotherapists: Mechanics, Surgeons, or Rehab Workers?
Have you ever noticed that people often think that psychotherapists are like car mechanics?
It reminds me of an old boyfriend of mine who used to give nicknames to the women he was dating. My nickname was “crazy mechanic girl.” In his tongue and cheek way, he coined the nickname because he thought that, as a psychotherapist, I fix crazy people. This idea is a misconception at so many levels! First of all, going to therapy doesn’t make you crazy and, second of all, therapists don’t fix their patients. The mechanic model doesn’t quite capture real psychotherapists, though. What is a Character Disorder? Personality and character disorders are not the same thing.
Our personality defines the stylistic way we tend to interact, while our character is defined by the level of social conscientiousness and virtue in our personality. When personality or character traits present major obstacles to functioning in a healthy way, they might constitute a disorder. First of all, having a disturbance (alt. “disorder”) of character is not the same as having a personality disorder, although many (including mental health professionals) erroneously use the terms synonymously. Social Justice and the Autism Spectrum. Profile of the Sociopath. Profile of the Sociopath This website summarizes some of the common features of descriptions of the behavior of sociopaths.
Gay Or Straight? Body Language Reveals Sexual Orientation « intellectual vanities… about close to everything. An individual’s body motion and body type can offer subtle cues about their sexual orientation, but casual observers seem better able to read those cues in gay men than in lesbians, according to a new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Good data, biased interpretation. As probably the researchers have been straight, they missed the term “gay-dar” used for this sensing ability within the community. As such, this study shows much less about allegedly treacherous body language but about perception stereotypes: “gender-atypical combinations were perceived generally to be homosexual”, as the authors put it. Histrionic personality disorder - causes, DSM, effects, therapy, adults, people, used, medication. Photo by: FlemishDreams Definition Histrionic personality disorder, often abbreviated as HPD, is a type of personality disorder in which the affected individual displays an enduring pattern of attention-seeking and excessively dramatic behaviors beginning in early adulthood and present across a broad range of situations.
Διαταραχές της Προσωπικότητας. Drawing Autism. Drawing Autism is an incredible collection of artwork by people diagnosed with autism, from teenage amateurs to established artists.
Unlike many of the books I feature on 50 Watts, this one is in print. You should buy it. [Amazon link to the new reprint which comes out April 2, 2014 from Akashic.] This post features a small selection of my favorite images from the book, along with some quotes by the artists. Why Some People Are Evil. Just after the sun rose on July 7, 2008, Hans Reiser led police and prosecutors to Nina's shallow grave.
Reiser was about to be convicted of strangling his estranged wife to death when he agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder and reveal where he dumped Nina's body. A Statistical Model of Facial Attractiveness. Abstract Previous research has identified facial averageness and sexual dimorphism as important factors in facial attractiveness.
The averageness and sexual dimorphism accounts provide important first steps in understanding what makes faces attractive, and should be valued for their parsimony. Depression Statistics From Around The Globe. How Social Media Help Introverted Kids. Many of you responded with heartbreaking stories of introverted children suffering at school. Is Shyness an Evolutionary Tactic? The Top 10 Psychology Studies of 2010.
The end of 2010 fast approaches, and I'm thrilled to have been asked by the editors of Psychology Today to write about the Top 10 psychology studies of the year. I've focused on studies that I personally feel stand out, not only as examples of great science, but even more importantly, as examples of how the science of psychology can improve our lives.
Each study has a clear "take home" message, offering the reader an insight or a simple strategy they can use to reach their goals , strengthen their relationships, make better decisions, or become happier. If you extract the wisdom from these ten studies and apply them in your own life, 2011 just might be a very good year. 1) How to Break Bad Habits If you are trying to stop smoking , swearing, or chewing your nails, you have probably tried the strategy of distracting yourself - taking your mind off whatever it is you are trying not to do - to break the habit. J. 2) How to Make Everything Seem Easier. Stress: Portrait Of A Killer. It seldom happens when we go through a day without experiencing stress. We are especially familiar with these feelings when they build up after a long day at work or while studying for a difficult final exam.
In our modern industrialized world, it is more difficult now than ever to avoid stress, and some experts say this is leading to many unforeseen health-related problems. Autism Signs and Symptoms. Bi-Polar Ape (4-part series): Caught Between Love and War. Moral than we think? If asked whether we'd steal, most of us would say no. Would we try to save a drowning person? That depends—perhaps on our fear of big waves. Placebos Have Side Effects Too. Emotions Are A Resource, Not A Crutch. 5 Ways to Teach Ethics. Parataxic distortion. Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds.
Signs and Symptoms of ADHD. Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions. Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions? BEHAVIORAL Foundations for Value Ethics - Part 1. Μονάδα Εφηβικής Υγείας (Μ.Ε.Υ.) Top 10 Unethical Psychological Experiments - Top 10 Lists. Humans Psychology is a relatively new science which gained popularity in the early 20th century with Wilhelm Wundt. Psychology Research Database - GenerallyThinking Psychology Research Database. Eight Ways to Spot Emotional Manipulation. Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief. Bad language could be good for you, a new study shows. Φ. Ζιμπάρντο: Πώς συνηθισμένοι άνθρωποι γίνονται τέρατα ή ήρωες. Psychological ("personality") Types. Psychological ("personality") Types According to Jung's theory of Psychological Types we are all different in fundamental ways.
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