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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Why Breakups Are So Hard to Let Go

Romantic breakups can destabilize multiple psychological needs at once, especially safety, belonging, autonomy, competence, dignity, and meaning, requiring active rebuilding.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Existential OCD - Or Is It?

Existential OCD involves disabling preoccupation with philosophical questions seeking certainty, and distress may be better understood by identifying what drives it.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Social psychologists say the reason a stranger's rudeness can ruin your entire morning has nothing to do with sensitivity - the brain processes unexpected social hostility through the same threat pathway as physical danger, and the disproportionate response isn't overreaction, it's a system that evolved to treat rejection from the group as a survival-level event firing in a context where the stakes have changed but the wiring hasn't - Silicon Canals

Unexpected rudeness triggers a strong emotional response due to ancient survival wiring that perceives social rejection as a threat.
Humor
fromQueerty
2 months ago

What's the best way to politely turn someone down who tries to chat you up in a bar? - Queerty

Gay bars remain an alternative to dating apps for meeting people, but require social skills to politely decline unwanted advances in person.
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