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I recently finished Dan Ariely’s recent book, called Misbelief. According to the description, it talks about why we fall into believing in conspiracy theories. But to me, it’s a book about some elements of critical thinking to use in our daily lives. Interestingly, only a few days before reading it, I had a chat about...
We all know the thriller books and the Hollywood productions about FBI profilers. The intuition they use is unbelievable. But it’s also “given”. They were born with a special talent to see into a killer’s mind. They just get hit by a vision and… instantly know what the killer felt like during the act. Only...
Burnout is a popular topic in psychology. The amount of research done since the 70s is astounding. Despite that fact, very little is being done about burnout at workplaces, while the problem may concern up to 10% of the European workforce, 17% of workers in non-European countries, and 28% of the US millennials (Demerouti et...
I hate the word “minimalism”. It’s been used and abused and associated with empty spaces and wearing only one type of single-colour t-shirt. In fact, some people really do go as far as having a single sweater and then suffering when having it mended. On the other hand, there are millions of people focusing on...
Knowing who you are guarantees lots of things. But it doesn’t guarantee one, knowing what you like and want. It may seem so obvious and so easy. After all, knowing what one enjoys and dislikes is something we do from the moment we are born, right? Actually, it’s not that simple. Some of us have...
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been the holy grail of psychiatry for quite some time. To some extent, they still are as the number of prescriptions is still rising. However, recent years brought a very heated discussion on SSRIs and their efficacy in treating depression. Multiple studies have been conducted in order to confirm...
A family member of mine has recently told me a story of a lady who used to spend her days in the shop she owned, no matter if it was a Monday, weekend, or public holiday. Until one day she decided to change her life completely. She’d sold the shop, got divorced, and moved to...
Soteria is a concept where psychiatric patients take care of other patients in a dedicated place where all of them live together. This definitely echoes Stranger Things, doesn’t it, and I guess this is why the little device was called Soteria. The rules in a soteria are that there is little or no medication and...
Our perception is skewed. It’s the same as it is with winning the lottery – you see only those who won, not those who did not, so you think that winning is much more probable than it actually is. Similarly, what we hear and see about love is only what the pop culture (or even...
Which energy-sapping emotion do you indulge in most? Is it sadness, frustration, anger, despair, self-pity, jealousy, worry? Unshakable, Tony Robbins I could actually finish it here, just with the question, since it’s smart enough. But let me show you something… We have default states of our minds, states that we somehow get back to no...
We go to therapy when we lack the capabilities to handle our life problems. We expect it to help, to lead us towards a better life. Only it not always does. There is still a long way to go for therapy processes before they become truly effective. The concept is partially flawed The whole idea...
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