psychology

Does intelligence make people arrogant? Is having a high level of education a justification for looking down on the less cultured? Unfortunately, in many situations in today's society, the answers to those questions appear to be positive.…

Do you have a love-hate relationship with your selfies? Does looking at photos of yourself for a little too long make them appear uglier than the first time you saw them? There is now a psychological explanation why you are prone to…

Living with childhood trauma inevitably takes a toll on your mental health. A troubled childhood can not only damage you emotionally but also prevent you from developing a healthy self. Naturally, when we suffer negative experiences,…

What are the deep-seated reasons human beings engage in affairs? In this article Psychology Today's Mark Matousek and Esther Perel - one of the leading experts of the strange nature of interaction when it comes to intimacy - will push hard…

Do you get turned on by imaginative people who are not afraid to show off their intellect? Are you attracted more to the mind than to the looks of others? Do you find intelligence sexy? Then you might be sapiosexual.  Sapiosexual (n.)…

Surviving a rough childhood without losing faith in life and a sense of self-worth is incredibly challenging. But somehow, some people manage to beat the odds and rise from their trauma. So, what is their secret? What do they do…

Recent findings suggest that borderline personality disorder develops through early childhood trauma. The authors of a study led by Benjamin Otto of Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany and published in Frontiers in Psychology said the…

Often, people who engage in manipulation do not do so to intentionally harm the other.  They might not even be aware that they're being manipulative. It is what has worked for them before; it is what they know. Well-functioning people…

“Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten.” ―…

To many people, affairs seem to come as a result of sudden horniness - or just plain wickedness.  However, that is most often than not, a false assumption. In reality, affairs are born out of an incredibly fiddly aspect of our romantic…