p.s. psychologically speaking
Welcome to psychologically speaking, I use the same name for my blog and podcast, the blog features real life stories and short reflections explaining how our complex and beautiful brains work.
Take a peek behind the curtain of human behaviour and dissect the fascinating mechanisms that make us tick. The main blog is hosted over on substack, or click through on subject headings below, you don’t need to pay to access my writing but when you susbcribe you’ll be notified about new posts through substack. I try to write a new blog each month, but it does really depend on my research schedule and how up to date I am with reading all of the interesting articles in my saved folder! perhaps you can relate?
You’ll find links to all of my blog writing below and I cover topics like first impressions to the psychology of being moved to tears by art!, most of the articles have a voiceover option if you prefer to listen.
I’m on a learning journey with psychology, so dive in and share your thoughts and questions directly in the comments section. I can't wait to get curious with you!
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Approaching difficult things
Sometimes we assume that experts and people who have done things many, many times find difficult things less stressful. We are told that practice makes perfect, so it can feel like we are failing when we experience a physical stress reaction to something that scares us a little bit.
Leaving things to the last minute
Moderate procrastination is good for creativity, but too much procrastination leads to a short blog. This week’s blog is a reminder that planned procrastination (it’s a thing!) is risky business.
Are you stuck?
We all experience periods of limbo that are less life threatening, and often we have created or pushed ourselves into these limbo spaces with the choices we make.
Shouty synapses
Assuming we are looking forward to leaving the house, we take daily habits and routines for granted, in part, because we’ve practiced enough to run them on autopilot.
Hold that thought
Some psychologists think we listen to music that most closely relates to our own relationships, and this is highlighting our global western preference for avoidant style music.
The problem with self-esteem
We tend to think of self-esteem as being a root cause of problems, and it’s deeply embedded in the way we think about lots of things.