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Christian Jarrett @christianjarrett.bsky.social · 2d

The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring psyche.co/ideas/the-tr... By @jananmost.bsky.social for @psyche.co Conscientiousness is constantly touted as a virtue, so what’s life like for people with the opposite trait – disinhibition?

Motivation is good, but discipline is better | Psyche Notes to Self

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 20h

From the Ukrainian boxing champion Usyk’s recent claim, this Note to Self reflects on why having discipline matters more than having motivation

The Ukrainian boxing champion Usyk’s recent claim that ‘discipline is better than motivation’ was psychologically astute

How to adventure beyond the same old foods | Psyche Guides

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 22h

Being a more adventurous eater is about more than just getting novel foods on your plate or going to a different restaurant for a change. It can mean developing a new relationship with food. Doing even one or two of the steps in this Guide will help you refresh your cache of food experiences

Most of us develop comfort zones with food. Expand your palate and discover new flavours, techniques and connections

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 1d

In this layered portrait of life on the streets of Los Angeles, strife is interlaced with moments of joy and solidarity.
A film directed by Chung Nguyen. buff.ly/6E7qdPX

Stressed about a date or an interview? Video games may offer a surprising salve | Psyche Videos

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 2d

Video games are often maligned as addictive, but as this short from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social explains, they offer at least one benefit – reducing anxiety

Uncertainty is stressful. This researcher has found a surprising antidote to the anxiety of waiting: playing video games

The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring | Psyche Ideas

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Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 3d

Learning more about the little-known personality trait of disinhibition could help you better understand some of the people in your life, or maybe even yourself

Conscientiousness is constantly touted as a virtue, so what’s life like for people with the opposite trait – disinhibition?

How luxury brands engineer desire with behavioural economics | Psyche Ideas

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 6d

We like to think our tastes are personal; our style and wardrobe hand-picked and self-crafted. But the luxury business model is structured to shape us – through nudges, scarcity, pricing signals and algorithmic machines

From scarcity to market architecture, luxury fashion is manipulating our tastes. But a vintage countermovement has begun

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Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 7d

A gay man’s ethical angst over sexuality and faith transforms into a revelatory experience that lifts the burden and leaves behind lightness and hope. Read the story here: buff.ly/74LpEtL

James Earl Jones reads Kurt Vonnegut on why art is central to a meaningful life | Psyche Videos

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 7d

In this video by @letterslive.com, James Earl Jones reads a letter written by Kurt Vonnegut in 2006, where he makes an impassioned case to ‘practise any art’

‘Experience becoming. Find out what’s inside you’ – James Earl Jones reads Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to high-school students

For young people, AI is now a second brain – should we worry? | Psyche Ideas

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 8d

Young people’s reliance on AI hints at a psychological shift: thought and internal dialogue is being shaped in tandem with a machine. But what happens to the messy, winding process of wrestling with uncertainty ourselves?

As a resident tutor, I’ve seen how students are using AI as more than a tool. It’s a psychological shift we’ll soon all make

The words that make an apology convincing | Psyche Notes to Self

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 8d

Research on the psychology of apologising finds that certain word choices are more convincing because of their mental cost

Research on the psychology of apologising finds that certain word choices are more convincing because of their mental cost

Would my relationship with dad survive his predatory caregiver? | Psyche Turning points

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Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 9d

This emotional Turning Point tells the story of a predatory caregiver from a son's perspective of his late father

I’d long had a rocky relationship with my dad. Then, a predatory caregiver took over his life

How to thrive as an adult with ADHD | Psyche Guides

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 10d

Whether you were only recently diagnosed with adult ADHD, or you have had the diagnosis for some time, this Guide will empower you with essential knowledge so you can navigate this multifaceted condition with skill and understanding

Use ‘mindful self-coaching’ to help yourself overcome everyday ADHD challenges, from procrastination to feelings of overwhelm

Bad art, good laughs – a street portraitist’s lacklustre work animates a city | Psyche Videos

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 10d

This charming short follows amateur artist Willy Kosovich as he sketches strangers for free on the streets of Sheffield, often ending up apologising for the endearing if lacklustre results buff.ly/hIP3ANI

‘I tried, I’m sorry.’ An amateur artist does street portraits for free, with endearing if lacklustre results

Emma navigates the vast Atlantic and her own mind in this captivating travelogue | Psyche Videos

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 12d

In this travelogue, the Swedish musician and adventurer Emma Ringqvist documents 164 days circumnavigating the Atlantic Ocean. As the trek stretches on, she reflects on her life and nature, uncovering meaning in challenges, especially in the shifting contours of time and loneliness

Adventure, time and loneliness become entangled during one woman’s 164-day solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean

China made me ashamed of my body. Cuba taught me to love it | Psyche Turning points

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 13d

Growing up in China, the author carried nicknames like ‘fatty’ and ‘dark fatty,’ hid her body in loose clothes, and felt shame over simple things. Then Cuba happened. A place where warmth, acceptance, community, and perhaps different expectations of beauty helped her rediscover love for her body

In China, I was used to treating my body like a problem. In Cuba, everyone seemed at home in theirs

For the Puritans, embracing God’s will could get dangerous | Psyche Ideas

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 14d

To embrace God’s will was once seen by the Puritans as the highest form of devotion, yet it often led to self-punishment, despair, and blurred boundaries between faith and suffering

The group at the heart of American origin stories had a complex relationship with despair – and a need to reckon with it

How to check if an argument is valid | Psyche Guides

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 14d

When an argument is valid, that means it is absolutely impossible for the conclusion to be false if the premises are true. Validity is the fundamental logical notion. So how can you check if an argument is valid?

In logic, validity is prime. If you want to make valid arguments, or sniff out invalid ones, here’s what you need to do

Where are you on the ‘happiness curve’? | Psyche Notes to Self

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Richard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social · 20d

A short Note to Self I wrote for @psyche.co about the graph that more or less changed the course of my life psyche.co/notes-to-sel...

When I came across the U-shaped happiness curve, I knew I had to act if I wanted to buck the midlife average

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Ioana A. Cristea @ioanaacristea.bsky.social · 16d

Our piece in @psyche.co, based on our perspective @thelancet.com Psychiatry
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Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 15d

In our Note to Self this week, Tamur shares the insight he gained from taking a smartphone break, how the brief escape helped him see social media use in a stark new light

A brief escape from social media | Psyche Notes to Self

After leaving my phone behind for a week and coming back to it, I saw my social media use in a stark new light

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 16d

As a crime reporter, the author wrote about people behind bars. But she learned much more when she befriended an incarcerated writer buff.ly/OL3rvSY

We’re naturally bad at predicting what will make us happy. Here’s how to adjust | Psyche Videos

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 16d

A difficult truth about being human is that our brains aren’t ‘wired’ to make us feel content. However, as psychology professor @lauriesantos.bsky.social explains in this video, this doesn’t mean we’re doomed to spend our lives churning away on the hedonic treadmill

There‘s no ‘one weird‘ happiness trick. Instead, here are five practices that are proven to help attain this elusive goal

Does it still make sense to call addiction a ‘brain disease’? | Psyche Ideas

Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 17d

Is the brain-disease model still the best way to think about addiction? Do its outcomes justify educating entire generations of patients, families and clinicians to view addiction primarily as a problem of individual brain pathology?