Integrating Psychedelic Experiences Together | Psychology Today

Psychedelic drugs are gaining a lot of attention as powerful opportunities for Mental health treatment and personal growth. Psychedelic experiences can be especially powerful for making relational changes, because psychedelics like ketamine, MDMA, and psilocybin help us think more flexibly, understand different perspectives, get out of old habits, and be more connected to others. One […]

Doubting Your Self-Doubt | Psychology Today

“Self-doubt kills talent.”- Edie McClurg Self-doubt is a feeling of uncertainty or lack of confidence in yourself or your abilities. Long term self-doubt will lead to anxiety, avoidance, procrastination, depression, low-self-esteem and potentially an extreme difficulty in making decisions. How could we begin to doubt our self-doubt, which appears to be on the rise in […]

The Psychology of Scary Movies and Haunted Houses

Fall for me as a teenager meant football games, homecoming dresses—and haunted houses. My friends organized group trips to the local fairground, where barn sheds were turned into halls of horror, and masked men nipped at our ankles with (chainless) chain saws as we waited in line, anticipating deeper frights to come once we were […]

The Empathy Singularity | Psychology Today

Source: Art: DALL-E/OpenAI As the possibility or perhaps inevitability of artificial general intelligence (AGI) draws closer, it’s natural to wonder how human cognition can compete in a world where machines may soon match, or surpass, human intellectual abilities. AGI’s potential to perform any cognitive task that a human can begs the question: How do we, […]

What Is Wisdom? | Psychology Today

‘Common Wisdom: 8 Scientific Elements of a Meaningful Life’ by Dr. Laura Gabayan Source: Redwood Publishing, LLC/Used with permission What is wisdom? Can it be scientifically defined? For millennia, people have defined wisdom in a variety of ways, yet many think, “I know it when I see it.” Can something so important be left to […]

Hoarding Disorder and Suicide | Psychology Today

Hoarding Disorder (HD), classified under the category of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (OCRDs) in the DSM-5, has gained significant attention due to its association with heightened suicidality. Here, we explore the relationship between HD and suicidal behaviors, drawing on the recent meta-analysis by Pellegrini et al. (2021). A Meta-analysis can generate more robust conclusions than […]