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Forgetting in ancient Greece and China

3 days ago | psyche.co | Sam Dresser

NOTE TO SELFMEMORY AND NOSTALGIAMan Sleeping on a Bamboo Couch, Yuan (1271-1368) or Ming (1368-1644) dynasty. Courtesy the Met Museum, New YorkMan Sleeping on a Bamboo Couch, Yuan (1271-1368) or Ming (1368-1644) dynasty. Courtesy the Met Museum, New YorkOften, forgetfulness is a mere inconvenience: that name, date or task that simply slipped through the cracks. But, sometimes, it’s downright unsettling to forget something.
Don’t fall victim to the Peter Principle

3 days ago | psyche.co | Christian Jarrett

NOTE TO SELFWORK AND VOCATIONPhoto by ER Productions/Getty ImagesPhoto by ER Productions/Getty ImagesIt’s fun stumbling upon psychological concepts in unexpected places. I remember first learning about the Johari Window (an obscure framework for thinking about the limits of self-knowledge) in the Robert Galbraith novel The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013). It happened again the other day.
How to maintain a healthy gut

Jan 29, 2025 | psyche.co | Vincent Ho

What to do Make lifestyle changes to protect your gut healthThe most significant steps you can take to protect your gut health concern your diet. However, before I share some specific dietary advice with you, here are some basic lifestyle interventions that can also help you maintain a healthy gut:Practise good sleep hygiene.
The curious paradox in how we address each other today

Jan 16, 2025 | psyche.co | David Benatar

While honouring people’s preferred pronouns, we’ve begun to neglect forms of formal address. Perhaps we need a rethinkReferring to people by their preferred pronouns has come to be seen by many people, at least in Western societies, as mandated not merely by manners but also by morality. People include their pronoun preferences in their email footers and declare them on name badges. Those who do not announce their preferences often have these solicited.
Losing her eyesight, a painter’s art evolves with the way she sees the world

Dec 20, 2024 | psyche.co | Liberty Smith

For most people, audio descriptions – in which an automated voice describes visual elements of a piece of media – are a mild modern annoyance often activated only by accident, and turned off shortly after. But, for the visually impaired, including the UK visual artist Angela Charles, they are a wonder of modernity, providing a vital window into the world of the sighted.
Feeling nothing can be as devastating as feeling too much

Dec 12, 2024 | psyche.co | Christopher J. Hopwood

Emotional ‘emptiness’ is a damaging, underexplored phenomenon. Better understanding it could help steer people to fulfilmentIt is not difficult to imagine feeling mentally overstuffed. Your thoughts race, your emotions surge, and you might do things such as lash out at people you care about, cry uncontrollably or make decisions you wouldn’t have made if you’d thought them through. Most people have felt this way at least once in their lives, usually during periods of intense stress.
How to see the humanity in anyone

Dec 11, 2024 | psyche.co | Scott Shigeoka

What to do Detach: let go of your ABCs (assumptions, biases and certainty)Everyone makes assumptions, carries biases and believes with certainty. These are shortcuts that help us to make sense of the world and provide us with reassuring feelings of security. Detaching from them therefore involves unlearning the things you feel are true about yourself, others and the world around you. This will help you access deep curiosity and change the way you perceive and interact with other people.
Late autism diagnosis: it’s a relief, but who’s behind the mask?

Dec 8, 2024 | psyche.co | Leonie Mercedes

By the time an adult learns they’re autistic, they have often been covering up for years. A period of self-discovery awaitsRealising that you are autistic as an adult can bring about a lot of feelings: relief to finally have answers; anger that it has taken so long; regret about what might have been if you’d known earlier. What also awaits, for many, is confusion. People diagnosed as adults commonly have been masking for most of their lives.
If you hear voices, here are some empowering ways to respond

Dec 3, 2024 | psyche.co | Mark Hayward

Hearing voices isn’t always a problem – but if they’re stressful or frightening, it is possible to regain a sense of controlMany people – approximately 10 per cent – will, at some point in their lives, have the experience commonly known as ‘hearing voices’. What does that mean, exactly? If this is something that happens to you, you might perceive a voice talking to you, or about you, even though nobody seems to be present.
Why every utterance you make begins with a leap of faith

Dec 2, 2024 | psyche.co | Julie Sedivy

Time pressure and the limitations of memory compel you and your listener to engage in a fascinating linguistic trade-offIt seems obvious that the shape of a bird has everything to do with its struggle against gravity. Its entire physiology bears witness to the triumph of flight despite the tug of Earth’s forces. Less obvious, perhaps, is the fact that human language is shaped by an equally powerful force acting upon it: the stricture of time.