‘That is Just the Way I Am’: Why an Entire Culture Loves the MBTI, Even Though Science Rejects It

‘That is Just the Way I Am’

7/15/26

‘That is Just the Way I Am’: Why an Entire Culture Loves the MBTI, Even Though Science Rejects It

‘That is Just the Way I Am’

7/15/26

What is Hedonism? Definition, Consumption and the Neoliberal Obligation to Enjoyment

What is Hedonism

7/14/26

What is Hedonism? Definition, Consumption and the Neoliberal Obligation to Enjoyment

What is Hedonism

7/14/26

Why We Love Dr House: Narcissism and Cynicism

Why We Love Dr House

7/13/26

Why We Love Dr House: Narcissism and Cynicism

Why We Love Dr House

7/13/26

Open-label placebos and the power of expectation: Why the honest sugar pill works

Open-label placebos and the power of expectation

7/6/26

Open-label placebos and the power of expectation: Why the honest sugar pill works

Open-label placebos and the power of expectation

7/6/26

Heat and mental health: why heat puts a strain on the mind

Heat and mental health

7/6/26

Heat and mental health: why heat puts a strain on the mind

Heat and mental health

7/6/26

Desire Discrepancy: the most common relationship problem for which there is hardly any therapy available

Desire Discrepancy

7/6/26

Desire Discrepancy: the most common relationship problem for which there is hardly any therapy available

Desire Discrepancy

7/6/26

Interrupted Enjoyment: Why adverts in paid streaming services appeal to us so much

Interrupted Enjoyment

7/3/26

Interrupted Enjoyment: Why adverts in paid streaming services appeal to us so much

Interrupted Enjoyment

7/3/26

Mosting: Love Bombing, Mosting, Ghosting: What’s Behind It

Mosting

7/2/26

Mosting: Love Bombing, Mosting, Ghosting: What’s Behind It

Mosting

7/2/26

Bed Rotting: Self-care or depression in disguise?

Bed Rotting

7/1/26

Bed Rotting: Self-care or depression in disguise?

Bed Rotting

7/1/26

Birds and the Mind: How birdsong boosts well-being

Birds and the Mind

6/30/26

Birds and the Mind: How birdsong boosts well-being

Birds and the Mind

6/30/26

Stopping antidepressants: What the data really says about withdrawal symptoms

Stopping antidepressants

6/29/26

Stopping antidepressants: What the data really says about withdrawal symptoms

Stopping antidepressants

6/29/26

Reality TV, Humiliation and Imitations: A Comparison of Rosin’s Restaurants, Farmer Wants a Wife, GNTM and Gordon Ramsay

Reality TV, Humiliation and Imitations

6/26/26

Reality TV, Humiliation and Imitations: A Comparison of Rosin’s Restaurants, Farmer Wants a Wife, GNTM and Gordon Ramsay

Reality TV, Humiliation and Imitations

6/26/26

Neurodiversity Lite: How Neurodiversity Became the Dominant Discourse

Neurodiversity Lite

6/25/26

Neurodiversity Lite: How Neurodiversity Became the Dominant Discourse

Neurodiversity Lite

6/25/26

Mankeeping: When your partner becomes your only confidante

Mankeeping

6/24/26

Mankeeping: When your partner becomes your only confidante

Mankeeping

6/24/26

An emotionally absent father? Attachment, relationship patterns and the danger of oversimplifications in popular psychology

An emotionally absent father

6/23/26

An emotionally absent father? Attachment, relationship patterns and the danger of oversimplifications in popular psychology

An emotionally absent father

6/23/26

‘Crashing out’: What the viral term reveals about emotional regulation

‘Crashing out’

6/23/26

‘Crashing out’: What the viral term reveals about emotional regulation

‘Crashing out’

6/23/26

Rousseau’s Émile: Freedom as a Technique of Domination

Rousseau’s Émile

6/20/26

Rousseau’s Émile: Freedom as a Technique of Domination

Rousseau’s Émile

6/20/26

Maxxing fatigue: Maxxing with no end in sight, or the end of self-optimisation?

Maxxing fatigue

6/19/26

Maxxing fatigue: Maxxing with no end in sight, or the end of self-optimisation?

Maxxing fatigue

6/19/26

Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, Epstein and the politics of repression

Kubrick

6/17/26

Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, Epstein and the politics of repression

Kubrick

6/17/26

Glamour as a Symptom: Kitsch, Class and the Spectacle

Glamour as a Symptom

6/16/26

Glamour as a Symptom: Kitsch, Class and the Spectacle

Glamour as a Symptom

6/16/26

Fußball-WM 2026

Fußball

6/15/26

Fußball-WM 2026

Fußball

6/15/26

Psychedelics by decree: Trump speeds up FDA approval

Psychedelics by decree

6/12/26

Psychedelics by decree: Trump speeds up FDA approval

Psychedelics by decree

6/12/26

Nonnamaxxing: The trend on TikTok and Instagram for a healthy Italian-style lifestyle – Grandma as an escape fantasy

Nonnamaxxing

6/11/26

Nonnamaxxing: The trend on TikTok and Instagram for a healthy Italian-style lifestyle – Grandma as an escape fantasy

Nonnamaxxing

6/11/26

AI deskilling and cognitive debt: AI use undermines thinking ability after 10 minutes

AI deskilling and cognitive debt

6/10/26

AI deskilling and cognitive debt: AI use undermines thinking ability after 10 minutes

AI deskilling and cognitive debt

6/10/26

Gen Z and dating apps: Dating recession and solo-maxxing instead of expensive dates

Gen Z and dating apps

6/9/26

Gen Z and dating apps: Dating recession and solo-maxxing instead of expensive dates

Gen Z and dating apps

6/9/26

ADHD: Brain scans reveal three different types

ADHD

6/8/26

ADHD: Brain scans reveal three different types

ADHD

6/8/26

Looksmaxxing and Bone Smashing: discourse creates the trend

Looksmaxxing and Bone Smashing

6/6/26

Looksmaxxing and Bone Smashing: discourse creates the trend

Looksmaxxing and Bone Smashing

6/6/26

Toxic terms in everyday life: therapy-speak & pop psychology relationships

Toxic terms in everyday life

6/6/26

Toxic terms in everyday life: therapy-speak & pop psychology relationships

Toxic terms in everyday life

6/6/26

Suicide by Proxy: Indirect Suicide and Infanticide

Suicide by Proxy

6/5/26

Suicide by Proxy: Indirect Suicide and Infanticide

Suicide by Proxy

6/5/26

Body Capitalism: How Body Positivity Became a Needle

Body Capitalism

6/4/26

Body Capitalism: How Body Positivity Became a Needle

Body Capitalism

6/4/26

Hans Asperger and National Socialism | Spiegelgrund

Spiegelgrund

6/3/26

Hans Asperger and National Socialism | Spiegelgrund

Spiegelgrund

6/3/26

Enhanced Games, Dark Enlightenment and Tech-Eugenics

Enhanced Games

6/3/26

Enhanced Games, Dark Enlightenment and Tech-Eugenics

Enhanced Games

6/3/26

The Polyvagal Theory under fire: According to Paul Grossman, it is, on the whole, probably incorrect and has been disproved

The Polyvagal Theory under fire

5/30/26

The Polyvagal Theory under fire: According to Paul Grossman, it is, on the whole, probably incorrect and has been disproved

The Polyvagal Theory under fire

5/30/26

Ozempic and Personality: Weight-loss injections and the mind

Ozempic and Personality

5/30/26

Ozempic and Personality: Weight-loss injections and the mind

Ozempic and Personality

5/30/26

Emotional incest and enmeshment: When parents turn children into partners

Emotional incest and enmeshment

5/29/26

Emotional incest and enmeshment: When parents turn children into partners

Emotional incest and enmeshment

5/29/26

Hikikomori in Germany too: Ways out of social isolation

Hikikomori in Germany too

5/28/26

Hikikomori in Germany too: Ways out of social isolation

Hikikomori in Germany too

5/28/26

Bone Smashing: A dangerous self-optimisation trend on Instagram

Bone Smashing

5/27/26

Bone Smashing: A dangerous self-optimisation trend on Instagram

Bone Smashing

5/27/26

AI Sycophancy: Why AI chatbots pander to users

AI Sycophancy

5/22/26

AI Sycophancy: Why AI chatbots pander to users

AI Sycophancy

5/22/26

AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?

AI

5/21/26

AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?

AI

5/21/26

Giftedness, Autism, ADHD: Avoiding Misdiagnosis

Giftedness, Autism, ADHD

5/20/26

Giftedness, Autism, ADHD: Avoiding Misdiagnosis

Giftedness, Autism, ADHD

5/20/26

Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex: Pete Walker’s Fawn Response in childhood trauma

Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex

5/19/26

Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex: Pete Walker’s Fawn Response in childhood trauma

Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex

5/19/26

The Loneliness Machine: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Inequality in Neoliberal Capitalism

The Loneliness Machine

5/18/26

The Loneliness Machine: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Inequality in Neoliberal Capitalism

The Loneliness Machine

5/18/26

AI-associated psychosis: When chatbots exacerbate delusions to the point of AI psychosis

AI-associated psychosis

5/15/26

AI-associated psychosis: When chatbots exacerbate delusions to the point of AI psychosis

AI-associated psychosis

5/15/26

Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD): Research on the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16), ICMDR and the State of Research in 2026

Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD)

5/14/26

Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD): Research on the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16), ICMDR and the State of Research in 2026

Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD)

5/14/26

ADHD and autism: recognising ADHD-related burnout

ADHD and autism

5/13/26

ADHD and autism: recognising ADHD-related burnout

ADHD and autism

5/13/26

The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us

The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum

5/11/26

The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us

The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum

5/11/26

Manifestation and Vision Boards: Dreams and Goals or a Trap Set by the Spiritual Wellness Industry?

Manifestation and Vision Boards

5/12/26

Manifestation and Vision Boards: Dreams and Goals or a Trap Set by the Spiritual Wellness Industry?

Manifestation and Vision Boards

5/12/26

No Contact: Why Gen Z is cutting ties with friends and parents

No Contact

5/8/26

No Contact: Why Gen Z is cutting ties with friends and parents

No Contact

5/8/26

The ideal ego, the ego-ideal, and the self

The ideal ego

5/7/26

The ideal ego, the ego-ideal, and the self

The ideal ego

5/7/26

Babies: The Unconscious and the Intersubjective

Babies

5/6/26

Babies: The Unconscious and the Intersubjective

Babies

5/6/26

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