25 truthful facts about human psychology that everyone should know

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

A selection of 25 true psychological facts that you will surely want to tell your friends about. And all because they are about you and me.

There is no creature on the planet more mysterious and unique than man. We are all impossibly different, but nevertheless, some common features that unite us can be distinguished. Let's talk about them.

1. Feeling constantly busy makes people happier, helps them feel useful to others, and maintains a positive attitude. Keep this in mind the next time you feel like complaining to someone about a ton of current affairs.

2. Everyone knows about the seven deadly sins, which cannot be said about the six universal emotions that all people, without exception, experience. It is happiness, anger, sadness, fear, disgust, and surprise.

3. It is not in vain that those with a sweet tooth are ready to sell their soul, kidney and even their beloved cat for a bar of chocolate. And all because when it is used, dopamine enters the body, a substance that causes sensations similar to the feeling of falling in love. Feel free to seize grief with chocolate to compensate for the absence of a loved one nearby.

4. Tired people tend to be more honest. If you feel that your strength is at the limit, then it is better to tactfully keep your mouth shut, otherwise you never know what.

5. In an ordinary twenty-second hug, a special chemical enters the body, which helps to trust more the person you are hugging. It seems that there was another reason to hug more often.

6. "Oh my God, where is he, where is he, where!" - you probably exclaimed more than once in panic, not finding your smartphone in its usual place. And for good reason: scientists say that the emotions experienced when losing a gadget are similar to near-death experiences.

7. Logic starts to work better when we think in a different language. Remember how the brain strains when trying to find the word in the vocabulary that most accurately characterizes what you are trying to say. Exactly.

8. Now you can sleep peacefully: not a single case of schizophrenia in blind people has been recorded. Well, at least someone in this world is normal.

9. Once again, news from the world of psychiatry: middle school students have the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric hospital patient in the 1950s. Therefore, if your child clings to the leg of the bed and does not want to go to school, then he can be understood.

10. Our brain perceives rejection as pain. Perhaps Jim Carrey was not so wrong when he urged everyone to always say yes.

11. Our mind is in a state of "wandering" about 30% of the time. Feel free to bring this fact as a counterargument to your boss.

12. All of our brightest memories are likely false. And this is sad.

13. Even the illusion of progress motivates us. Dream more often: thoughts are material.

14. Here on the Internet they write that they plan to include Internet addiction in an extensive list of mental disorders. You ought to google it, but what if you have already turned it on?

15. Remember, multitasking is evil. And you are not Julius Caesar, so there is no need to take on such a huge pile of things at once.

16. As old Freud used to say, our subconscious always makes a decision first.

17. One hundred and fifty - it is with so many people that we are able to maintain stable and close relationships. But no more.

18. A psychological fact from which recursion blows a mile away: when you remember an event from the past, you remember the last time you remembered it.

19. Large material is easier to remember in small portions.

20. Relationships are far better for your health than going to the gym. Although, who said that these two things cannot be combined?

21. People with low self-esteem are more likely to become bullies.

22. 80% of all our conversations are complaints about the hard life. And someone has 100%.

23. Volunteers, as well as people who volunteer to help others, are more satisfied with their lives.

24. Another fact about fatigue is that you become much more creative when you feel that your strength is leaving you. Still, you need to come up with a worthy excuse for your idleness.

25. Memories are distorted over time. As sad as it is, each of us has at least one knowingly false memory.