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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  Social Engineering

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• varnavas (49)in #science • 8 years ago

  Problems with Modern Psychiatry: There is no such thing as an Anti-depressant

  In the previous part, we have seen that the chemical imbalance theory is inadequate to explain clinical depression and other mental illnessess. Obseving brain states or…

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• varnavas (49)in #science • 8 years ago

  Problems with Modern Psychiatry (Part 1): The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression

  I came across a friend's post after the tragic death of the famous singer of Linkin Park: Depression is not something to be overlooked. It makes no discrimination between the…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  Another millionaire dead. Does money equal happiness?

  He is not the first one. Actually, I can't think of any celebrity at the moment who died from natural causes. All our childhood idols have either commited suicide or died from…

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• varnavas (49)in #science • 8 years ago

  Our Modern World: The Paradox of Choice and Dopamine Junkies

  I can't think of any other period in Human History where people suffered so much from emotional problems. Well, maybe they did suffer back then too but we just didn't have the…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  We Are Only As Good As the World Allows Us to Be.

  This scene has been stuck in my head for quite a while. For those who have been paying attention it has a lot to say about human nature even though it was attributed to the…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  The psychology behind magical thinking and superstitious behavior

  Vew few are really aware of these cognitive mechanisms that surround the mind. Most of us are ignorant when it comes to their own psyche. And this is a problem. Not knowning your…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  Psychobabble-Neurobabble. Debunking popular Psycho-myths and Neuro-myths (Intro)

  As a Neuroscience freak I will entertain you with some of my main beefs with the fields of psychology and even (cognitive) neuroscience. Before you proceed any further accussing…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  Racism is natural. We are all racists. Racism, biases and stereotypes from a Neuroscientific perspective.

  Ok. I know that this is not a politically correct statement. We tend to view our selves as important and we are more morally confident than we should be. We are inclined to…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  Anxiety sufferers perceive the world differently: People with anxiety show fundamental differences in perception. My personal experiences with depression and anxiety.

  I was diagnosed with depressive anxiety or anxious depression in my early 20s. Now I am 33. That’s more than a decade with this disorder. It’s also labeled in psychiatric terms…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  The 'curse' of human consciousness. An enlarged, expanded prefrontal cortex could be the source of all our misery

  As a student of Neuroscience and cognitive science I always had a fascination with how the brain and the human mind works. And modern science is still puzzled with the complexity…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  The 'curse' of human consciousness. An enlarged, expanded prefrontal cortex could be the source of all our misery

  As a student of Neuroscience and cognitive science I always had a fascination with how the brain and the human mind works. And modern science is still puzzled with the…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  The Myth of Positivity: Why positivity is nonsense.

  I stumbled accross a job ad the other day which made me thinking: 'You do not need any experience in coffee-making. But you do need to bring your smile with you and your pleasant…

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• varnavas (49)in #science • 8 years ago

  Religions are dying. Religious behavior is not. Science and Futurism are Christianity 2.0.

  I am really contemplating these days. Therefore, I decided to write some of my thoughts here and use steemit perhaps as a CBT psychoanalytic diary where someone writes her…

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• varnavas (49)in #psychology • 8 years ago

  Is clinical depression over or under-diagnosed in our days?

  There is a trend these days, wherever you go, you get to listen to a constant whining: 'I am depressed', 'I am depressed'. Literally, the word 'depression' is so overused these…

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