Biological and evolutionary explanations for love addiction. — Anthropologist Helen Fisher and colleagues made a significant contribution to theories of love as an addiction through their research on mammalian brains. Fisher and colleagues found that people in various stages of love present with activity in the reward system region of the brain also activated in people with cocaine…

What is community psychology? — When I first studied psychology, twenty years ago, statistics and math featured high in the curriculum, and it still does because research is how we learn and progress. …

The damage family violence causes children. — I went through life assuming family violence was something that happened to other people, the types of people who didn’t know any better, maybe they weren’t educated, maybe they grew up like that and don’t know any better, maybe the victims weren’t taught how to stand up for themselves, whatever…

Quick lumpy fix. — I love hollandaise sauce, particularly on eggs, salmon, and spinach, but I do not like dishes, so I microwave my hollandaise, which is apparently not how it is meant to be done. 40g butter (approx 3 Tablespoons) The juice of half a lemon (I like mine lemony, but you can…

My first kindle book of Medium stories. — KDP is the best place for new writers to self-publish their books, technically KDP is doing the publishing, but you’re in charge of most of the work and they provide the platform. …

Even when you stop writing. — I stopped writing to focus on studies, work, and family back in August of last year. I have had pay months of around $2k, but if I don’t submit my stories to bigger publications or write regularly, my pay is more like around $200 a month. It turns out the…

What do your common phrases really say about you? — “I’m so busy.” — I want you to think I’m important. “People are so stupid.” — I am smarter than everyone. “I don’t care what anyone thinks.” — I don’t care enough about what I think. “You, he, she, they …” — I am not capable of self-evaluation. “Happy, happy…

The difference between BPD and NPD. — The general public is more informed about mood and personality disorders, and psychiatrists and psychologists are far more open than they ever were about discussing mental and emotional health. Online access to psychological resources is a massive step forward for mental health, so long as we check our sources and…

Six key differences. — A sociopath is narcissistic, but a narcissist isn’t always antisocial or sociopathic. Narcissists and sociopaths attract people easily, this is often referred to as charm, but it’s more like their hand puppet. The “charm” of a sociopath or person with anti-social personality disorder (APD) and a narcissist (NPD) is developed…