Nebularomantic: The Meaning of the Micro-Label

Nebularomantic

9/18/26

Nebularomantic: The Meaning of the Micro-Label

Nebularomantic

9/18/26

Obsession: Meaning, Origin and the Difference from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsession

9/17/26

Obsession: Meaning, Origin and the Difference from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsession

9/17/26

Frances Tustin and ‘autistic withdrawal’

Frances Tustin

9/16/26

Frances Tustin and ‘autistic withdrawal’

Frances Tustin

9/16/26

ADHD and Dopamine: Why a dopamine deficiency alone does not explain everything

ADHD and Dopamine

9/15/26

ADHD and Dopamine: Why a dopamine deficiency alone does not explain everything

ADHD and Dopamine

9/15/26

Narcissistic Parents in Old Age: Care, Cutting Off Contact and the Imperative of Reconciliation

Narcissistic Parents in Old Age

9/14/26

Narcissistic Parents in Old Age: Care, Cutting Off Contact and the Imperative of Reconciliation

Narcissistic Parents in Old Age

9/14/26

The Four Excuses for Heartlessness: The ‘Western Media When Tragedy Hits’ Meme

The Four Excuses for Heartlessness

9/11/26

The Four Excuses for Heartlessness: The ‘Western Media When Tragedy Hits’ Meme

The Four Excuses for Heartlessness

9/11/26

Autism and Genetics 2026: What the studies show and who they benefit

Autism and Genetics 2026

9/10/26

Autism and Genetics 2026: What the studies show and who they benefit

Autism and Genetics 2026

9/10/26

The ChatGPT File: Why the meme about secret psychological profiling actually creates your profile

The ChatGPT File

9/9/26

The ChatGPT File: Why the meme about secret psychological profiling actually creates your profile

The ChatGPT File

9/9/26

The Unconscious of the Empire (Part 2): Mass Attachment, Denied Mourning and the Imperial Superego

The Unconscious of the Empire (Part 2)

9/8/26

The Unconscious of the Empire (Part 2): Mass Attachment, Denied Mourning and the Imperial Superego

The Unconscious of the Empire (Part 2)

9/8/26

Avoidant attachment style: Why the phrase ‘He’s an avoider’ puts an end to any further reflection

Avoidant attachment style

9/7/26

Avoidant attachment style: Why the phrase ‘He’s an avoider’ puts an end to any further reflection

Avoidant attachment style

9/7/26

Meta settlement: $17 billion to avoid a verdict

Meta settlement

9/4/26

Meta settlement: $17 billion to avoid a verdict

Meta settlement

9/4/26

Training emotional regulation: What a new study on reappraisal and attention reveals

Training emotional regulation

9/3/26

Training emotional regulation: What a new study on reappraisal and attention reveals

Training emotional regulation

9/3/26

The Persona According to C. G. Jung: Tom Cruise and the Mask That Won’t Come Off

The Persona According to C. G. Jung

9/2/26

The Persona According to C. G. Jung: Tom Cruise and the Mask That Won’t Come Off

The Persona According to C. G. Jung

9/2/26

Autistic Burnout: Experiences, Coping Strategies and Support

Autistic Burnout

8/30/26

Autistic Burnout: Experiences, Coping Strategies and Support

Autistic Burnout

8/30/26

The Empire’s Unconscious (Part 1): Denial, Collective Narcissism and the Creation of Enemy Images

The Empire’s Unconscious (Part 1)

8/30/26

The Empire’s Unconscious (Part 1): Denial, Collective Narcissism and the Creation of Enemy Images

The Empire’s Unconscious (Part 1)

8/30/26

Spiralism: When chatbots started preaching

Spiralism

8/28/26

Spiralism: When chatbots started preaching

Spiralism

8/28/26

Japan, Hikikomori and Karoshi: What happens when a society is sacrificed to the market

Japan, Hikikomori and Karoshi

8/27/26

Japan, Hikikomori and Karoshi: What happens when a society is sacrificed to the market

Japan, Hikikomori and Karoshi

8/27/26

Hannibal: The fantasy of the therapist who sees everything

Hannibal

8/26/26

Hannibal: The fantasy of the therapist who sees everything

Hannibal

8/26/26

Autism as an excuse? Diagnosis, reasonableness and responsibility in the workplace

Autism as an excuse?

8/25/26

Autism as an excuse? Diagnosis, reasonableness and responsibility in the workplace

Autism as an excuse?

8/25/26

Letting Go of Infatuation: Download 50 Steps to Print Out

Letting Go of Infatuation

8/25/26

Letting Go of Infatuation: Download 50 Steps to Print Out

Letting Go of Infatuation

8/25/26

Overcoming limerence with ADHD and autism: what really helps

Overcoming limerence with ADHD and autism

8/25/26

Overcoming limerence with ADHD and autism: what really helps

Overcoming limerence with ADHD and autism

8/25/26

AI training using second-hand books: Why AI firms are buying up second-hand bookshops and the books are being shredded

AI training using second-hand books

8/21/26

AI training using second-hand books: Why AI firms are buying up second-hand bookshops and the books are being shredded

AI training using second-hand books

8/21/26

Psychoanalysis and the Subject: The ‘I’, the ‘Self’ and the Subject in Psychotherapy

Psychoanalysis and the Subject

8/20/26

Psychoanalysis and the Subject: The ‘I’, the ‘Self’ and the Subject in Psychotherapy

Psychoanalysis and the Subject

8/20/26

Nullo: Castration fantasies and the removal of genitals, explained from a psychological perspective

Nullo

8/19/26

Nullo: Castration fantasies and the removal of genitals, explained from a psychological perspective

Nullo

8/19/26

ADHD and life expectancy: What really lies behind the seven-year gap and the heart risk

ADHD and life expectancy

8/18/26

ADHD and life expectancy: What really lies behind the seven-year gap and the heart risk

ADHD and life expectancy

8/18/26

Taylor Swift, Psychology and the Desire for a Famous Partner

Taylor Swift

8/14/26

Taylor Swift, Psychology and the Desire for a Famous Partner

Taylor Swift

8/14/26

Performative Mental Illness: When Self-Diagnosis Becomes Self-Presentation

Performative Mental Illness

8/13/26

Performative Mental Illness: When Self-Diagnosis Becomes Self-Presentation

Performative Mental Illness

8/13/26

Narcissistic Father: Signs, Long-Term Effects and a Way Out

Narcissistic Father

8/12/26

Narcissistic Father: Signs, Long-Term Effects and a Way Out

Narcissistic Father

8/12/26

AI as a secular oracle: Why the critique of sovereignty merely reoccupies the throne

AI as a secular oracle

8/11/26

AI as a secular oracle: Why the critique of sovereignty merely reoccupies the throne

AI as a secular oracle

8/11/26

A Critical Look at the Enneagram Test: Nine Types, a Comforting Myth

A Critical Look at the Enneagram Test

8/10/26

A Critical Look at the Enneagram Test: Nine Types, a Comforting Myth

A Critical Look at the Enneagram Test

8/10/26

Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’, psychoanalytically: Myth, Simulacrum and Self-Exposure

Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’, psychoanalytically

7/31/26

Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’, psychoanalytically: Myth, Simulacrum and Self-Exposure

Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’, psychoanalytically

7/31/26

From Scenic Understanding to Control Vector: Why the ‘Large Behaviour Model’ Threatens Psychotherapy

From Scenic Understanding to Control Vector

7/30/26

From Scenic Understanding to Control Vector: Why the ‘Large Behaviour Model’ Threatens Psychotherapy

From Scenic Understanding to Control Vector

7/30/26

Homoeroticism in Religion: Celibacy, Mysticism and the Priest’s Body

Homoeroticism in Religion

7/29/26

Homoeroticism in Religion: Celibacy, Mysticism and the Priest’s Body

Homoeroticism in Religion

7/29/26

Echoism and the Echoist: Understanding Narcissism and Toxic Relationships

Echoism and the Echoist

7/28/26

Echoism and the Echoist: Understanding Narcissism and Toxic Relationships

Echoism and the Echoist

7/28/26

Evil AI? Why AI companies are warning against their own models

Evil AI

7/27/26

Evil AI? Why AI companies are warning against their own models

Evil AI

7/27/26

The Uncanny: Why AI Faces Make Us Shudder

The Uncanny

7/24/26

The Uncanny: Why AI Faces Make Us Shudder

The Uncanny

7/24/26

The Superego: the inner authority that can never be satisfied

The Superego

7/23/26

The Superego: the inner authority that can never be satisfied

The Superego

7/23/26

Fight Club, psychoanalytically: the split self and male powerlessness

Fight Club, psychoanalytically

7/20/26

Fight Club, psychoanalytically: the split self and male powerlessness

Fight Club, psychoanalytically

7/20/26

The Phallus as a Signifier in Lacan’s Theory of the Subject and Gender: Why a Fundamental Psychoanalytic Concept Is Constantly Misunderstood

The Phallus as a Signifier in Lacan’s Theory of the Subject and Gender

7/17/26

The Phallus as a Signifier in Lacan’s Theory of the Subject and Gender: Why a Fundamental Psychoanalytic Concept Is Constantly Misunderstood

The Phallus as a Signifier in Lacan’s Theory of the Subject and Gender

7/17/26

Narcissus and Narcissism: NPS, from a psychiatric and psychoanalytical perspective: Why nobody chooses grandiosity

Narcissus and Narcissism: NPS, from a psychiatric and psychoanalytical perspective

7/16/26

Narcissus and Narcissism: NPS, from a psychiatric and psychoanalytical perspective: Why nobody chooses grandiosity

Narcissus and Narcissism: NPS, from a psychiatric and psychoanalytical perspective

7/16/26

‘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

‘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

Cheated and everything better after the affair? What the new study reveals about the psychology of flirting, infidelity and affairs

Cheated and everything better after the affair

7/6/26

Cheated and everything better after the affair? What the new study reveals about the psychology of flirting, infidelity and affairs

Cheated and everything better after the affair

7/6/26

Quiet Cracking and Job Hugging: Silent Dissatisfaction at Work

Quiet Cracking and Job Hugging

7/6/26

Quiet Cracking and Job Hugging: Silent Dissatisfaction at Work

Quiet Cracking and Job Hugging

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

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

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