Self-assessment questionnaires to help you better understand yourself and others.
Peter Pan is a fictional boy who couldn’t grow up. There are some real-life Peter Pans out there who have grown up but not mentally. They suffer from the Peter Pan syndrome. They refuse to grow up and cling to their childish ways. They avoid doing age-appropriate ‘adult’ activities. While it can be good not …
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Bipolar disorder can be very confusing. It’s common to mistake one for the other. This is because, despite being distinct disorders, they have overlapping main symptoms. The common symptoms of BPD and Bipolar disorder are: Despite these similarities, BPD and Bipolar disorder are different in that the former is a …
The following symptoms characterize Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): While these are the main symptoms used to diagnose BPD, people with BPD experience the disorder differently. So much so that researchers have come up with different types of BPD. Why the long version? Most BPD tests check for the above symptoms. To get a better and …
People experience Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) differently. While there are common symptoms that are used to diagnose BPD officially, some people with BPD lean more towards a particular set of symptoms than others. This may be because people have different biological predispositions and temperaments. This has led researchers to categorize BPD into different types based …
People with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) can experience the mental health condition differently. Yet, there’s a considerable overlap of symptoms in men and women. Men and women are more similar in showing symptoms of BPD than they are different. Despite the overlap, some critical differences exist between how men and women experience BPD. If you’re …
I was recently reading some YouTube comments on a video about two men arguing with a salesperson. The first man was very aggressive in his speech and body language. The second man’s body language was more relaxed. The first man was talking at the salesman while the second one was talking with the salesman. A …
Hypomania (hypo = under; mania = madness) is when a person experiences abnormally high energy levels. The state is less severe than mania, where a person experiences such high energy levels that they engage in reckless and harmful behavior. Mania and hypomania are symptoms of bipolar disorder, but a person can experience hypomania without suffering …
Addiction is simply a repetitive bad habit. Bad habits tend to be repetitive because they release dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter in the brain that makes us want to engage in certain activities more and more. It achieves that by giving us pleasure when we indulge in a bad habit. Dopamine is critical for survival …
Psychopathy and sociopathy both fall under the category of Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD). While some experts believe both terms mean the same thing, you’ll often find ‘ASPD’ and ‘sociopathy’ being used interchangeably. Someone with ASPD engages in anti-social behavior primarily for selfish gain. Psychopaths and sociopaths comprise a small part of the population (1-4%), and …
The male hierarchy or the socio-sexual hierarchy is a way of categorizing heterosexual men in human society. Like many other animals, there’s a dominance hierarchy of males in humans. Both men and women are sensitive to cues of social status. Men’s value in society is primarily determined by their status, and vice versa- the value …