71 Interesting Psychology Facts
Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Psychology includes the conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.
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71 Interesting Psychology Facts
- The people who give the best advice are usually the ones with the most problems.
- It is possible to die from a broken heart. It's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
- The type of music you listen can shape the type of person you are.
- Your favorite song is your favorite because you associate an emotional event with it.
- If you announce your goals to others, you are less likely to make them happen because you lose motivation, studies confirmed.
- People who speak two languages may unconsciously shift their personalities when they switch from one language to another.
- Your mind rewrites monotonous speeches of boring people to make it sound interesting.
- Science behind having a good sleep is that you just have to convince your brain that you had a good sleep.
- Expectant fathers can sometimes experience a sympathetic pregnancy where they have symptoms like back ache, weight gain, strange food carvings and nausea.
- Phobias may be memories passed down through generations in DNA, according to a new research.
- There are more than 400 distinct phobias well recognized by psychologist.
- When crying from happiness the first tear will come from the right eye but if you are crying from sadness it will come from the left.
- If you spend time with positive people, they will have a very positive impact on you.
- Biochemically speaking, being in a romantic love affair cannot be distinguished from having an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- People who try to keep everyone happy often end up feeling the loneliest.
- Travel boosts brain health and also decreases a person's risk of heart attack and depression.
- 90% of people text things they can't say in person.
- It takes only 4 minutes to fall in love with a person.
- Crying makes you feel better, reduces stress, and may help to keep the body healthy.
- Research shows that, for luxury brands, the ruder the sales staff, the higher the sales.
- Usually thinking of a successful outcome will reduce our motivation rather than increase it.
- Smarter people underestimate themselves. Ignorant people think they're brilliant.
- Doing thinks that scare you will make you happier.
- No one born blind has developed the condition of schizophrenia.
- Some of us are actually afraid of being too happy because of the fear that something tragic might happen next.
- Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter the person is, the more selective they become.
- Comedians and funny people are actually more depressed than others.
- After death, there is a period of 7 minutes of brain activity where the person will see dream like sequence of their memories.
- Pretending not to care is the habit of someone who generally cares the most.
- People who spend time in the sun are more likely to be happier and content in life.
- The brain can remember only 3 to 4 things at once.
- If you have series of task at hand, always do the difficult tasks in the beginning.
- The more you spend on others, the happier you are.
- 18 to 33-year-old are the most stressed out people on earth.
- When you remember a past event, you're actually remembering the last time you remembered it.
- Spending money on others, yield more happiness than spending it on yourself, a study concluded.
- 30% pregnant women crave nonfood items, an eating disorder called pica.
- Millionaires who have earned their wealth are moderately happier than those who inherited it.
- You read faster with a longer length but prefer shorter.
- You make most of your decisions unconsciously.
- Your mind rewrites monotonous speeches of boring people to make it sound interesting.
- Being with positive, happy people keeps you happier.
- Feeling ignored causes the same effect as that of an injury.
- There's a rare mental disorder where people imagine that they are decomposing, dead or non-existent.
- Researching are debating on adding internet addiction to the list of mental disorders.
- 1 in 5 people in France has experienced depression making it the most depressed country in the world.
- People who oversleep tend to crave more sleep.
- There is a gene that can cause you to be negative most of the time.
- Our hearts have nothing to do with the feeling of being love. Its only a chemical reaction of the brain.
- When you are single, all you see are happy couples; and when you're not, you find happy singles.
- Closing your eyes help you to remember things.
- Your tongue length is related to your sexual curiosity. Those who can lick their elbows are more willing to try new experiences.
- Severe depression can cause us to biologically age more by increasing the aging process in cells.
- Gratitude can boost dopamine and serotonin, just like antidepressants.
- If you have A crush on someone, your brain will find it impossible to lie to that person.
- Pretending not to care is the habit of someone who generally cares the most.
- Women with higher IQ find it harder time to find a mate.
- Boanthropy is a psychological disorder where people think they are cows.
- Research has shown that thinking about a plan B, can make it less likely that you'll achieve plan A.
- The cells in your body react everything your mind says. So negative things bring down your immune system and you feel dick.
- People with low self-esteem is more likely to criticize others.
- Good liars are better detecting lies of other.
- Saying "Thank you" makes people see you as a warmer, a study found.
- Researches have found that optimism is a teachable skill and that you can be the one to teach yourself.
- The Jonah complex is the fear of success which prevents self-actualization.
- Dendrophilia is the sexual arousal from trees.
- People who stay up late tend to be risk-takers, a study found.
- Childhood bullying can cause lifelong psychological damage, including depression, anxiety, social withdrawal and severe trust issues.
- The happier we are, the less sleep we require.
- People look more attractive when they speak about things that they are really interested in.
- Women who have mostly male friends stay in a good mood more often.
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