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The great Trauma that drags down our society and prevents us from being happy, according to Erich Fromm

One in eight people in the world suffers from a mental disorder, with anxiety and depression being the most common. Currently, approximately 301 million people suffer from an anxiety disorder and 280 …

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Emotional Compliance, how individualistic societies mutilate our affective world

Fundamentally individualistic cultures value uniqueness and self-expression. They encourage people to be unique and differentiate themselves – or at least that's the message. But… are they really like …

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Selective Exposure, the bias that pushes us to assume extreme positions

Polarization is advancing by leaps and bounds. We embrace and disseminate increasingly extreme positions with disturbing insouciance, forgetting about the pondered “mesòtes” or fair middle point that …

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3 psychological obstacles that great leaders know how to manage

"The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity," said Mahatma Gandhi, …

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How do funeral rituals help us process the pain of loss?

Nothing prepares us for the death of a loved one. There is also nothing to prepare us for what comes next. When a person dies, he leaves behind a life that we must close. Managing all those details …

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Being the scapegoat in a toxic family

Throughout history and cultures, different religions have performed ritual sacrifices to atone for their sins, evils, and community guilt feelings. On many occasions, an animal was chosen that, …

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Diffusion of responsibility: If not you, who?

In 1968 the psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latané made an experiment that revealed a very curious phenomenon: the diffusion of responsibility. They recruited a group of college students and placed …

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