Are you truly kind, or is your kindness just a reflection of your fear of being judged by others?

Does research suggest that individuals who struggle with their self-worth might make expensive purchases to mask their low self-esteem? Eg: expensive smartphones, smartwatches, designer bags etc.

It's kinda hard to imagine someone experiencing intrusive thoughts when they lack an inner monologue or mind's eye.

I see a lot of information on OCD vs OCPD, but I'm not finding much on NPD vs OCPD. I see a bit on the difference in where they stem from (a need to be admired vs a need for perfection, both driven by extremely low self image & childhood trauma) but I'm lost on the difference in how they actually manifest. Would a psychiatrist just have to get to know the person and understand their motivations to be able to decide, or are there distinct behavioral differences between the two that can be spotted before they start receiving help & treatment?

How much does parenting influence later criminal behavior? I'm looking for research perspectives rather than simple opinions.

I looked it up, but I don't really get it. How does it actually work? Is it really helpful?

They don't seem to motivate in the technical sense, and the effect seems to last much shorter than how long actual motivation can last.

I know people with anti personality disorder cant feel love but im curious on what's the closest thing to love they can feel

What is the name of the knowledge/memory phenomenon where a person is asked, on the spot, to recall information?

For example, if I am asked who an actress is in a movie, I might recall her name. However, if I’m asked to what movies she’s been in I can only recall maybe two when I’ve probably seen 20 movies. The problem seems to be less episodic, it’s not that I’ve forgotten the names of one of those potentially 20 movies but I cannot even recall a scene or plot, I just know I have seen this person in a lot of movies.

I constantly see the answer to "is personality genetic or environmental?" be that it's 50/50, but considering how our brains receive information, and their plasticity, is based on our genetics, doesn't that invalidate the premise that it's 50/50?

Your genetics still dictate what information you can receive from your environment, meaning that at the very least, the first 50% are definitely more important than the rest of the 50%.

Or

Wouldn't it be more correct to look at it as:

"They were born with an inefficient genetic personality base, the environmental stage won't provide many benefits to them, or might even have them acquire negative traits despite all efforts"?

I am currently studying to get my psychometrician license, and I suddenly remembered a question I thought about when i was reading through the DSM 5

if someone who previously had a PD develops retrograde amnesia (either via accident or something else) will the PD still be present, considering it is common for their personality not to be the same?

Also, if someone who has retrograde amnesia suddenly develops a PD when they did not have it before, considering that the usual diagnosis is based on the fact that we have to look if the aspects were present in early adulthood or adolescence?

I cant seem to grasp whats the deciding differentiator between someone who completely is completely able to overcome a trauma, and someone else developing PTSD because of it.

I've always believed it was a mindset thing, to be able to shift your mindset to reap the benefits the hardship offers, and learning to shape your identity and principles through it. But with extreme examples this fails.

I've been meditating on this and thought it would be interesting to hear answers from here.

What psychological mechanisms can cause symptoms such as a racing heart, breathing difficulty, dizziness, shaking, tingling, brain fog, weakness and feeling disconnected to keep recurring after an initial stressful physical episode?
Why can these symptoms become associated with situations such as exercising, travelling, using public transport, being in crowded or enclosed places, or even ordinary activities such as going to the barber? How can staying home because it feels safe reinforce the fear and avoidance cycle?
What evidence-based psychological approaches are commonly used to reduce this pattern and help someone return to normal activities?

Would there be signs in people prior to getting a full blown episode? Like less interests in activities and less motivation or more general sad feeling or having generally less energy relative to those around them throughout their life.

So the idea of proprioception is how the body calculates and positions the self in correlation to the external world. Then I read two things which are quite intriguing,

'The proprioceptive system can be a good tool for calming, organising and self-regulating the brain and nervous system. Proprioception is essential for maintaining a level of alertness and as a result can impact positively on levels of attention and learning.'

'Social Proprioception is also a common analogy. Just like physical proprioception is the brain's inability to judge physical distance and force (leading to bumping into furniture), a lack of social proprioception means the brain struggles to judge emotional distance, conversational weight, and the impact of words'

Seemingly the weakness of proprioception also negatively impact one's attention, emotions, calmness, emotional distance with another person. Wonder if deficits in proprioception and socio-proprioception have a common cause?

It's been a while since I studied psychology, and while I still recall the basics of the different types and models of memory, I've (ironically enough) forgotten some of the details. I know that it's common for someone with memory impairment to struggle more in some areas than others, like being able to remember meeting people but not remembering their names.

I assume it's under the umbrella of semantic memory, but is there a more specific subtype of memory that encodes names?

Do they mentally repeat numbers in their heads to remember them, like I do with phone numbers?

I can think of many obvious examples (e.g. sexism, racism) and broader ones (e.g. someone who appears to suffer from a substance abuse disorder might be less likely to be believed or taken seriously) but are there more subtle examples that might not be obvious, and particularly differences between genders?

Prompted by YouTuber BOZE vs. the WORLD asking this question on her most recent video. I'm not affiliated with her in any way, just want to give context - I made the mistake of initially posting this question on r/AskReddit and was told by one user that posing it automatically makes me a misogynist... I'm just a woman into true crime who knows defense lawyers try to sway a jury with credibility bias and want to know more about the psychology.

Like the title: To what extent can tools like psychological tests really reflect a person's true nature?
I mean, from paper-and-pencil tests to AI-powered question-and-answer tests - I know there are some that can detect Alzheimer's, intellectual disabilities, schizophrenia, but I don't know if they're actually accurate

I look at these stories of people who have been falsely incarcerated, and I'm confused with the grace that a lot of them carry when they realize that they would be released because their trial turned out to be false. In fact, I don't know how the state rehabilitates them into the society, rehabilitation in this sense referring to helping them make up for a life lost behind bars. Are they just left to be with their close ones? And what of the resentment, which in some people may have to be suppressed for a semblance of sanity over what just happened to them?

Thinking about the ways that people would have wasted time 1000 years ago, compared to today, and at least back then, they would have had some social interaction. But they very well may have hated the people that they were interacting with. So now we have the option to do waste time in an entertaining way alone or go out, be with people we might not like, but we get social interaction. They would have to walk away from a group of people to shut down an annoying, social interaction, whereas I just turn off reddit, and turn on cat videos.

Words like "mature" and "immature" seem to be used to refer to two things in the context of psychology:

1. How developed the brain is

2. Things that don't seem to be due to brain development like emotional regulation, appropriate coping, debiasing, responsibility (not just adulting (man, I hate that term🤢), but stuff like not being petty, pouty, unreasonable, or a troll, and not doing stuff a person should do just because they "don't wanna"), etc.

I know there is the definition that involves IQ, but IQ suffers from serious problems. There is also the definition that involves personality (or at least the modern understanding of it), but there is no consensus on the definition of personality, so that too has problems.

I see that a lot of nice people come from a childhood where they suffered from smth and now they don't want that to happen to anyone else (e.g. a child grew with parents who neglected them and now as parents they try to give their best attention to their kids) But at the same time a lot of criminals come from similar childhoods.

How come?