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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 hours ago

9 signs you have a genuinely sharp mind (even if you never thought of yourself as particularly intelligent) - Silicon Canals

Intelligence often manifests in quiet observation and attention to detail rather than loud proclamations or traditional measures of success.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago
Science

9 quiet signs you're more intelligent than you give yourself credit for, according to psychology - Silicon Canals

True intelligence often operates quietly through curiosity, deep questioning, and emotional processing rather than loud displays or quick comebacks.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 hours ago

9 signs you have a genuinely sharp mind (even if you never thought of yourself as particularly intelligent) - Silicon Canals

Intelligence often manifests in quiet observation and attention to detail rather than loud proclamations or traditional measures of success.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago
Science

9 quiet signs you're more intelligent than you give yourself credit for, according to psychology - Silicon Canals

Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

How to Embrace Being "More" Spiritual

Awareness of the transcendent reveals depth and meaning in life, fostering spiritual growth and a sense of oneness with the world.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
11 hours ago

Why Confidence Doesn't Always Reflect True Self-Worth

Authentic self-worth is grounded in presence and self-acceptance, contrasting with fragile self-worth tied to external perceptions.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

The older I get the more I notice that my body remembers arguments my mind has forgiven. A tone of voice, a specific pause before someone speaks, a door closing at a certain speed. Forgiveness turned out to be a cognitive event that the nervous system never agreed to. - Silicon Canals

Forgiveness involves both conscious decisions and unconscious bodily responses, highlighting the complexity of emotional healing beyond mere intention.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

They're in clouds, electric sockets and even on toast. Why do humans see faces in everyday objects?

Face pareidolia is a common phenomenon where people see faces in inanimate objects and visual noise, influenced by symmetry and context.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
2 weeks ago

Human vision: what we actually see - and don't see - tells us a lot about consciousness

Significant visual processing occurs unconsciously in the brain, as demonstrated by blindsight and inattentional blindness phenomena where people perceive visual information without conscious awareness.
#emotional-regulation
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

People who grew up being told they were too sensitive didn't become less sensitive. They became editors. Every reaction now passes through a filter that decides whether the feeling is proportionate enough to be allowed out, and that filtering process is so automatic they genuinely believe they're calm when they're actually curating. - Silicon Canals

Sensitive children often suppress their emotions, leading to automated behaviors that mask true feelings.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago
Mindfulness

Psychology says if you can sit in silence without reaching for your phone, you possess these 8 rare qualities - Silicon Canals

Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

People who grew up being told they were too sensitive didn't become less sensitive. They became editors. Every reaction now passes through a filter that decides whether the feeling is proportionate enough to be allowed out, and that filtering process is so automatic they genuinely believe they're calm when they're actually curating. - Silicon Canals

Sensitive children often suppress their emotions, leading to automated behaviors that mask true feelings.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago
Mindfulness

Psychology says if you can sit in silence without reaching for your phone, you possess these 8 rare qualities - Silicon Canals

Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Mental Time Travel Is Our Ticket for a Healthier Society

Short-term thinking can lead to regrets; mental time travel enhances decision-making and benefits organizations through Future Design.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Stop the brain rot! 12 ways to stay sharp in a mind-frazzling world

Brain rot, characterized by cognitive decline from easy information, is rising due to social media and shortform videos, leading to exhaustion.
#childhood-trauma
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

People who remember exactly what you ordered last time, what song you mentioned once, and which side of the bed you prefer aren't just thoughtful. They grew up scanning rooms for shifts in mood and tone, and the attentiveness everyone admires was originally a surveillance system built for survival. - Silicon Canals

Social attentiveness often stems from childhood survival mechanisms rather than inherent generosity or thoughtfulness.
fromTiny Buddha
1 month ago
Mental health

The Simple Words That Reshaped How I See Myself - Tiny Buddha

Childhood fear from a parent's alcoholism caused nightly hypervigilance, social isolation, exhaustion, and internalized shame.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

People who remember exactly what you ordered last time, what song you mentioned once, and which side of the bed you prefer aren't just thoughtful. They grew up scanning rooms for shifts in mood and tone, and the attentiveness everyone admires was originally a surveillance system built for survival. - Silicon Canals

Social attentiveness often stems from childhood survival mechanisms rather than inherent generosity or thoughtfulness.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

May Confusion Dawn As Wisdom

Confusion can be a pathway to wisdom and understanding rather than an obstacle to overcome, as demonstrated through Zen Buddhist practice and contemporary art.
Mindfulness
fromTiny Buddha
6 days ago

When Self-Awareness Turns into Overthinking and How to Stop - Tiny Buddha

Self-awareness can shift from growth to self-surveillance, leading to overthinking and frustration instead of healing and clarity.
#overthinking
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Overthinkers often don't realize it but psychology says the way they experience happiness is fundamentally different from most people - they can't feel joy without immediately calculating how and when they'll lose it - Silicon Canals

Chronic overthinkers experience positive emotions differently, often dampening their intensity and duration instead of savoring them.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Psychology

Psychology says people who overthink everything at night usually have these 8 rare qualities during the day - Silicon Canals

Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Overthinkers often don't realize it but psychology says the way they experience happiness is fundamentally different from most people - they can't feel joy without immediately calculating how and when they'll lose it - Silicon Canals

Chronic overthinkers experience positive emotions differently, often dampening their intensity and duration instead of savoring them.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Psychology

Psychology says people who overthink everything at night usually have these 8 rare qualities during the day - Silicon Canals

Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

Anti-Intelligence: When Language Operates Without a Mind

AI generates language through a fundamentally different structural architecture than human cognition, not through inferior intelligence but through inverted processes detached from lived experience and stakes.
#emotional-intelligence
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

Behavioral scientists found that the most emotionally intelligent people in a room are often the quietest, not because they have nothing to say but because they learned early that observation protects you in ways that speaking never did - Silicon Canals

Quiet individuals in professional settings often possess high emotional intelligence, using silence as a strategic tool for observation and understanding.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

I spent my whole life feeling inadequate around 'educated' people until I realized that being able to read a room, sense what someone needs without them saying it, and know when to stay quiet is a form of genius most PhDs will never possess - Silicon Canals

The traditional hierarchy of intelligence undervalues emotional awareness and interpersonal skills, which are crucial for understanding human interactions.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

Behavioral scientists found that the most emotionally intelligent people in a room are often the quietest, not because they have nothing to say but because they learned early that observation protects you in ways that speaking never did - Silicon Canals

Quiet individuals in professional settings often possess high emotional intelligence, using silence as a strategic tool for observation and understanding.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

I spent my whole life feeling inadequate around 'educated' people until I realized that being able to read a room, sense what someone needs without them saying it, and know when to stay quiet is a form of genius most PhDs will never possess - Silicon Canals

The traditional hierarchy of intelligence undervalues emotional awareness and interpersonal skills, which are crucial for understanding human interactions.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

Silent Minds: Exploring the Absence of Inner Speech

Inner speech varies among individuals, and not everyone experiences it, indicating diverse cognitive processes.
#consciousness
Philosophy
fromBig Think
3 weeks ago

Consciousness may be more than the brain's output - it may be an input, too

Consciousness remains scientifically inaccessible through third-person observation, yet a radical theory proposes consciousness can physically influence brain dynamics and leave measurable traces.
Philosophy
fromBig Think
3 weeks ago

Consciousness may be more than the brain's output - it may be an input, too

Consciousness remains scientifically inaccessible through third-person observation, yet a radical theory proposes consciousness can physically influence brain dynamics and leave measurable traces.
#metacognition
Mindfulness
fromTiny Buddha
1 week ago

How I Stopped Overexplaining and Found Calm in Conflict - Tiny Buddha

Conflict can manifest in the body, leading to anxiety and the instinct to over-explain as a defense mechanism.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

I used to be unhappy and I blamed everything around me - until I realized I'd built an entire life around avoiding the one conversation I needed to have with myself - Silicon Canals

Unhappiness often stems from avoiding self-reflection and attributing life issues to external factors rather than personal choices.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Psychology says people who ask 'how can I learn to be more empathetic' already possess the one trait that matters most - self-awareness - while people who claim they're already empathetic rarely are - Silicon Canals

Self-awareness is essential for developing genuine empathy and emotional intelligence.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

I spent my twenties chasing productivity hacks and self-help systems until one simple mindfulness practice showed me that the problem was never my habits - it was that I'd been living entirely in my head while my actual life was happening somewhere I wasn't paying attention to - Silicon Canals

Mindfulness shifted focus from productivity techniques to experiencing life in the moment, revealing the importance of being present rather than just following habits.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Why Creative People Struggle to Commit to One Path

Multipotentiality reflects cognitive flexibility and creativity, challenging the notion that pursuing multiple interests indicates a lack of focus.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Using a Beginner's Mind

Beginner's mind, rooted in Zen practice, enables conscious observation of present moments through widened perception, revealing unique interrelationships and sustaining well-being by treating time as an active verb rather than static noun.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Research suggests the calmest people in any room aren't naturally calm - they once had the most chaotic inner world and built stillness the way someone builds a house around a wound, one deliberate wall at a time - Silicon Canals

Calm is constructed through experience and understanding, not an inherent trait or genetic gift.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

The person in your life who always remembers your preferences, your allergies, your coffee order, and your parking spot isn't just thoughtful. They grew up in a house where noticing details was how you stayed safe. - Silicon Canals

Hypervigilance, often seen as thoughtfulness, stems from childhood experiences of trauma and heightened awareness of environmental threats.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

I became calm the day I realized that 90% of what I worried about was just rehearsing conversations that would never happen with people who weren't even thinking about me - Silicon Canals

Imagined interactions are a common psychological phenomenon where individuals simulate conversations with others, often leading to unnecessary emotional distress.
Mindfulness
fromTiny Buddha
4 weeks ago

How I Found Focus and Presence When Meditation Didn't Work - Tiny Buddha

Meditation doesn't require formal technique; natural moments of presence and attention can emerge through simple observation without forcing concentration or controlling thoughts.
Mental health
fromNature
2 months ago

Daily briefing: What people with no 'mind's eye' can tell us about consciousness

Vividness of mental imagery, handwriting practices, psychiatric-diagnostic revisions, and emerging brain–computer interfaces shape memory, creativity, education, mental-health classification, and technology development.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

The Friction We Need for the Feeling We Want

Effort and overcoming challenges are essential for personal growth and happiness, despite the allure of a frictionless life through technology.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
4 weeks ago

People who do their best thinking while driving or walking usually display these 7 cognitive traits that reveal how their mind actually works - Silicon Canals

Movement-based thinking activates diffuse cognitive mode, enabling creative problem-solving and unexpected mental connections outside focused work environments.
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

Something Has Shifted In The Air. We All Feel It.

Again. It was happening again. Not even three weeks ago, federal agents murdered a mother of three named Renee Good. A few days before that, another federal immigration officer shot and killed Keith Porter, Jr. in Los Angeles. Daily, our city network of concerned citizens is documenting the injustices happening against our neighbors. Pittsburgh - like America itself - would not exist without immigrants, yet we watch them be dehumanized and terrorized hourly in what has long been known as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
US politics
Social justice
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

When I'm Right, I'm Most in Danger of Being Wrong

A boutique's curated, optimistic branding is undermined by an offensive, glittered jacket displayed where nearby schoolgirls frequently pass.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Is Your Mind Getting in the Way of Your Memory?

Internalized negative beliefs about aging directly impair prospective memory performance, demonstrating that ageism causes the very memory decline people fear.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Psychology says people who feel empty inside often display these 8 oddly specific behaviors without realizing it - Silicon Canals

Ever caught yourself scrolling through your phone for hours, not really looking for anything specific, just... scrolling? I used to do this constantly, especially during those four months after being laid off when I was freelancing and questioning everything about my life. It wasn't until I stumbled across research on emotional emptiness that I realized this mindless scrolling was actually a classic sign of something deeper... a void I was desperately trying to fill with endless content that never quite satisfied.
Mental health
Science
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

35 Extremely Obvious Things I Just Learned For The First Time That Completely And Totally Blew My Mind

Alligator and crocodile visuals differ; Japanese TV labels uneaten food with "the staff ate it later"; coin mints sometimes produce misprinted pennies.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

How Does the Brain Know Itself?

Introspection provides direct empirical contact with physical reality through interoception and neural integration, where bodily sensations become emotional and self-aware experiences via the insula and prefrontal cortex.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

When Thought Changes the Thinker

Human intelligence is fundamentally transformative—it changes the thinker themselves—while artificial intelligence generates insights without being transformed by them.
Philosophy
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

People who are slow to speak but choose their words carefully usually have these 8 signs of superior intelligence - Silicon Canals

People who speak slowly and listen carefully often demonstrate deeper insight, superior intelligence, and better problem-solving through thoughtful questions and memory for details.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Emotional maturity isn't about being nicer, it's about being clearer, and I finally understand what my therapist meant by that - Silicon Canals

I spent about twenty years being confused about what emotional maturity actually meant. I thought it meant not getting angry. Or getting angry but being nice about it. It meant saying "I hear you" and "let me understand where you're coming from" and generally performing a kind of emotional competence that made other people feel validated. I was pretty good at it, actually. People liked me. I didn't blow up at anyone. I solved problems collaboratively. I was emotionally intelligent, or so I thought.
Mental health
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Use This Word to Deepen Your Gratitude-It's a Game Changer

Appreciation extends beyond gratitude into five distinct forms—admiration, and others—that deepen emotional fulfillment by treating experiences and people as meaningful rather than merely noticing them.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Mental Murmuration: A Metaphor for the Workings of the Brain

Neural processing consists of fluid, distributed patterns of activation across interconnected networks that function collectively like a murmuration, not as a container of discrete informational bits.
Science
fromJernesto
1 month ago

I miss thinking hard.

A persistent tension exists between a Builder drive for rapid, practical creation and a Thinker need for prolonged, solitary struggle to solve difficult problems.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Moment You're In Matters More Than the One You Remember

One of my earliest cognitive therapy patients asked if we'd spend time exploring his past. He thought we might find patterns that would explain his depression. I was taken aback. I had just discovered a set of powerful, active techniques that helped people change how they felt in the here-and-now. As a psychiatric resident, I had seen that endless venting without specific techniques for change led to little or no relief.
Mental health
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Power of the Intentional Pause

Pausing and slowing down enable conscious choice over automatic reactions, reducing stress while enhancing productivity, creativity, and awareness of habitual behaviors.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

It's About Time: Timing Issues in Consciously Guided Action

The conscious field enables simultaneous evaluation of stimuli processed at different speeds, allowing their associated action plans to collectively influence action selection.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Loving Attention and Aesthetic Appreciation

Aesthetic attention that silences the self can cultivate the patient, clear vision required for genuine loving relationships.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Gaining Clarity Through Aging

Aging teaches wisdom about prioritizing meaningful relationships, accepting physical changes, and practicing self-care through healthy boundaries and self-love.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

When We Say 'I Don't Know Why I Did That'

A blank mind after destructive actions signals the psyche's protective barrier; 'I don't know' indicates unconscious material is too painful to access without sufficient safety.
Science
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Sound cues steered dreams and improved puzzle-solving

Timed sound cues during sleep (targeted memory reactivation) can prompt dream content and double next-morning puzzle-solving rates for some participants.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Why Are We Having So Much Trouble Explaining Consciousness?

Consciousness research remains fragmented because prevailing conceptual contexts and blind spots prevent scientific convergence on an explanatory theory.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Break Free Of Your Own Reality Bubble

The word umwelt comes from biology, coined by ethologists studying animals in their natural habitats. It refers to the world as an organism can perceive it, based entirely on its sensory equipment. A bat's umwelt is built from echo. A dog's from scent. A tick's world is dominated by a single chemical cue that tells it when to drop from a branch onto a passing mammal.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

When You Know Better but Do It Anyway

We live in an era saturated with information. In a matter of minutes, we can find answers to both simple questions ("What's a good birthday gift for a 9-year-old boy?") and complex ones ("What's the optimal diet for a 40-year-old woman trying to build muscle?"). While some decisions are in fact deeply nuanced, most of the struggles that undermine our well-being are not caused by a lack of knowledge.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Introspection and Consciousness: The Illusionism Debate

In my previous post, I summarized my response to Christian de Weerd, who denied that a Darwinian approach to consciousness is even possible. I argued that consciousness science has unnecessarily insulated itself from the evolutionary tools that revolutionized our understanding of every other biological phenomenon, and that treating human consciousness as the paradigm case distorts our picture of consciousness as a natural phenomenon spanning millions of species across millions of years.
Philosophy
Science
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How Meaning Emerges From Brain Circuitry

Meaning arises from distributed, context-dependent neural assemblies that link sensory-motor patterns, learned associations, evolutionary history, and goal-directed circuits to produce 'aboutness.'
#intuition
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Mindfulness

9 signs your intuition is stronger than you realize even if you've learned to doubt yourself - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Mindfulness

9 signs your intuition is stronger than you realize even if you've learned to doubt yourself - Silicon Canals

#hyperphantasia
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Is Consciousness Everywhere?

Panpsychism posits consciousness in all matter, yet remains theoretical and mirrors creationist-style resistance to scientific explanations of consciousness.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Link Between Thinking and Being

Metaphors are linked to how we experience the world around us, according to seminal work by researchers George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. In English, we "move forward" with our lives and don't "retreat into" the past. We speak about people who are "cold as ice" and "heavy" matters we need to resolve. Some of these metaphorical expressions are more than just, well, expressions-they are actually based on our sensory experiences. This mind-body link is called "embodied cognition."
Science
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

If you can say yes to at least 6 of these questions, psychology says you've been running on emotional autopilot for longer than you realize - Silicon Canals

Emotional autopilot causes people to go through routine life without emotional engagement, leaving memories factual but emotionally blank and reducing present-moment awareness.
Science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Inside the incredible, infuriating quest to explain consciousness

Brains evolved during the Cambrian to integrate sensory input, enabling organisms to experience pain, pleasure, emotions, curiosity, and eventually self-awareness, fueling art, science, and philosophy.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

5 Traits of Wisdom

Wisdom is a domain-general, metacognitive capacity grounded in epistemological understanding and critical thinking, distinct from experience-based expertise, and includes awareness of one’s knowledge limits.
Science
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Why Intense Focus Beats Steady Habits

Occasional intense productivity sprints drive disproportionate neuroplastic change and accelerate meaningful progress beyond steady, incremental habits.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

9 signs you absorb other people's emotions without realizing it and what that reveals about your rare gifts - Silicon Canals

Ever walked into a room and instantly felt the tension, even though no one said a word? Or found yourself inexplicably exhausted after spending time with certain people? I used to think I was just overly sensitive. After getting my psychology degree, I'd find myself completely drained after social gatherings, carrying emotions that didn't even feel like mine. It wasn't until I dove deeper into Eastern philosophy and mindfulness practices that I realized something profound: I was absorbing other people's emotions like a sponge.
Mindfulness
Science
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Healing Power of Real Human Attention

Titchener's attensity — the qualitative power of attention — was lost while empathy prevailed, enabling modern attention models that fueled the harmful attention economy.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

8 things naturally elegant people do without thinking that you can't fake no matter how hard you try - Silicon Canals

True elegance arises from ingrained habits—genuine listening, comfort with silence, and authentic presence—not performative behavior.
Mindfulness
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Sacredness of the Everyday

Joan Halifax combines deep contemplative practice with sustained, hands-on compassionate action across medical missions, hospice care, prison ministry, homelessness work, and peace activism.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Higher States of Consciousness

A few years ago, I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I'd been walking for a few minutes, looking at the fields and the sky, there was a shift in my perception. Everything around me became intensely real. The fields and the bushes and trees and the clouds seemed more vivid, more intricate and beautiful.
Mindfulness
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Payoff of Deep Contemplation

When Michael Pollan traveled to a cave in New Mexico to try to understand consciousness, he learned what good meditation is really made of. "The recipe was simpler (and much less appetizing) than I would have imagined," he writes: " To transcend the self, force yourself to be alone with it long enough to get so bored and exhausted that you are happy to let it go. "
Mindfulness
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

Why Some People Think in Words, While Others Think in Pictures & Feelings

Take the sur­prise some have expressed in recent years upon find­ing out that the expres­sion to "pic­ture" some­thing in one's head isn't just a fig­ure of speech. You mean that peo­ple "pic­tur­ing an apple," say, haven't been just think­ing about an apple, but actu­al­ly see­ing one in their heads? The inabil­i­ty to do that has a name: aphan­ta­sia, from the Greek word phan­ta­sia, "image," and prefix - a, "with­out."
Psychology
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

The art of mental clarity: 8 habits people have who can still focus deeply in 2026 - Silicon Canals

Protect morning hours and adopt habits that shield attention from digital distraction to restore deep focus and produce meaningful work.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Why Perception Isn't Just What We Sense

Perception is constructed by the brain using multisensory integration and shortcuts, producing illusions and differing sensory interpretations in autism and ADHD.
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

Are You Any Good at Thinking for Pleasure?

Fear of loneliness - which goes by a surprising number of names: autophobia, isolophobia, eremophobia, monophobia - is distinct from loneliness itself. It's the sense that no matter where you are (out in public, or within the comfort of your own home), you should take pains to make sure you don't end up alone. After all, that's when the dread begins to pump in: the anxiety, the feelings of inadequacy, the scrutinizing.
Mindfulness
#imagination
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I see time as a grid in my mind. I remember the birthdays of friends I haven't seen for 65 years

Did someone with spatial-sequence synaesthesia design the calendar app on mobile phones? Because that's how time and dates look in my brain. If you say a date to me, that day appears in a grid diagram in my head, and it shows if that box is already imprinted with a holiday, event or someone's birthday. Public holidays and special events like Christmas and Easter are already imprinted for the year, and the diagram goes backwards to about 100,000BC
Psychology
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Psychology says people who prefer silence over background noise when they're working through a problem share these 7 cognitive traits - Silicon Canals

People who require silence to solve problems often have heightened sensory sensitivity and cognitive-processing styles that make background noise distracting and reduce performance.
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