Hello friends! In many, many cases, art anticipates science. There is a phrase that has become very well known by Millor Fernandes that says: “I suffer from mimphobia. I am afraid of myself and I face myself every day”. Evidently, mimphobia is not a mental illness listed in DSM-5 or ICD-10. When I say that art anticipates science, I don’t ...

“It’s not what you pay lip service to that determines your life, it’s what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!” 🇧🇷Robert Kiyosaki) Hello friends! I never forget a professor of psychoanalysis who said in college: “you can’t take a vacation from yourself”. This phrase is fantastic because it makes us reflect on many, many questions. It doesn’t ...

It is interesting to reflect on how we students and psychologists change throughout graduation. You must have already come across some speeches from people saying things like: “wow, how you changed after you started doing psychology” or “you couldn’t talk that way, you do psychology!” To better understand this supposed “madness” they talk about, I suggest reading chapter 12 of ...

I have received many emails from people interested in knowing what the job market in Psychology is like: what are the available opportunities, places where you can work, salary range, as well as information about how the college works, that is, duration, whether it is difficult or easy, among other questions. In this text, therefore, I will try to answer ...

Know what is free and what is paid on the site Felipe de Souza: Psychologist Online Hi!I’m Online Psychologist Felipe de Souza, responsible for the site. I imagine you are looking for a free online psychologist. Someone who can answer you for free over the internet (either through MSN, Skype or another instant messaging program). If you want to ask ...

A little studied and known difference. Hello friends! In our DSM-5 Video Course (Major Changes from DSM-4), we are now studying OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. And a doubt arose regarding the difference between OCD and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality. In the lesson, we see that OCD gained a specific chapter in this new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ...

Psychologists have argued that coloring books are not therapeutic. Will it be? Everything will depend on the concept of therapy. Understand the problem. Hello friends! Recently, we have seen the trend of coloring books emerge, a true publishing phenomenon, with several bestsellers. Just go to a big bookstore or famous websites that sell books to see that sales are and ...

Hello friends! One of the greatest experts in persuasion is psychologist Robert B. Cialdini, professor of psychology and marketing at the University of Arizona, in the United States. His famous book “The Weapons of Persuasion” is one of the main books that we will use here in our Free Psychology of Persuasion Course. In this book, the author carried out ...

The image of jealousy is of an animal with hooked claws, with sharp claws, ready to grab prey. It’s not a very pretty image, much less an image of love. This is the picture. But how can we define jealousy? And more: how can we overcome jealousy? Thinking that the other person I’m in a relationship with is mine – ...

For two decades, psychology researchers have been studying the causes and forms of treatment for the so-called internet addiction or addiction. Some studies point out that most people would rather do anything – even get shocked – than do nothing. In this text, I will comment on these studies. internet addiction Just like addiction to a drug like alcohol, internet ...