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How does childhood trauma show up in adult relationships?
I have been doing some reading about trauma and I am starting to see how my difficult childhood might be affecting my ad…
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What is the psychology behind why we idealize people we barely know?
I have noticed that I can become completely infatuated with someone I have only met a few times and build an entire imag…
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Why do some people feel deeply empathetic while others seem to lack empathy entirely?
I feel other people's emotions so intensely that it sometimes overwhelms me. But I have people in my life who seem genui…
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What are the signs that someone is gaslighting you?
I feel like my partner makes me doubt my own memory and feelings constantly. I'll remember something happening one way a…
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Why do I keep falling for unavailable people?
I always end up attracted to people who are either emotionally unavailable, already in relationships, or live far away. …
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How does childhood attachment style shape your adult personality?
I have been reading about attachment theory and I am seeing myself and my patterns very clearly in the anxious attachmen…
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How do you stop procrastination when it has become a lifelong pattern?
I have procrastinated my entire life and it has cost me opportunities, relationships, and self-respect. I know the stand…
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Why do people conform even when they know the group is wrong?
I have noticed myself staying silent or going along with things in group settings even when I clearly knew the group was…
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What causes someone to feel like they were born in the wrong body?
My friend who recently came out as transgender described feeling from a very young age that their body did not match who…
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Why do we find certain people attractive and others not at all?
I have tried to figure out what makes me attracted to some people and completely indifferent to others who are objective…
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How do attachment styles affect who we choose as partners?
I recently learned about attachment theory and it blew my mind. I think I have anxious attachment. How does your attachm…
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Why do some people fall in love with people who treat them badly?
I have a friend who keeps going back to a boyfriend who treats her terribly. From the outside it makes no sense. Why do …
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Why do I sabotage good relationships?
Every time I am in a healthy relationship with someone who actually treats me well, I start picking fights, pulling away…