Psychology
Exploring "Why" questions about Psychology
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Why cant we find a permanant cure for things like depression?
We do not fully understand how the brain works and there are simply too many variables in depression for there to be a single cure.
Why does depression sometimes make breathing very difficult?
I see this issue a lot in some of my patients with chronic pain, anxiety, depression, chronic stress, or all of the above. I rule out all the obvious causes and can't find a clear organic cause. Great
Why does everything seemingly become 100x funnier when you mustn’t laugh?
Juxtaposition has a big part, you ate in a quiet place, say a church that people are meant to take super seriously and suddenly something so unexpected and out of place happens, while everyone is mean
Why does fresh air make us feel less nauseous?
It's the oxygen in the air that makes you feel better, not just the air. Fresh air has more oxygen than an unventilated room. The oxygen gets into your blood and makes everything run smoother, because
Why do Americans feel the need to remake British TV shows?
The same reason British television tries to adapt American tv shows. For example: In With The Flynn's(Grounded For life), Brighton Belle's(Golden Girls), Love By You(Mad About You), Nobody's Perfect(M
Why does the US Government keep on raising the debt ceiling incrementally and passing stop gap funding bills? Why don’t they just make the ceiling higher by a huge number so government shutdowns ha…
Because politicians are douche bags. The idea is that if they regularly bring the debt ceiling up, they have a wedge issue to use to fund raise, to bicker over and the use as a bargaining chip for oth
why do humans perceive time at the ‘rate’ that we do? Does time even have a natural ‘rate’, or is it just a property of consciousness and our perception?
Perception of time is relative. If you ever get into a car accident or other life-or-death scenario, you will know what I mean. Time, on its own, has no rate, because there are no units to define the
Why do we never forget certain techniques such as “riding a bike”?
I saw a video about a week ago with a guy who learned to ride a reverse engineered bike and then he couldn't ride a regular bike until he relearned it. This doesn't really answer your question, but it
Why do some injuries hurt when partially submerged and then feel better fully submerged in water?
If the injury is to a weight-bearing part of your body, the extra weightlessness of being in water can relieve it. It’s also why older people do a lot of exercise in pools, it’s less impact on your bo
Why when we look at a tall building we feel it’s not that high but when we’re on top and look downw it’s the double hight ?
well the sky doesn't have a limit so there's nothing to base the size off of. when you look down you can't even see the people where you would be standing looking up at it so it puts it into perspecti