Freud: Your ego ensures that you forget distressing thoughts, memories, or impulses. IFS: Your protective parts keep the ...

The traditional view of ego defense mechanisms is that they maintain emotional equilibrium and self-esteem. Evolutionary psychiatrists argue there is more to unconscious ego defenses than emotional ...

A new study using DMT as a scientific tool reveals how psychedelics alter the brain’s alpha-wave dynamics and weaken our sense of self.

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New research provides evidence that sexually motivated serial killers are often driven by a complex combination of grandiose ...

Emotionally intelligent people are adept at maintaining firm boundaries, which often infuriates narcissists who thrive on ...

The happiest relationship of your life will be with the woman whose presence feels like safety, clarity, and peace.

When people use a psychedelic called dimethyltryptamine (DMT), they experience a temporary loss of their sense of self. DMT ...

When you need the emotional or physical support of a partner, a man who truly loves you on a deep level will always show up.

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, spent his career studying the mind, so do movies like Fight Club, Eyes Wide Shut ...

However, if you’re truly different from everyone else in your life in a very rare way, with the bravery to put your needs on ...

While it’s tempting to label these people as "energy vampires," the reasons for this phenomenon are more nuanced.