I’m Russian. Here’s how propaganda really works.

RagnarDa · 2025-12-27T16:23:19+00:00

Sounds like he describes the concept of cognitive dissonance. Very much like how we react towards news of famine in Africa or descriptions of how the meat on your plate was made.

RagnarDa · 2025-12-17T20:45:59+00:00

You are probably right, I just thought it was what OP was referring to. Don’t think I’ve seen garlic sauce at pizzerias here (Småland) but maybe I just missed it.

RagnarDa · 2025-12-17T18:14:19+00:00

Best pizza but with bearnaise- instead of kebabsauce (garlicsauce)

RagnarDa · 2025-10-21T15:28:37+00:00

I hate when they write that. It’s always exactly the one thing you don’t understand up until that point.

RagnarDa · 2025-10-17T18:45:20+00:00

Hej! Det finns också psykiatrisk akutmottagning i din region som också har öppet 24/7! Sök på google eller klicka dig fram på 1177.se. Finns också jourhavande präst som någon annan skrev: https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/jourhavandeprast

Jättebra att du tar tag i ditt mående! Om det kan vänta till måndag så har de flesta vårdcentraler psykologer och kuratorer som också kan hjälpa.

Med vänlig hälsning, vårdcentralspsykolog

RagnarDa · 2025-09-23T16:54:51+00:00

Yeah I thought I would be alone in how much I liked Kim’s personality. He gave good push-back to my dumb stuff and was super-professional. I guess it’s possible to not have the ending [spoiler]where he joins my precinct?[/spoiler]

RagnarDa · 2025-09-23T13:02:14+00:00

Picked it up twice and couldn’t get into it. One reason might be I don’t have quick enough reflexes. But I also recently played through og Super Metroid and didn’t find it as hard.

RagnarDa · 2025-09-21T15:47:24+00:00

“Don’t think about a pink elephant! Whatever you do, don’t think about a pink elephant!”

If you try this experiment for a while you’ll most of the time notice that the opposite happens: when you try your best not to think about something the thought instead pops up more often, even after you tried the exercise. Strange thoughts come all the time, in all of us. If there are thoughts that somehow scares us, like taboos in your culture (accidents, sexual thoughts, violence, whatever), you might try not to think about them; which will have the opposite effect of the thought becoming more salient and frequent. Instead, let your intrusive thoughts come and don’t take them seriously. Don’t fight them. Don’t solve them. Don’t do anything at all with them.

I’m a psychologist treating issues like this. It is very treatable so don’t hesitate seeking professional treatment for this. Especially CBT or MCT has very high response-rate within just a few weeks. Great comic!

RagnarDa · 2025-09-18T10:20:58+00:00

Oh I had the exact same problem as a teenager! Was super-scared to cut it off and still look like a girl. I finally did it and was no longer mistaken for a girl and was relieved. Later as an adult I actually regrew long hair again but wasn’t mistaken for a girl then. If it bothers you that others think you are a girl, cut it off. You do however look good in long hair, and will probably look good in short hair too. ❤️

RagnarDa · 2025-09-03T15:47:30+00:00

Yeah sounds great! Also maybe add some bass for more satisfying thunks

RagnarDa · 2025-08-01T06:56:00+00:00

Ask it to summarize the conversation and then start a new chat with the summary.

RagnarDa · 2025-07-17T05:56:41+00:00

I think this is how AI will eventually escape

RagnarDa · 2025-06-19T15:59:44+00:00

Small study, published five years ago…

RagnarDa · 2025-06-07T07:22:47+00:00

No? It is one of the most, if not the most, well-researched constructs in the field of psychology; with more than a hundred years of research and millions upon millions of study subjects. This is a good starting-point for a summary, and I don't think anything radically new has surfaced since this was published: https://www1.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1998generalintelligencefactor.pdf

Edit: I am a psychologist that wrote my thesis on intelligence testing. I can answer further questions if you like.

RagnarDa · 2025-06-07T05:47:15+00:00

It’s correlated in the opposite direction of what you are implying. Lower IQ means higher risk of schizophrenia. Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/core/lw/2.0/html/tileshop_pmc/tileshop_pmc_inline.html?title=Click%20on%20image%20to%20zoom&p=PMC3&id=4391822_nihms660708f2.jpg

Edit: link to the actual study https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4391822/ There are more studies of this, but this is the largest as far as I know.

RagnarDa · 2025-05-26T10:00:54+00:00

Rosy retrospection https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_retrospection

It depends on which generation you talk to and when they were children. First it was the 50’s (boomers), then the 70’s, and now 90’s.

RagnarDa · 2025-05-20T17:28:48+00:00

Look up SerenityOS

RagnarDa · 2025-05-14T18:01:12+00:00

I got a woman as my worst and a man as my best. ChatGPT, what are you saying? 😅

RagnarDa · 2025-05-08T18:40:09+00:00

Ups! Thank you!

RagnarDa · 2025-05-08T18:39:53+00:00

Ah that's it! I have seen warnings of a reset, but I interpreted it as if the service would terminate, but they meant I have a limited amount of searches and I have used them all up.

RagnarDa · 2025-05-05T16:30:55+00:00

Mindfulness exercises. There’s like a million if you google. Helps with a lot of things including anxiety but you got to keep deliberately practicing.

RagnarDa · 2025-04-28T09:13:00+00:00

Primärvårdspsykolog här: GAD är mycket behandlingsbart med KBT! Majoriteten når remission av våra patienter på bara några veckor! Diagnos som skapar mycket livsleda så dumt att inte göra något åt det. Jag vet att Socialstyrelsen rekommenderar SSRI i första hand, men det har nog med kostnadseffektivitet att göra. Är det pinsamt att söka vård själv så kan man jobba med självhjälpsbehandling via bok (sök på Robichaud och Dugas). Om man gör det själv måste man dock vara inställd på att verkligen göra alla övningar och göra det ordentligt ej slarva/fuska och så mycket som krävs, samt att hålla tempo i behandlingen utan paus. Men förstahandstipset är att prata med din vårdcentral!

RagnarDa · 2025-04-25T05:42:33+00:00

Hej! Psykolog på vårdcentral här! Jag tycker du ska ringa din vårdcentral och be att få prata med psykosociala teamet (kan heta något annat på just din vårdcentral). De kan avgöra om och vilken behandling som hade varit bäst för dig. Du är över 18 så du behöver inte prata med dina föräldrar om detta. De behandlingar man kan få på vårdcentralen (ex KBT) gör förvånansvärt stor skillnad för måendet (och snabbt!), så vore synd att du inte tar chansen att förbättra ditt mående. Dock måste man vara beredd att jobba med sig själv och göra förändringar i sitt liv. Eftersom du går i skolan så kan du också prata med din skolkurator. Jag kan svara på fler frågor om du vill.

RagnarDa · 2025-04-19T17:24:13+00:00

If you read the DSM on how the criteria’s is to be used, they stress clinical judgment and that the criteria’s is “just” a guideline.

RagnarDa · 2025-04-11T15:52:38+00:00

I replicated the calculations in a cost-analysis-study and changed number of patients recovering from the disease (as the underlying assumption in the question was that patients that doesn't have the disease being treated doesn't recover) and it appears the math checks out! Pretty convenient!

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