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by Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll
A psychologist explores the strangest corners of the human mind.
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- 2 weeks ago26 min
AI Companions: Can You Really Love a Chatbot?
People are making friends with AI, falling in love with it, and sometimes grieving when their chatbot suddenly changes or disappears. In this episode, we explore the rapidly growing world of AI companionship, why our brains can form surprisingly real attachments to something we know isn't human, and what happens when a chatbot becomes a friend, therapist, romantic partner, or the person you talk to more than anyone else.
- 3 weeks ago34 min
Hoarding Disorder: When You Can’t Let Go
When does saving things cross the line into hoarding disorder? In this episode, we get inside the psychology and neuroscience of hoarding, why people can become intensely attached to possessions, and how hoarding differs from OCD. From homes buried in literal tons of clutter to too many animals living under one roof, we explore why letting go can feel almost impossible, even when the consequences become dangerous.
- 4 weeks ago34 min
Alcohol Blackouts: What Really Happens to Your Memory?
You can be walking, talking, texting, and making terrible decisions, all while your brain has quietly stopped recording the night. In this episode, we explore the neuroscience of alcohol-related blackouts, the difference between fragmentary brownouts and complete en bloc blackouts, and how alcohol disrupts memory formation. Then we take it somewhere much darker, with a real murder case in which the killer claimed to have been in an alcohol blackout, raising a disturbing question: what happens when someone commits the unthinkable and genuinely can't remember doing it?
- Oct 1, 202617 min
From Mewing to Mogging: The Psychology of Looksmaxxing
Looksmaxxing has gone from an obscure internet term to a full-blown beauty obsession, complete with mewing, facial exercises, jawline hacks, ratings, and increasingly extreme ways to “improve” your appearance. In this episode, we break down what looksmaxxing actually means, where these trends came from, and why the pursuit of a better-looking face can quickly turn from harmless grooming into obsessive body checking and unrealistic beauty standards.
- Sep 24, 202617 min
From Mewing to Mogging: The Psychology of Looksmaxxing
Looksmaxxing has gone from an obscure internet term to a full-blown beauty obsession, complete with mewing, facial exercises, jawline hacks, ratings, and increasingly extreme ways to “improve” your appearance. In this episode, we break down what looksmaxxing actually means, where these trends came from, and why the pursuit of a better-looking face can quickly turn from harmless grooming into obsessive body checking and unrealistic beauty standards. (Please be advised that this episode is heavily redacted - Spotify evidently felt that our informational segment on bone-smashing was "instructional" - it was certainly not.)
- Sep 17, 202630 min
Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Psychosis
Postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis are often talked about as though they're interchangeable, but they're very different conditions. In this episode, we break down PPD versus PPP, what psychosis actually looks like, what's happening in the brain and body after childbirth, and how a loving mother can become so disconnected from reality that she does something completely unimaginable. We also tackle the myths, the new treatments, and why understanding the difference can literally save lives.
- Sep 10, 202629 min
Lobotomy: The Ice Pick, the Nobel Prize, and the Doctor Who Wouldn't Stop
A doctor with an ice pick, a Nobel Prize, and thousands of altered lives. In this episode, we explore the desperate conditions that made lobotomy seem like a miracle, the doctors who championed it, and how Walter Freeman turned a radical brain surgery into one of the most infamous treatments in psychiatric history.
- Sep 3, 202626 min
Amnesia: H.M., Clive Wearing & the Science of Memory
In this episode of Strange Mind, we dive into: William Scoville's infamous brain surgeries on both his wife, and H.M. (Henry Molaison); the devastating memory loss of Clive Wearing; and the different types of memory that make up who we are. We break down anterograde and retrograde amnesia, episodic, semantic, procedural, explicit and implicit memory, and explain how you can lose one kind of memory while another remains completely intact.
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