50 Psychological Facts You Don't Know About Yourself

A study concluded that Spending money on others yields more happiness than spending it on yourself.
If you announce your goals to others, you are less likely to make them happen because you lose motivation, studies confirmed.
Most people have a favorite song because they associate it with an emotional event in their lives.
Being with happy people makes you happier.

Smart people underestimate themselves and ignorant people think they’re brilliant.
Red and blue are hard on your eyes.

Your mind wanders 30% of the time.

People between the ages of 18 and 33 are the most stressed in the world. After the age of 33 stress levels tend to reduce.

Your decisions are more Logical when thought in another language.
Your brain is just as busy when you sleep.
Phobophobia is the fear of having a phobia.
Researchers are debating on adding Internet addiction the list of mental disorders.

1 in 5 people in France has experienced depression making it the most depressed country in the world.
There is a gene that can cause you to be negative most of the time.
The person who tries to keep everyone happy ends up feeling the loneliest.
People who spends more time in the sun are more likely to be happier.

Women with higher IQs have a harder time finding a mate.
Fooling yourself into thinking you’ve slept well, even if you haven’t, still improves performance.
Pretending not to care is the habit of someone who generally cares the most.

Staying quite often means that you don’t think the other person is ready to hear your thoughts.
People who understand sarcasm well are often good in reading people’s minds.
Around 80% of people use music as an escape from all the negative things in life.

You can only remember 3 to 4 things at a time.
Psychologists examined Internet trolls and found that they are “narcissistic, psychopathic, and sadistic”.
The brain treats rejection like physical pain.
“Erotomania” is a psychological disorder in which the affected people believe a famous person is in love with them.

Paris Syndrome is a psychological disorder, mainly suffered by Japanese people, caused after realizing Paris isn’t what they expected.
The average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s.
No one born blind has ever developed schizophrenia.
Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any psychological disorder: between 5% and 20% eventually die from it.

Severe Depression can cause us to biologically age more by increasing the aging process in cells.
Crying makes you feel better, reduces stress, and may help to keep the body healthy.
Around 6% of people have narcissistic personality disorder. They have a strong sense of self-importance and lack empathy.
People with unfortunate initials, such as P.I.G. or A.S.S. have significant lower life expectancy, due to psychological stress related to childhood bullying.

90% of people text things that they can’t say in person.
Singing reduces feelings of depression and anxiety.
Some of us are actully afraid of being happy because of the fear that something tragic might happen next.

You can sustain a high level of attention for approximately 10 minutes.
If you remember a past event, you’re actually remembering the last time you remembered it rather than the event itself.
Your most vivid memories are often flawed.
You blame a person’s behavior on their personality…unless the person is you.