5 Psychology Facts That Will Save Your Life

5 Psychology Facts That Will Save Your Life

psychology changed your life if you're a

long time fan of psych2go you know that

psychology can improve your

relationships heal mental wounds and

help you cope with difficult

circumstances but did you know that

psychology can even save your life

there are lots of things you might not

know about how the human mind can put

you in danger or help you escape it here

are some psychology facts that can save

your life

someone else will get it to do this

you're walking across a parking lot when

you bump into someone you apologize but

the other person won't have it suddenly

they grab you by the shoulder and

forcefully shove you to the ground

talk about an overreaction

luckily it's a crowded area so someone

will help before the conflict escalates

right

unfortunately there's something called

the bystander effect which explains that

the more bystanders are present in a

crisis the less likely they are to

intervene they assume someone also help

so they don't have to

to prove this a 2019 study tracked

hundreds of bystanders in CCTV footage

of violent incidents across Copenhagen

they found that additional bystanders

reduce the chances of intervention

especially if they were strangers

they're not heartless it's just tempting

to think no someone else will do it when

in a large crowd researchers suggest

that in emergencies you can trigger

intervention by pointing at individual

bystanders and delegating specific

actions like calling the police to make

it their individual responsibility

this fact may help save someone's life

including yours

the calls coming from inside the house

if I asked you to imagine a dangerous

person who would you envision

shrouded persons skulking in the shadows

at night are one of your loved ones

you decide who you trust every day but

according to FBI profiler Mary Ellen

O'Toole our intuitions about who's

dangerous aren't always necessarily true

she explains that we tend to be wary of

strangers and those who act oddly while

giving a free pass to our acquaintances

and those who seem normal

she says it's actually more likely to be

harmed by those we know

O'Toole also points out that almost

every time the FBI uncovered a violent

criminal or serial killer the dangerous

individual was friendly and outgoing

lived a seemingly normal Suburban

lifestyle had a family and had a

respectable reputation in their

community

nobody suspected a thing

look at Jeffrey Dahmer is the normal guy

who kept to himself right to help us

identify dangerous individuals O'Toole

lays out some better warning signs to

look out for

impulsive behaviors without regard for

consequences

anger that's excessive for the situation

narcissism lack of empathy and Injustice

collecting where they hold grudges for

years

a single trait or a single action

doesn't automatically mean someone is

dangerous but if they show a pattern of

these behaviors you might want to watch

out

required reset

if you are too drunk to legally drive

would you still get behind the wheel

make a major decision or send a crucial

email

hopefully you would avoid such high

risks but if you don't have a solid

sleep schedule we are actually doing

something just as risky without knowing

it

if you don't get enough sleep every

night your body gets overwhelmed by

stress hormones and your brain's

functionality plummets a study published

in nature tested the alertness of those

who were sleep deprived and compared to

those who were intoxicated while

performing basic hand-eye coordination

tasks

after no sleep for 24 hours their

alertness nose dived to the same level

as those who had a blood alcohol

concentration of 0.10 percent

.08 is the legal limit in other words

pulling an all-nighter slows your brain

as much as being too drunk to drive

according to the National sleep

Foundation teenagers need 8 to 10 hours

of sleep per night and adults need seven

to nine hours

sleep has a huge effect on memory

cognition concentration mood and

accident rates

the next time you're tempted to stay up

save yourself from Calamity the next day

by using the military Sleep Method to

get to sleep quickly and refresh your

body and mind

firstly get into a comfortable position

and exhale slowly while releasing the

tension in your muscles

relax your shoulders to loosen your arms

and hands continue to breathe in and out

and flex your toes finally empty your

mind and imagine that you are lying on a

canoe on a still Lake

if any thoughts come to mind repeat

don't think until they go away with

enough practice you'll be able to sleep

like a pro

Keep Calm and Carry On

if you've had a panic attack you already

know but if you haven't let's set the

scene your heart is pounding you're

sweating everywhere you can't breathe

but are breathing too fast at the same

time and you can't control your thoughts

panic attacks aren't pretty and they can

often arise during stressful situations

when thinking clearly is vital

if a panic attack has already started

you may not be able to contact your

therapist or remember A coping technique

so how can you help to end the attack

you might be surprised at the answer

in a study by NYU school of medicine and

Boston University participants with

panic disorder were assigned to either

suppress their emotions or accept them

ironically using the coping strategies

you've been taught while in the panic

attack actually made it worse

these techniques draw attention to your

inner anxiety thus making the attack

more intense

using acceptance techniques resulted in

significantly less anxiety and avoidance

instead of treating a panic attack as a

problem to control

you can simply recognize that it's

happening acknowledge it in your mind or

allowed except that this is temporary

and that these feelings will pass

if this works for you let us know in the

comments below there you have it five

psychology facts that will save your

life

do you know any other psychological

facts that could save your life have you

ever used some of these facts let us

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