The Psychology of Modern Life

  The Pressure to Be Fine | The Psychology of Modern Life — OMEGΛ The Psychology of Modern Life OMEGΛ Emotional Labour · Self-Suppression · Honesty The Pressure to Be Fine "I'm fine" might be the most repeated sentence in the English language. It is also, for a remarkable number of us, one of the most consistent lies we tell. Here is what saying it on autopilot is actually costing you. Λ OMEGΛ Psychology · Culture · Intelligence 9 min read Someone asks how you are. You say fine. You were not actually fine. You had a difficult morning, a knot of worry sitting somewhere behind your sternum, a tiredness that sleep has not been touching lately. None of that made it into your a...

The Grief No One Names | The Psychology of Modern Life — OMEGΛ The Psychology of Modern Life OMEGΛ Grief · Loss · The Things We Carry The Grief No One Names Some of the people you miss most are still alive. Some of the things you grieve never technically ended. And because there was no funeral, no ceremony, no clear moment something was lost, you never got permission to mourn it. Λ OMEGΛ Psychology · Culture · Intelligence 10 min read Think about the people you miss right now. Not the ones who passed away. The ones who are still here somewhere, still living their lives, still posting occasionally, maybe still following you back. The people you were once genuinely close to, who drifted away ...

About | The Psychology of Modern Life — OMEGΛ The Psychology of Modern Life OMEGΛ About this blog We Write About What Modern Life Is Doing to Your Mind Most of us are walking around feeling anxious, distracted, lonely, and exhausted. And most of us are blaming ourselves for it. We think we are lazy, weak, too sensitive, or just not built for this. We are not. The truth is that modern life, the way it is designed, the way it pulls at your attention, the way it floods you with information and choice and comparison, is genuinely hard on the human brain. Not because you are struggling with it. Because everybody is. We just do not talk about it in plain terms. That is what OMEGΛ is for. ...

The Decision Fatigue | The Psychology of Modern Life — OMEGΛ The Psychology of Modern Life OMEGΛ Decision Fatigue · Mental Energy · Modern Overwhelm The Decision Fatigue Someone asks what you want for dinner and you feel a wave of irrational irritation. You are not difficult. You are not being dramatic. Your brain is simply out of fuel. Λ OMEGΛ Psychology · Culture · Intelligence 9 min read It is 7pm. You have had a full day. Not a bad day, particularly. Just a normal, full day. Someone asks you what you want for dinner and you feel something that is weirdly close to anger. Not at them. Just at the question. At having to choose one more thing. You say "I don't mind, whatever you want" even though...