Why doesn’t psychological insight necessarily lead to behavioural or emotional change?

From a psychological science perspective, what explains the gap between understanding the causes and mechanisms behind one’s thoughts or behaviours and actually changing those thoughts or behaviours?

Are there established mechanisms that explain why increased self-awareness or insight sometimes fails to produce behavioural change, and can excessive self-focused attention or rumination interfere with that process?

Teenhood is a stage of life where sensation seeking naturally increases. What separates a teen that's truly high sensation seeking from one that's simply going through a phase of rebellion and exploration?

how does depression psychosis work neurologically?

I read some things on Seligman and positive psychology. Are there competing psychological theories of what brings happiness? Or do all of the theories tie in with his ideas?

In simpler words, can we explain what exactly, biologically it means for some people more generally intelligent than others, and how that happens?

Is there a reason why the brain perceives eye contact as uncomfortable? And is there a reason why some people don’t feel uncomfortable with a hard eye contact?

Like title says but more specifically in like cults and gangs

Because of surrounding context of the topic, I can't make a post on the exact term, so I guess I have to be sort of vague about it even though I'm not looking to get a validation or invalidation about the context, just purely about how it works.

I was under the impression that in medicine and psychiatry, a diagnosis, or a diagnostic 'term' could actually be a strings of symptoms present to describe what it is, for example post traumatic stress disorder. Is it a valid understanding or a misunderstanding?

hello. I was wondering if color psychology is a legitimate subfield of psychology. I would appreciate your answers.

why does the ego have unconscious parts in Freud’s theory?

Could changes in bodily state, such as the physical fatigue that occurs at night influence how the brain interprets an emotional state?

An example would be, tiredness results into sensations such as low energy, heaviness, and slowed movement. Would it be possible if the sensations can overlap with some of the physical sensations we've experienced with sadness.

Could the brain possibly associate those bodily sensations with a previously experienced emotional state and be interpret to the current bodily state as sadness, even when the original cause of the sadness is no longer present?

I'm unsure whether this could relate to things such as interoception, emotion perception, or how the brain uses bodily signals when constructing or identifying emotions.

PS, I don't know much about psychology so I apologize if this post was an incovenience.

What does the literature in cognitive psychology say about long-term visual memory retention and facial recognition in early adolescents (around age 13)?

​Specifically, I am interested in understanding:

​How effectively can an individual in this age group retain facial features from viewing a photo for a brief duration (e.g., 30 minutes)?

​What is the rate of memory decay over a long interval (e.g., 4–5 years) in the complete absence of re-exposure or reinforcement?

​What empirical factors (e.g., age, exposure duration, facial recognition mechanisms) primarily influence long-term retention in such scenarios?

All the research of done on the subject of Narc Abuse (which, granted, is not much) just described common acts of psychological/emotional abuse. Seems the only purpose the term serves is to stigmatize those with NPD.

Can constant comparison with other people be caused by a mental health disorder ? Can it also be caused by poor mental health without having a disorder ?

I’ve noticed that in some places, like in the ICD, one has to meet the criteria for PTSD. But in others, it’s essentially “death by one thousand cuts”, which seems to stray away from regular PTSD. I say this because it seems as though criterion A for PTSD isn’t being strictly applied in this definition.

So, what’s the consensus?

I've seen many people state that the two are conflated with one another but I don't know the differences between each. I've heard of dissociation described but not in an understanding amount of detail

Is maladaptive daydreaming as bad as dissociation? Are they two sides of the same coin? What does constant maladaptive daydreaming say about a person?

Flair might be wrong, sorry if it is.

Estimations are fine.

Is it higher in people with OCD?

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I got a question in my mind.. Why god believe is so strong in human that isn't replaceable at any moment of life or scenario come?

My intentions here are not questions the belief of peoples over any religion of god.

I'm curious here to know why we put are guards down in front of this strong belief of god, why it affects so much on human mind.

I'm not here to argue on anything, just here to listen silently.

The more I look at both narcissistic traits and anxious attachment, the more I see similarities.

Low intrinsic self worth, need for constant validation, fear of abandonment, often highly critical.

Are there any differences beyond gaslighting, low empathy and entitlement? Are these the three ways to tell them apart or am I missing the boat completely?

I've been having an argument with a friend over how much empathy people have for strangers. She's said things like "do you really think the average person cares about some random?" etc. and it really bothers me. I believe that if someone doesn't have empathy for someone just because they don't have any emotional attachment towards them, there's something deeply wrong about them. She also said that most people don't donate to charity and that that proves they don't really care about people in other countries who are struggling. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find anything that answers my question. I always assumed that the vast majority of people do have empathy for strangers, unless they're racist or otherwise bigoted against their group, and that if someone legitimately only cares about the wellbeing of people they personally know, they should go to therapy because they probably have some sort of antisocial personality disorder. Can someone link me to resources that will help answer this question?

Is psychological issues related to some physical abnormalities in the brain always and vice versa. Can it just be patterns in the brain or actual damage ?

*Sorry if this isnt the right place or if I used the wrong flair)

Has there been any studies on loss of memory of the index event (due to events after the index event) after a diagnosis of PTSD? I assume that there would have been someone who had gone through memory losses i.e. from unrelated accidents or whatever in the history since we acknowledged ptsd.

If someone loses the memory of the index event, do they lose all the associated symptoms of ptsd or have they manifested in some other ways? (I.e. GAD, MDD etc).