https://mekineer.com/ 2026-04-06T01:05:25+00:00 https://mekineer.com/ https://mekineer.com/ttps://mekineer.com/lib/tpl/adoradark/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-03-03T17:01:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mekineer.com/psychology/depression <https://www.vice.com/en/article/8x9j3k/depressed-people-see-the-world-more-realistically> “ If depressive realism proves to be true, it begs the question: Is cognitive therapy really helping patients see reality more accurately? Or is it just offering patients a set of rose-colored glasses? ” The more you understand reality, the harder it is to live. Especially after suffering emotional trauma. Seeking truth and trying to find a solution will only set you in a circle of continued trauma. … text/html 2024-12-31T20:55:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mekineer.com/psychology/emotional-attachment Emotional Attachment Vasopressin Promoter Influences Emotional Attachment In male rodents (voles), differences in the gene for the promoter for the vasopressin receptor, determines monogamy or polygamy. Interestingly, the same effect is also similar in humans. Human males are more likely to be in committed stable relationships if they have one of the two promoters. Why is this not on 23andMe? text/html 2023-12-21T04:33:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mekineer.com/psychology/empathy Empathy <https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/04/whats-wrong-with-sentimentality/360355> In the aforementioned article, I feel something basic is overlooked. Empathy is instinctive and not something you have to work at. If you have the empathy instinct, life often requires the opposite: as there are times you have to work at not having it.