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by Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll
A psychologist explores the strangest corners of the human mind.
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- 4 days ago17 min
From Mewing to Mogging: The Psychology of Looksmaxxing
Looksmaxxing has gone from an obscure internet term to a full-blown beauty obsession, complete with mewing, facial exercises, jawline hacks, ratings, and increasingly extreme ways to “improve” your appearance. In this episode, we break down what looksmaxxing actually means, where these trends came from, and why the pursuit of a better-looking face can quickly turn from harmless grooming into obsessive body checking and unrealistic beauty standards.
- 1 weeks ago17 min
From Mewing to Mogging: The Psychology of Looksmaxxing
Looksmaxxing has gone from an obscure internet term to a full-blown beauty obsession, complete with mewing, facial exercises, jawline hacks, ratings, and increasingly extreme ways to “improve” your appearance. In this episode, we break down what looksmaxxing actually means, where these trends came from, and why the pursuit of a better-looking face can quickly turn from harmless grooming into obsessive body checking and unrealistic beauty standards. (Please be advised that this episode is heavily redacted - Spotify evidently felt that our informational segment on bone-smashing was "instructional" - it was certainly not.)
- 2 weeks ago30 min
Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Psychosis
Postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis are often talked about as though they're interchangeable, but they're very different conditions. In this episode, we break down PPD versus PPP, what psychosis actually looks like, what's happening in the brain and body after childbirth, and how a loving mother can become so disconnected from reality that she does something completely unimaginable. We also tackle the myths, the new treatments, and why understanding the difference can literally save lives.
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Lobotomy: The Ice Pick, the Nobel Prize, and the Doctor Who Wouldn't Stop
A doctor with an ice pick, a Nobel Prize, and thousands of altered lives. In this episode, we explore the desperate conditions that made lobotomy seem like a miracle, the doctors who championed it, and how Walter Freeman turned a radical brain surgery into one of the most infamous treatments in psychiatric history.
- Sep 3, 202626 min
Amnesia: H.M., Clive Wearing & the Science of Memory
In this episode of Strange Mind, we dive into: William Scoville's infamous brain surgeries on both his wife, and H.M. (Henry Molaison); the devastating memory loss of Clive Wearing; and the different types of memory that make up who we are. We break down anterograde and retrograde amnesia, episodic, semantic, procedural, explicit and implicit memory, and explain how you can lose one kind of memory while another remains completely intact.
- Aug 27, 202637 min
AI Psychosis
AI psychosis sounds like science fiction, but increasingly, clinicians and researchers are examining what happens when intense chatbot interactions become tangled up with delusions, paranoia, and distorted beliefs. In this episode, we explore how AI can reinforce a person’s reality rather than challenge it, and what happens when the chatbot becomes part of the delusion itself.
- Aug 20, 202621 min
Muscle Dysmorphia & DIY Surgery
What happens when “I want to look better” turns into “I need to change my body at any cost”? In Part 2, we get into muscle dysmorphia, sometimes called “bigorexia,” and the disturbing ways body image obsession can push people toward increasingly extreme attempts to change their appearance. We explore why someone can be visibly muscular and still feel painfully inadequate, how the pursuit of an ideal body can become compulsive, and what happens when people take cosmetic procedures into their own hands with DIY surgery. Because when the problem is how your brain sees your body, changing the body doesn't always fix the problem.
- Aug 13, 202616 min
Body Dysmorphic Disorder - What is BDD?
Everyone has something they don't like about their appearance, but when does insecurity become body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)? In Part 1, we explore how BDD differs from ordinary insecurity, why it is classified as an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder, and what neuroscience reveals about the way the BDD brain processes faces, visual details, and information about appearance. This isn't simply about vanity or low self-esteem, it's about an obsessive cycle of perception, attention, and distress that can make a perceived flaw feel overwhelmingly real.
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