5 Psychology Facts That Will Save Your Life

If you are a long time viewer to @Psych2go, then you know how much we love psychology. Psychology inspired the start of this channel since the founder himself was also a psychology major. What he loved most about psychology was the power that knowledge can actually help us in everyday situations. For example, knowing the bystander effect can teach us how to appoint help when there are too many people watching. In this video, we will share with you 5 other interesting psychology facts to help you. If you enjoy this video, be sure to share it so we can encourage more people to pick up psychology as well.

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[Psychgo]

We love the work that we do and we appreciate all the messages and comments we see everyday. Even though we can not reply to them all, we are grateful to see the positive impact that our work has. Also, we want to introduce a new animator to the family: Zere Suraganova! Please comment hi! [EDITED] Minor mistake: at 3:41, the 0.8% and 1.0% alcohol % positions were reversed

[RunnyBabbitMom]

It's better to be safe than polite. Society has conditioned people to ignore their intuition out of fear of seeming rude, if your gut tells you someone isn't safe get away from that person immediately.

[Efeste.ban.]

0:00 - 0:30 Intro
0:30 - 1:39 The bystander effect
1:40 - 3:05 The calls are coming from inside the house
3:06 - 4:50 Required reset
4:51 - 6:00 Accepting emotions

[haholondon]

Every single video you make saves someone’s life.

[thegamingducky]

I can confirm you gave the animaters a raise

[jeanvaljean]

Another helpful tip for a panic attack is to focus on things around you and describe them in your mind. Your desk, your papers, your pen, your computer. What's their shape? Their color, their smell, how do they feel to the touch? It's basically a mindfullness technique that distracts you from the tidal wave of anxiety going through you and interrupts the reinforcing anxiety-driven thought patterns that are racing through your mind and feeding that tidal wave.

[Sugarmelon]

The panic attack trick actually works. I get a lot of mini panic attacks in social situations and it gets real bad but I just tell myself that it's ok and that the situation will pass and try to regulate my breathing while trying to blank my mind a bit about the reason why it is happening idk if it's only me but this method works wonders for me.

Thank you so much psy2go you taught me things no one ever would ❤

[CobyDreamerr]

i found this channel almost two years ago and i just wanna give a big thank you because they have brought awareness to the hidden facets of my mind that have been quietly stabotaging me all these years and i'm now able to say that i have been overcoming those obstacles :) to anyone who is struggling, "the primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it" ❤

[Aan]

Timestamps
1). Someone else will get it 0:29
2). The calls are coming from inside the house 1:39
3). You decide who you trust everyday 1:53
4). Required reset 3:06
5). Keep calm and carry on 4:48

Hope this helps you out. Hope you have a nice day. 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[Slow-zmwv]

There's another good one, which is that if someone else is having a panic attack or otherwise breaking down, you should say something incredibly dumb or baffling, and it will often snap the person out of whatever strong emotion they were feeling and force them to reconsider how they feel.

[NaviNeku]

Something else that helps when it comes to panic attacks has to do with something my mom told me (she’s a pediatrician): At most, panic attacks last for 30 minutes. So worst-case-scenario, it’ll only be a half-hour of feeling panicked and anxious at a time, so it’ll give you a sense of how long to ride the emotional waves for. And then all you gotta think (or rather, worry) about is riding those waves, doing that trick, and surviving the next 30 minutes (at worst)!

[tabitha.shipley]

I learned about the last technique you guys talked about on Tik-Tok, I know, not the best place to learn stuff, but I actually thought why not try it and I did. I still do it to this day because it's a great way to quickly control my panic attacks. I started having a panic attack one day and got rid of it and under 2 minutes. That was a record for me. Thank you guys so much for spreading your love and knowledge to those who need it. You guys are awesome and we love you!💜💜💜

[spitfire]

I had a panic attack during a job interview once, had no idea what to do so I just decided that I couldn't stop it, told the interviewers I wasn't feeling well and managed to arrange another interview at a later date(I didn't pass in the end but at least it was because I wasn't good enough yet not because of the panic attack)

[DavidGonzalezSamudio]

Fact 6: Always stay up-to-date with psychological information from reputable sources 😅

[KhoiruunisaRF]

I have experienced a will to die faster throughout my life (suicidal thoughts), stress at peak many times, anxious to the point of depression...until I learn how to control my own mind & regulate my mindset. Even though I have tried some of these tips before & they work quite well, glad you share them so more people will know & try them!

[elongated_cat]

a couple of decades or so ago, my step dad had a bad case of meningitis. when he got out of the hospital, he had been at the mall, when his pain got really severe all of the sudden. he called his ex wife and asked her to come pick him up. but while he waited for her to arrive, it got so bad, that he just had to lay on the middle of the floor in agony. people didn’t even ask him if he was okay or if he needed any help, not one single person (sure, they wouldn’t have been able to help much- but still. it would’ve been the decent thing to do, imo). people even walked over him. thankfully, at least some people had the slightest and most minimal amount of basic human decency to at least walk around him, but i’m not kidding when i say that people LITERALLY would even walk over him, without even looking at him. it makes me shake with anger to think of people treating a fellow human being like that. i understand the psychology behind the bystander effect. and i think, that when properly explained, it makes logical sense. but when i’m in that sort of situation, every fiber of my entire being screams at me to do something, to help, or to (at the very least) check and see if someone is okay in those kinds of situations. and i was shocked to discover that most people don’t experience the same thing. i believe it should be the bare minimum to at least acknowledge another human being who’s clearly not doing great, to say something like “hey, i see you. are you okay? would i be able to help you in any capacity?”. and i also believe that it’s our duty as humans to look out for each other, to help one another. idk if i feel and act this way because i’m an hsp, or because i’ve been told that i’m a nurturing person, or whatever else- but i can’t just stand there like that. it tears me apart. ik that it’s easy to say “oh, well pffft- i would do this”, or “oh, well ofc i’d do that”, but i genuinely have always been against that sort of behavior (even if it’s not necessarily malicious, it just really irritates me and makes me not want to be around someone if they’re like that). ik that me saying this can come off self righteous or egotistical, but this is truly how i try to act and how i try to treat people. i would beat myself up if i didn’t help someone in need if i was able to. even if people think i jump the gun or get involved too much with things, idc. at least i could’ve helped someone. at least i could sleep at night knowing that i did the right thing.

so, although i logically can understand the psychology behind the bystander effect, i personally can’t fully grasp how a person’s emotions and instincts don’t automatically make them want to jump into action in those types of situations. it makes me upset in multiple different ways.

[ViroVV]

In about 2009. I had just started my college career and studying psychology myself for other reasons. My ex's teen aged daughter was trying to date a 22 year old man which came to a head. Largely because I could tell something did not add up with him. So I never trusted him, the things he would say or his motives. After that first blowup the dynamic changed and it resulted in a year of ME being watched by this guy. So by the fall of 2010 the second blow up came to a head when the next morning he came into the back door of the house with a .38 and a pillow to muffle the sound.

I was terrible about sleeping after a year of little signs and messages being left all around the outside of the house. So when he finally made his move after watching me through a window till I went to bed, then waited about an hour before entering the house and entered into a pitch black room and unloaded 4 rounds before the gun jammed on him. I suffered a pair of flesh wounds out of those four rounds.

Typical misguided take on the Romeo X Juliet archetype fantasy so common with teens who think they are in love.

Many things helped me survived, Being in a constant state of hyper vigilance was definitely one of them. Not a healthy state for long term it was critical in keeping me on my toes and looking out for signs and clues being left behind.

If that counts as psychology saving ones life.

[shaggybg]

I am impressed by the tip for falling asleep fast. Take a comfortable position, relax the limbs, breathe calmly, and imagine I am on a canoe in a calm water. Say "don't think" if thoughts appear.

[ZayJayPlays]

Regarding the signs of dangerous people, what should you do if someone you love has such aspects.

[borisi]

I've done this method for panic attacks before ... it worked. I didn't read for it, just instinctively. The attack was waaaay more lighter and shorter. I told myself, I've played this match already, it will pass away, just have to wait, I was in a bust stop, went on the buss and for 2-3 stops I was almost OK