What Is The Most Effective Psychological “Trick” You Use? (r/AskReddit)

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[themajesticotter]

"my future self" Man, screw that guy! I do all the work and he reaps all the benefits!

[TheBestAsbestos]

"The illusion of choice." When dealing with hospitalized children or patients with dementia, it can be very useful to say things like, "I have your medications for the evening. Would you like to take them with water or soda?" When presented choices, people rarely consider non-listed options, such as refusing the pills, especially if they are developmentally young or have memory problems. It respects patient rights, supports a healthy nurse/patient relationship, and everybody gets the pills they need to stay well!

[rubenguzman]

Dude, the "sorry she reminded me of my sister she died in a car accident" had me dumbfounded lol

[The_Dudester]

As a manager, when I get really angry, I get quiet. I actually do this so that I won't say anything in anger that I'll regret later. However, when I come out of that state I notice my employees are highly attentive and will do what I say without the slightest inkling of resistance.

[Drew.q]

The smile one is super powerful. As someone who grew up with a natural mean mug I started to notice people would respond so much better to just being nice and smiling even if it was fake. Then it just started to be apart of me and I think I'm a happier person for it.

[jasminelav.]

Most people prefer to think of themselves as a good person, even when they're doing something they know is wrong. A big reason @19:30 works so well is because it allows their ego to preserve that illusion of morality. "I wasn't flagrantly diregarding the rules - I just needed other options."

[dickrichard]

De-escalation, it’s amazing how easily you can talk people down from an elevated stress level when you keep your own composure

[sabertag]

Not really a psychological trick but I hope it helps someone like it did me with social anxiety.

If you're in a classroom, and the teacher is doing homework questions or asking questions, volunteer for as many questions as you're comfortable with on the ones that you KNOW the answer to. If you know her first question is "what's 5-7?" and her next one is "Take the derivative of 5x^8-ex^x and plug it into the tetragonal formulae subbing the patagonian constant for pi", volunteer for the first question so she doesn't feel compelled to call on you for the second. You may need to volunteer for questions until your teacher calls on you or sees you volunteer for a bunch of questions, but after answering like two or three you're solid.

[ericseal]

From time to time, I have used the "Passive-Aggresive" tactic. Sometimes its too risky to be openly hostile to some people, so I have to be slick and subtle about it.

[joannecatt]

If someone asks me why I'm looking at them I will take something from their appearance and compliment it, it immediately disarms them. Also if someone is acting rude towards me, I will be as genuinely sweet and kind towards them, because it puts a spotlight on their behaviour towards me. They usually find a way to slip away from me because they are embarrassed or they will be humble and actually apologise.

[DanielEleveld]

They always say you can’t change someone’s mind in an argument, but that is not true at all. I do it all the time. You start by leveling the emotional field by vigorously agreeing with the other person on something you both find correct, then you slowly work your way back to the original argument from there, making slight deviations along the way. Use basic argumentative logic to guide them to your view. It really works. You have to really know your position though, and objectively determine it’s value.

[miramari]

Be wary about smiling to strangers when you are outside USA. In many European countries (mostly Slavic ones) if you smile to stranger you will be read as someone who tries to flirt. If you always smile you will be seen as someone who has few screws loose. And never ever ask Pole "how are you?" if you don't want to hear complains. Lots of them. Complaining is our national sport.

[LindaEdith]

Therapists actually use that trick about being silent in their work. If the person doesn't talk right away you give them time to answer the question or just don't say anything. The awkward silence will make the person want to talk to fill the silence

[_JustAnotherKid__]

Teacher said to use a semi-colon (;) to look smarter; I believed her.

[Ouchiness]

I kinda tell ppl when I’m done talking like…I’m getting kinda fatigued from being social. Gonna retreat. But hit me up later if you want.
Isn’t awkward, mean, but is honest.

[PictureProductStudio]

The one about instant gratification might not work on people with depression. Firstly there's that aspect that future self might actually be worse. Secondly depression might affect you habits so drastically that you will view essentials as instant gratification. 'Food? Nah, it will only temporarily make me feel better, I'd better skip to at least be consistent with myself'.

[psychedellyfish]

The 2nd one is like, the exact opposite of me. I always tell myself: "but that's a problem for future me"

[howardbannister]

Look straight ahead walking through people. People subconsciously get out of your way if they can see you. Never fails

[Life-Sky]

*To counter passive aggressive, sarcasm and recentful jokes you just have to take them literally*.
>"Woah you sure seem to be working very hard" (to me sitting on couch)
Me: Yes, thank you. I really needed to cach a breath after all that.

The idea of passive-aggressive speech is to insult while saving face (not exposing themselves), so by taking it literally you force them to accept that it was indeed a compliment, or make them insult you in the open, causing them to lose face.
They are cowards because they don't dare say that to your face, or else they have to admit that they are a horrible person saying something mean directly, after you gave them a compliment or a thank you.

[blade]

4:31 I do something similar, but I usually start with a few songs more that are more intense versions of how I feel currently.
For example, if I'm angry I might listen to songs like "Sarcasm" by Get Scared or "Middle Finger" by Bohnes for a bit so that I can be angry in a safe environment.
Then I'll transition to songs that are calmer or more hopeful to calm myself down.

This helps keep me from repressing my feelings and instead channeling them then controlling them.