Freudian Sips

This week, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about self-esteem, a frequent battleground in most people’s brains. They discuss the sources of how we see ourselves, what some famous psychologists have to say...

1 Kesä 202055min

You know those inkblot tests that psychiatrists in movies use to let you know they’re a psychiatrist? That’s a real thing! Inkblot tests were created by Hermann Rorschach (which is why they are also k...

18 Touko 20201h 1min

This week, Anna and Bonnie are talking about feral kids, or children raised in such isolation as to be animalistic. Specifically, Bonnie talks about the case of Genie Wiley, who was kept in neglect an...

11 Touko 20201h 14min

The gals have been avoiding this for too long; they’re talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder this week. To explain OCD, they break down both the obsessions AND the compulsions, and they accident...

4 Touko 20201h 2min

Anna (sans Bonnie) joins an amazing group of fellow mental health podcasters to talk about the current COVID-19 pandemic, how the insurance landscape is changing, what might stop access to mental heal...

29 Huhti 20201h 35min

Or, Wacky Experiments Volume III! The gals are talking about two terrifically-named experiments this week. Bonnie tells us about the Monster Study, where orphans were emotionally abused to induce stut...

27 Huhti 202059min

This week, the gals are talking about adrenaline and the role it plays in our fight and flight instincts. They also talk about how some people seek our these adrenaline rushes and how these people who...

20 Huhti 20201h 1min

Inspired by the Great Toilet Paper Crisis of 2020, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about mob mentality. To do this, they have to wade through things like pack bonding, evolution, emotional contagion, and...

6 Huhti 20201h 1min