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• Freud was ‘misunderstood’ and wasn’t so obsessed with sex, new analysis of work suggests

  27-07-2024 14:00
  
  A new edition of his theories on dreams argues that he used ‘sexuality’ to describe any purely pleasureable activityFor a psychiatrist, so the joke goes, any object that crops up within a dream must represent a phallus. But it seems even Sigmund Freud did not really think all our sleeping fantasies are suppressed erotica. It was just a basic misunderstanding of the pioneering psychoanalyst’s work, according to an eminent new version of his influential theories.A revised English
  
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• Six Surprising Things That Age You

  27-07-2024 11:35 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportResearch suggests that humans have two ages: their chronological age and their biological age. Your chronological age is the number of years you've lived, and your biological age refers to how old your cells and tissues are based on physiological evidence. Beyond physical health issues, there are several factors—including lifestyle, diet, and mental well-being—that can speed up or slow down your biological clock.
  
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• LGBTQ+ People Coming Out Younger As Society Becomes More Accepting

  27-07-2024 11:35 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsYoung LGBTQ+ people are coming out nearly a decade earlier than their elder counterparts, coinciding with greater societal acceptance, according to a recent Gallup poll. The new findings released Friday came from an online survey of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people, and others who identify as something other than non-heterosexual or cisgender. Most respondents said they came out before they turned 30, with 57% saying they did so by age...
  
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