<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:13:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@varnavas/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Social Engineering]]></title><description><![CDATA['removed']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/its-all-a-fucking-joke</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/its-all-a-fucking-joke</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:39:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems with Modern Psychiatry: There is no such thing as an Anti-depressant]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the previous part, we have seen that the chemical imbalance theory is inadequate to explain clinical depression and other mental illnessess. Obseving brain states or neurotransmitter deficinecy or excess]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@varnavas/problems-with-modern-psychiatry-there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-anti-depressant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@varnavas/problems-with-modern-psychiatry-there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-anti-depressant</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:52:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ynYBCHn3PDX8iCG8WWUioLhHCZh2GvSyVoE72YsngabY5x16ahPSsseUcQpia2YUdC4GwDjjGe1UypE8itp4aLeGw8wzsSL3RMDXZpR6bYu1Gw2kkikFYYoRfFxXhvmYK3ULsTxFhRTMAhgLhe6u6wsQDvGU56MY4MBoCn4YdcwWn6gyRjcJ2v514QYH5ig7zoZVdFooz9EDiS42moDHYvmDP3LYPp1bfL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems with Modern Psychiatry (Part 1): The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression]]></title><description><![CDATA[I came across a friend's post after the tragic death of the famous singer of Linkin Park: Depression is not something to be overlooked. It makes no discrimination between the rich and the poor. It is a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@varnavas/problems-with-modern-psychiatry-part-1-the-chemical-imbalance-theory-of-depression</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@varnavas/problems-with-modern-psychiatry-part-1-the-chemical-imbalance-theory-of-depression</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:28:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybu3KTJKUHuY8cNSou2hLJShFQCW3KgYDEhmTDxEK2Q1zHaa1LqLP5atuHH6DDRBEicgQg11a9DKBF4Luc4aew5n6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another millionaire dead. Does money equal happiness?]]></title><description><![CDATA[He is not the first one. Actually, I can't think of any celebrity at the moment who died from natural causes. All our childhood idols have either commited suicide or died from overdosing on alcohol and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/another-millionaire-dead-does-money-equal-happiness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/another-millionaire-dead-does-money-equal-happiness</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:44:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpunQuGfHnXTmxWbRQScCVGspXNWFwLrQSQ83wvcijffmPx19MKX27F6ifYK2Svj4Z1NenthH5HBnzgVqXVHP3o4srXyRqknS5yjwNtEKJFMn58npNxvApbXWmqDNYFfa7FoVhpSf7qDx7L1Lj4nHoYzBPFqFR25Bk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Modern World: The Paradox of Choice and Dopamine Junkies]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can't think of any other period in Human History where people suffered so much from emotional problems. Well, maybe they did suffer back then too but we just didn't have the tools to measure it or the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@varnavas/our-modern-world-modern-technology-and-dopamine-junkies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@varnavas/our-modern-world-modern-technology-and-dopamine-junkies</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ574wg8rhirX3VFVkf6i6a1WJXFQAeFhoYBtKf7QLE49ZFgp8bRCJUwbByBhMHrrdrH7zJxkrCSa7qa6b2ser96q464pAsiegDg8ZXL1Xo8AK16fkvS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Are Only As Good As the World Allows Us to Be.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This scene has been stuck in my head for quite a while. For those who have been paying attention it has a lot to say about human nature even though it was attributed to the police officers in the movie,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/we-are-only-as-good-as-the-world-allows-us-to-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/we-are-only-as-good-as-the-world-allows-us-to-be</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 21:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eNmMhN5hTUiVCgCTwXEpFmUxP75HGBNgdqG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The psychology behind magical thinking and superstitious behavior]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vew few are really aware of these cognitive mechanisms that surround the mind. Most of us are ignorant when it comes to their own psyche. And this is a problem. Not knowning your own instincts and the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/the-psychology-behind-magical-thinking-and-superstitious-behavior</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/the-psychology-behind-magical-thinking-and-superstitious-behavior</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:33:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVe6MhkZ3Dw755ivpqxaMtEqrWScA2NrcJdy6Z65rbHAS7wCTwHsV8FUpXhskwpCGGbUKYtmj4ibX6iz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psychobabble-Neurobabble. Debunking popular Psycho-myths and Neuro-myths (Intro)]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a Neuroscience freak I will entertain you with some of my main beefs with the fields of psychology and even (cognitive) neuroscience. Before you proceed any further accussing me about ignorance in regards]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/psychobabble-neurobabble-debunking-popular-psycho-myths-and-neuro-myths-intro</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/psychobabble-neurobabble-debunking-popular-psycho-myths-and-neuro-myths-intro</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:14:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K6312AQCVt2W6JiJ9MGov6VaE7kqyQmwoNnpJ5Pvh85nUSmS7BGDtaUbyr5UA4sKYCgNCQAMKGBFEQhTrU5k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism is natural. We are all racists. Racism, biases and stereotypes from a Neuroscientific perspective.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok. I know that this is not a politically correct statement. We tend to view our selves as important and we are more morally confident than we should be. We are inclined to believe that we are good people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/racism-is-natural-we-are-all-racists-racism-biases-and-stereotypes-from-a-neuroscientific-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/racism-is-natural-we-are-all-racists-racism-biases-and-stereotypes-from-a-neuroscientific-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 11:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTHbhJr3qPAA2A4bYjZAXpPq4YzTJPqPeDVbmZR3fPJXZB8mGoVgZ7W5VVpo75zQb5Rbtrw9VZeSPTRewYu2STx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anxiety sufferers perceive the world differently: People with anxiety show fundamental differences in perception. My personal experiences with depression and anxiety.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was diagnosed with depressive anxiety or anxious depression in my early 20s. Now I am 33. That’s more than a decade with this disorder. It’s also labeled in psychiatric terms as mixed anxiety-depression.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/anxiety-sufferers-perceive-the-world-differently-people-with-anxiety-show-fundamental-differences-in-perception-my-personal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/anxiety-sufferers-perceive-the-world-differently-people-with-anxiety-show-fundamental-differences-in-perception-my-personal</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChaCioJ5GGd9KewpV3tZkdZF1caqGMDoHqDhdRHdjZxUx2hj6wZvymozG7bBqcrRj1kHHT9y3ebgN2W38?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'curse' of human consciousness. An enlarged, expanded prefrontal cortex could be the source of all our misery]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a student of Neuroscience and cognitive science I always had a fascination with how the brain and the human mind works. And modern science is still puzzled with the complexity of the human brain and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/pvxgp-the-curse-of-human-consciousness-an-enlarged-expanded-prefrontal-cortex-could-be-the-source-of-all-our-misery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/pvxgp-the-curse-of-human-consciousness-an-enlarged-expanded-prefrontal-cortex-could-be-the-source-of-all-our-misery</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:24:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2nhMph8Yo3jHyfsfBxm3raDEGrffBkSsHnPoxzrm3HH6nvb8EoFThwtHMtYbWtZDCDbL5VX34WBdhnmJ6xT7d2taKpsDugk3vWEuwqvjeFtPjbsyCHHadJ7GQJ4vMk9sQgCnFzwzAx15HPhYpj3t3FJHKRWo1EBqLKuuFhoQceZmJtb2ZB8msECeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'curse' of human consciousness. An enlarged, expanded prefrontal cortex could be the source of all our misery]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a student of Neuroscience and cognitive science I always had a fascination with how the brain and the human mind works. And modern science is still puzzled with the complexity of the human brain and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/the-curse-of-human-consciousness-an-enlarged-expanded-prefrontal-cortex-could-be-the-source-of-all-our-misery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/the-curse-of-human-consciousness-an-enlarged-expanded-prefrontal-cortex-could-be-the-source-of-all-our-misery</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:09:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVTfW3MfQS1svRSxK5zusGY6wued1w9qwvWa7SNVM6aui21WAHLDAb961JjRLPevesVF8c1LjgnKcrB3WTjqdg8ELmnW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Myth of Positivity: Why positivity is nonsense.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I stumbled accross a job ad the other day which made me thinking: 'You do not need any experience in coffee-making. But you do need to bring your smile with you and your pleasant personality. Well, what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/the-myth-of-positivity-why-positivity-is-nonsense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/the-myth-of-positivity-why-positivity-is-nonsense</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:09:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2AhvXLVpSBRCnTanM4vvQWtPNxMuStVcnqyWuMQ58FZ1jPheJXZ2Mwuq8f3Yv4pSLLWo83gWYw5MRFu6FqUsjjP1GR1m9BautNEcD9z1zoTfbwbJtGLg3CfL3wW7CHkYMpdLZ9YeKC8kvKoaoSMfroxPX9ZEMQQdarhgdjvXPWjDj4tpWdRFVvugHV844iucrqfE5B3hN4gBB3XxMTMDdEZUK4YUQn45G5vHNvR8Mkpkv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religions are dying. Religious behavior is not. Science and Futurism are Christianity 2.0.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am really contemplating these days. Therefore, I decided to write some of my thoughts here and use steemit perhaps as a CBT psychoanalytic diary where someone writes her thoughts as a form of 'catharsis']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@varnavas/religions-are-dying-religious-behavior-is-not-science-and-futurism-are-christianity-2-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@varnavas/religions-are-dying-religious-behavior-is-not-science-and-futurism-are-christianity-2-0</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:46:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eMznciY4CLzFJrjTNLCAT7ogLJ5TRvA5egE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is clinical depression over or under-diagnosed in our days?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a trend these days, wherever you go, you get to listen to a constant whining: 'I am depressed', 'I am depressed'. Literally, the word 'depression' is so overused these days pretty much like the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/is-clinical-depression-over-or-under-diagnosed-in-our-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@varnavas/is-clinical-depression-over-or-under-diagnosed-in-our-days</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[varnavas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2diKg3h6chj1KyNLhsG3mqXe62jVfFdpbHGDRDSNKLsFh3aS5TXx6Gstw6cRoFydJTJv3HLDrJdNudB69pbokQCN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>