PinnedConstantin Patrascu·Oct 13Some Ideas Don’t Fit in a Single Essay. So I Built Them a Room.A short note about “Inside The Mind Lab,” and a small favor to ask.A response icon8A response icon8
PinnedConstantin Patrascu·Dec 13, 2025I’m a Psychologist and I Let My Kids Have Screen Time: Here’s Why the Research Might Surprise YouWhat the science actually says about screens, and why I stopped feeling guilty about BlueyA response icon212A response icon212
PinnedConstantin Patrascu·Oct 11, 2025What Your Therapist Knows But Won’t Tell You: Confessions From Inside the Therapy RoomAfter 15 years as a psychologist, here are the truths we’re trained not to say out loudA response icon556A response icon556
Constantin Patrascu·1d agoMost Dangerous Line in Any Argument Is “I’m Just Being Objective”: What Naive Realism Does to…People tend to assume they perceive the world exactly as it is. That conviction is among the most dependable engines of human conflict.A response icon7A response icon7
InBelovedbyConstantin Patrascu·4d agoI’m a Psychologist, and I’ve Seen Self-Improvement Injure the People Nearby: When “Working on…We’re often told that the one person you can transform is yourself, and that improving yourself is automatically a gift to everyone else…A response icon19A response icon19
InThe AcademicbyConstantin Patrascu·6d agoI’m a Psychologist, and I Can’t Decode Your Painting: What Research Really Says About Painting as…Taking up a brush may be beneficial, but not for the reasons most people assume, and not because anyone can read your artwork like a code.A response icon8A response icon8
InInvisible IllnessbyConstantin Patrascu·Oct 29I’m a Psychologist Who Believes in Music Therapy: Yet the Evidence Is Weaker — and More Intriguing…Music can reach people when almost nothing else can. That does not mean music is a proven treatment, and that distinction matters.A response icon9A response icon9
InRead or Die — HQbyConstantin Patrascu·Oct 26How Complaining Can Keep Your Stress System Switched OnIt might feel like relief, but it can also work like a replay button on the thing that’s stressing you out.A response icon3A response icon3
InRead or Die — HQbyConstantin Patrascu·Oct 21The Intense Feeling You Call a Soulmate Connection Might Be Just LimerenceIt feels like destiny. It feels like love. But the strongest ingredient may be how little you actually know about them.A response icon11A response icon11
InThe AcademicbyConstantin Patrascu·Oct 19My Clients Are Already Turning to AI as a Therapist: What the Research Indicates, and What My Field…AI therapy is not the disaster my peers forecast, nor the wonder the tech firms advertise. The reality is more uncomfortable than either.A response icon34A response icon34
