r/askpsychology is a subreddit with 308k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, psychology, mental, hate, and disorders, and they frequently recommend/review books.
Science-based answers for questions about the mind, behavior and perception.
This is not a mental health/advice sub!
Non-Science-based answers may be removed without notice. Posts that draw too many opinions or anecdotes without empirical answers may be locked at mod discretion.
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Popular Themes in r/askpsychology
#1
Advice Requests
: "Are Borderline Personality Disorder and Complex PTSD the same thing? If not, what makes them different?"
41 posts
Popular Topics in r/askpsychology
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Looking For
30 posts
#2
Psychology
: "Posting and Commenting Guidelines for r/askPsychology"
7 posts
#3
Mental
: "Will New Mental Disorders Begin to Emerge in the Future?"
5 posts
#4
Hate
4 posts
#5
Disorders
: "Will New Mental Disorders Begin to Emerge in the Future?"
4 posts
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Term
2 posts
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Textbook
2 posts
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Trauma
: "Is people pleasing/fawn response actually the most common Trauma response? If not, why do most people act like it is?"
2 posts
#9
Research
: "Why does time feel like it speeds up as we get older? What does the psychological Research actually say?"
2 posts
#10
Psychological Research
: "Why does time feel like it speeds up as we get older? What does the Psychological Research actually say?"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/askpsychology
Books
1 review
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Anna Lembke
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/askpsychology
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Cognitive Psychology
: "What is the difference between executive dysfunction and plain laziness?"
24 posts
#2
Abnormal Psychology/Psychopathology
: "Are Borderline Personality Disorder and Complex PTSD the same thing? If not, what makes them different?"
11 posts
#3
Terminology / Definition
: "Isn't narcisstic abuse just psychological abuse?"
10 posts
#4
The Brain
: "Why is rumination almost always negative?"
9 posts
#5
How are these things related?
: "What's the difference between maladaptive daydreaming and dissociation?"
8 posts
#6
Childhood Development
: "How does replacing social interaction with digital media impact child development?"
8 posts
#7
Human Behavior
: "Why is eye contact so uncomfortable?"
7 posts
#8
Social Psychology
: "Other than trauma, is there any event or incidents that could lead a person to a total personality changing ?"
6 posts
#9
Clinical Psychology
: "Is divorce as traumatizing for children with “a village”?"
6 posts
#10
History of Psychology
: "How did psychiatrist preform lobotomies with no surgical knowledge?"
4 posts
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Last updated: September 12, 2026