r/askpsychology is a subreddit with 310k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, psychology, hate, mental health, and social, 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!
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Popular Themes in r/askpsychology
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Why is the pain of being ghosted so permanent?"
1 post
#2
Advice Requests
: "What are some mental disorders/illnesses that I should know more about?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/askpsychology
#1
Looking For
30 posts
#2
Psychology
: "I like to defend self-help occultism as stuff Psychology already understands. How true actually is that?"
11 posts
#3
Hate
4 posts
#4
Mental Health
: "What are some mental disorders/illnesses that I should know more about?"
4 posts
#5
Social
: "Can addiction to reading the news or Social media caused by unconsciously searching for a substitute to Social interaction/human connection?"
4 posts
#6
Mental Disorders
: "What are some Mental Disorders/illnesses that I should know more about?"
3 posts
#7
Term
2 posts
#8
Textbook
2 posts
#9
Relationships
2 posts
#10
Memory
: "Can we accidentally add details to a Memory that were never actually there? How does the brain create or incorporate these false details when we remember something?"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/askpsychology
Books
1 review
#1
Anna Lembke
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/askpsychology
#1
Social Psychology
: "Why is the pain of being ghosted so permanent?"
5 posts
#2
Cognitive Psychology
: "What are some mental disorders/illnesses that I should know more about?"
4 posts
#3
Human Behavior
: "Why are there some people who others just open up to instantly?"
3 posts
#4
Neuroscience
: "Why are most people right handed? What causes one to have a dominant hand or be ambidextrous?"
2 posts
#5
How are these things related?
: "RSD- (rejection sensitivity dysphoria) is it its really its own thing?"
2 posts
#6
Childhood Development
: "What is changing in childrens' formative years today when they are being pointed phones/cameras (instead focusing on facial expressions)?"
1 post
#7
Abnormal Psychology/Psychopathology
: "How psychosis and voices in my head leave?"
1 post
#8
Clinical Psychology
: "Waarom wil iemand seks met zijn psychotherapeut en wisselt hierin de mate en manier waarop?"
1 post
#9
The Brain
: "Can we accidentally add details to a memory that were never actually there? How does the brain create or incorporate these false details when we remember something?"
1 post
#10
Evolutionary Psychology
: "Why are bad faith arguments used intuitively by humans but the scientific method isn't?"
1 post
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+40k members(14.9%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026