r/askpsychology is a subreddit with 297k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, psychology, personality, hate, and relationships, and they frequently recommend/review books and articles.
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
: "What defines the boundary between normal sadness and clinical depression?"
7 posts
Popular Topics in r/askpsychology
#1
Looking For
30 posts
#2
Psychology
: "Are psychoanalysis and analytical Psychology pseudosciences?"
13 posts
#3
Personality
: "How much of your Personality is Nature as opposed to Nurture?"
6 posts
#4
Hate
4 posts
#5
Relationships
3 posts
#6
Autism
: "Genuinely trying to understand what's causing the rise in Autism is it even a real rise?"
3 posts
#7
Term
2 posts
#8
Textbook
2 posts
#9
Therapy
2 posts
#10
Adhd
: "Does Adhd impact how people exercise?"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/askpsychology
Flair Used in r/askpsychology
#1
How are these things related?
: "Why did alcoholics/addicts choose this option?"
20 posts
#2
Social Psychology
: "Why do so many psychologists, from the early days of Freud and Jung, to the present day, emphasize the centrality of romance/sex?"
15 posts
#3
Abnormal Psychology/Psychopathology
: "Can psychosis be pleasant?"
13 posts
#4
Human Behavior
: "Genuinely trying to understand what's causing the rise in autism is it even a real rise?"
10 posts
#5
Cognitive Psychology
: "Is being gifted a real thing?"
10 posts
#6
Terminology / Definition
: "Is empathy different from sympathy neurologically and psychologically?"
10 posts
#7
Childhood Development
: "Do people who develop schizophrenia typically exhibit atypical behaviour during youth?"
7 posts
#8
The Brain
: "sometimes people are wrong but never admit?"
5 posts
#9
Clinical Psychology
: "What is the fundamental difference between someone whose abuse (speaking broadly here) resulted in anxiety/depression vs someone whose abuse resulted in CPTSD? Which is more common?"
4 posts
#10
Evolutionary Psychology
: "How much of your personality is Nature as opposed to Nurture?"
3 posts
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Last updated: June 5, 2026