Is there something in my genes that is making me feel more sensitive to rejection? Is it possible that I actually feel more hurt when I’m ghosted than other people… and that there is a biological basis? My whole life I have cried more than my friends, gone mental on romantic partners who took too long to text me back, and generally felt like the world was a bag of knives just waiting to jab me at every turn. I then found out that one of my genes may be responsible for some of these feelings… so I tested myself.

Is there something in my genes that is making me feel more sensitive to rejection? Is it possible that I actually feel more hurt when I’m ghosted than other people… and that there is a biological basis? My whole life I have cried more than my friends, gone mental on romantic partners who took too long to text me back, and generally felt like the world was a bag of knives just waiting to jab me at every turn. I then found out that one of my genes may be responsible for some of these feelings… so I tested myself.

Social Pain and the OPRM1 gene

George Vulov found out he was different from others when he was in college. Take this quiz to find out if you have aphantasia.

George Vulov found out he was different from others when he was in college. Take this <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34039054" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quiz</a> to find out if you have aphantasia.

Aphantasia

Lisa Diamond talks about sexual fluidity and how our understanding of same-gender attraction may be shifting.

Lisa Diamond talks about sexual fluidity and how our understanding of same-gender attraction may be shifting.

Fluidity (Part 4 of 4)

There is a cluster of cells in our brains that may be influencing who we fall in love with.

There is a cluster of cells in our brains that may be influencing who we fall in love with.

Cluster of Cells (Part 3 of 4)

Color

Sarah and Dawn carried around recorders and each told their own stories that became their one story.

Sarah and Dawn carried around recorders and each told their own stories that became their one story.

a color (Part 2 of 4)

An audio diary of a woman who falls in love. There is a narrative that we often have overlooked in the queer community, but these other experiences are valid, too.

An audio diary of a woman who falls in love. There is a narrative that we often have overlooked in the queer community, but these other experiences are valid, too.

Friday November 6 (Part 1 of 4)

Why do we fall in love? Like on a chemical level… how does that happen? And can we make that feeling stay?

Why do we fall in love? Like on a chemical level… how does that happen? And can we make that feeling stay?

Romantic Love and Mate Choice

Remembering to Remember

Imaginary Friends

My grandfather is getting older, and I am losing him.

My grandfather is getting older, and I am losing him.

Forgetting Who We Are

If belief in the supernatural is a product of being human, why are there people who don't believe in anything?

On (Dis)Belief

Why do so many of us world-wide believe in the supernatural? Psychologists say this may be a byproduct that comes from our most unique traits as human beings.

Close Encounters of the Religious Kind

I talked to leading researchers on how we learn our first language... and how we may even lose it.

Learning Language

Wow, just discovered this podcast today and have been bingeing it bc wholly cow!

SO GOOD

I really like this podcast.  It&#39;s easy to understand and informative.

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