Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology

Not for the faint of heart or sensitive spirit, Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology is about helping our lives in the insane world we exist today. It is a sarcastic, smart and witty view of the lives we cope with, including straight answers, real information and new perspectives to bring LIFE back to our existence. Dr. Bell brings deep insight, common sense and weaves general knowledge of how the brain is operating under various circumstances. Dr. Bell challenges us all to OWN our lives. How do we become change in an ever changing world? If anything, you might sound smarter to your friends. Everyone is an armchair therapist, but now you will know enough to be dangerous. No whining or caterwauling allowed! This is a search for essence, passion and meaning as we exist surrounded by mediocrity, insecurity and insignificance. Take your medication and listen. You might learn something.

Episodes

Transhumanism: Building a Better Human

October 7, 2025 • 57 mins

Transhumanism is a philosophical and intellectual movement that advocates using advanced technologies—such as biotechnology, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and genetic engineering—to enhance human physical, cognitive, and emotional capabilities beyond natural limitations. The goal is to improve the human condition, potentially achieving longer lifespans, eliminating diseases, and even transcending mortality toward a "post...

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Repent for What?

September 30, 2025 • 56 mins

•Repentance is not so much a feeling or sentiment but rather a process. It’s the process of honestly and thoughtfully reviewing one’s past actions, one’s motivations, sentiments, and underlying “issues,” and committing oneself to the task of “turning away” from old, negative patterns and making a conscientious effort to adopt and reinforce very different, healthier ways, thus becoming a new and better person. It’s an arduous...

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Crazy or BiPolar?

September 28, 2025 • 60 mins

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition characterized by unusual shifts in mood, energy, and ability to function. These shifts involve extreme "highs" (mania) and "lows" (depression), sometimes accompanied by symptoms like racing thoughts, sleep problems, impulsive behavior, and feelings of hopelessness. Psychology plays a key role in understanding bipolar disorder by studying its symptoms, causes (like genetics and envi...

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White Collar Criminals

September 16, 2025 • 58 mins

The psychology of white-collar crime involves understanding the motivations, personality traits, and decision-making processes of individuals who commit these offenses. Key factors include a focus on material wealth, optimism bias about getting caught, egocentricity, and potential difficulties in social and sexual relating. Certain personality traits like narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, as well as low levels of ...

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Married for the Kids

September 9, 2025 • 56 mins

Is staying married for the kids the right choice? This is one of the most heart-wrenching decisions a parent can face. It’s a question that weighs heavily on those contemplating divorce, sparking a complex debate about the best path forward for the family’s emotional and psychological well-being. Tune in and learn how all this plays out for children and parents. Learn how to prevent or manage a divorce!

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Apathy: No More to Give

September 2, 2025 • 58 mins

What, exactly, is apathy? In a sense, it’s something like falling in love. You can describe it all you want, but until you’ve experienced it, you can only guess what it feels like. Paradoxically, what makes the feeling of apathy unique is that it’s essentially the feeling of not feeling. It’s something that at some point in your existence you’ve encountered. Whenever you feel that something vital is missing from your life, yet...

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Psychology: Conspiracy Theories and Fake News

August 26, 2025 • 56 mins

Conspiracy theories, from a psychological perspective, are often linked to distrust of authority, political cynicism, and psychological traits like paranoia, narcissism, and insecure attachment. Belief in these theories can be reinforced by circular reasoning, where evidence against or lack of evidence for a conspiracy is interpreted as further proof of its existence. We live in a world filled with media who purposely provides...

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Artificial Intelligence and Us

August 19, 2025 • 53 mins

Artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes known as machine intelligence, refers to the ability of computers to perform human-like feats of cognition including learning, problem-solving, perception, decision-making, and speech and language. Early AI systems had the ability to defeat a world chess champion, map streets, and compose music. Thanks to more advanced algorithms, data volumes, and computer power and storage, AI evolved ...

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The Power of Anticipation

August 12, 2025 • 55 mins

•Anticipation is a psychological process we engage in to mentally prepare for a certain outcome that we expect to happen in the future. Anticipating future events happens automatically, taking place largely in the oldest part of the brain, the cerebellum. Our minds are wired for anticipation; we evolved to have the capacity to form accurate expectations about the future so we could make better predictions about it. That abilit...

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When We Are Wrong

August 5, 2025 • 56 mins

For most of us mere mortals, admitting we are wrong is very difficult, even under the best of circumstances. At times, we argue vehemently over trivial matters, even with loved ones. In such instances, we might notice how we avoid admitting we are wrong, or how we quickly point out how the other person was wrong about something else. "Oh, yeah, well maybe I did forget to take the trash out, but you constantly leave your dirty ...

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Resentment in Relationships

July 29, 2025 • 52 mins

Not all couples can pinpoint a specific trigger for a spiral of relationship resentment, but studies have shown that resentment is often a response to a wrong—or something perceived as punitive or humiliating. It also can grow in relationships in which teasing or humor is barbed, where one has a habit of diminishing the competence of the other, or when there is little perceived appreciation of a partner. Resentment can also sp...

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Parenting Teenagers

July 22, 2025 • 55 mins

Adolescence is a challenging time for young people, bringing on not only the physical changes of puberty, but emotional transformation as well and in some cases, the emergence of serious mental health conditions. For parents, it can sometimes seem like their affectionate, adoring child has become a different, distant person and that their teen’s friends have become more important to them than their family. But some of these ch...

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Cognitive Bias: How We Are Influenced

July 15, 2025 • 54 mins

Cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking, affecting how we process information, perceive others, and make decisions. It can lead to irrational thoughts or judgments and is often based on our perceptions, memories, or individual and societal beliefs. Biases are unconscious and automatic processes designed to make decision-making quicker and more efficient. Cognitive biases can be caused by many things, such as heuristic...

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Low Emotional Intelligence

July 1, 2025 • 54 mins

Let’s start by saying that intelligence is one of the messiest topic areas in all of psychology. We don’t really know what it is (debate and controversy exist over definitions and conceptualizations), but what we do know is that—broadly speaking—whatever it is, it’s one of the finest predictors of outcomes in all psychology research. Of course, its ability to “predict” is dictated by how it’s operationally defined and, likewis...

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Impulsivity: Can't Stop Myself

June 24, 2025 • 53 mins

You have probably done it before: fired off an offensive response to an email, said something you later regretted or did something to you wish you wouldn’t have. Yes, you, like many others, have probably fallen victim to impulsivity. There may have been times your impulsive actions paid off. Yet, there are those times where your impulsive behavior may have left you asking “What was I thinking?” There is no doubt about it: The ...

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How Psychology Works: Theories

June 17, 2025 • 55 mins

Psychological perspectives are different ways of thinking about and explaining human behavior. There's no one-size-fits-all approach to studying and understanding the human mind and behavior. That's why psychologists utilize a variety of perspectives when studying how people think, feel, and behave. Exploring different perspectives gives us a fuller, richer way to look at psychology—and solve problems that people might be expe...

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Finding Purpose and Meaning

June 10, 2025 • 53 mins

For most of the 20th century, philosophers, psychologists, and psychiatrists argued that meaning in life is a rare, profound experience, attainable through an active search, deep self-reflection, or some other arduous way of creating meaning in a seemingly meaningless world. But we now know that most people, most of the time, report that their lives feel more meaningful than not. Although actively constructing meaning may be r...

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Real Deep Communication

June 3, 2025 • 55 mins

Open and vulnerable communication between intimate partners is at the core of a relationship’s capacity to survive and thrive. It is what builds trust, clears the way for authenticity, and opens the gates to true intimacy. If relationship partners do not feel seen, heard, understood, and safe as they express their innermost desires and fears, they will never know the joy of blending souls. Yet despite the plethora of available...

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The Mind of a Psychopath

May 20, 2025 • 53 mins

Psychopathy is a condition characterized by the absence of empathy and the blunting of other affective states. Callousness, detachment, and a lack of empathy enable psychopaths to be highly manipulative. Nevertheless, psychopathy is among the most difficult disorders to spot.

Psychopaths can appear normal, even charming. Underneath, they lack any semblance of conscience. Their antisocial nature inclines them often (...

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Re-Dating Ex: Relationship Churning

May 13, 2025 • 57 mins

To grasp the concept of relationship churning, it’s essential to explore its key elements and historical context. Relationship churning isn't a new phenomenon; it has been observed throughout history, albeit under different names. Modern implications, however, have amplified its prevalence due to changing societal norms and technological advancements. The psychology of relationship churning is deeply rooted in attachment style...

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