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Think that being shy is a disadvantage? Well, think again! Here are 9 reasons why being shy makes you great.

Mental health professionals estimate approximately 1.6% of the population meets criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD), so chances are you have at least one friend with BPD. Unfortunately, the borderline personality disorder symptoms and behaviors associated: such as manipulation, self-harm, and emotions like an intense rollercoaster--can make staying friends difficult. Since we already did a video on things your friend with depression or anxiety wants you to know, we thought we cover one on BPD too. Hopefully, you will find this video helpful.

The vision of psych2go is to bring awareness to our own behaviour and behaviours of others so that we can all grow together. If you suspect that you might be a narcissist or someone close to you is, you can use the insights from these videos to help them or yourself.

Also as a disclaimer: A narcissist is not the same as someone diagnosed with Narcissistic personality disorder. Someone with NPD would have to be officially diagnosed by a professional whereas a narcissist is more a layperson term for someone who shows the behaviour and tendency of someone who may or may not suffer from NPD. Also, do not use this video to completely diagnose yourself or others. Use it for insights only.

Loneliness is one of the most universal emotions of the human condition. But feeling lonely for a long period of time, also known as chronic loneliness, can be detrimental to your mental health. Are you wondering how to deal with loneliness? Well, in order to deal with depression and loneliness, we need to find out the root reasons why we feel lonely or even possibly depressed in the first place.

Allodoxaphobia, decidiophobia, nomophobia, catoptrophobia, and chorophobia. Want to know about some of the rarest phobias? Sometimes, fears become excessive and irrational, to the point where we can’t function normally. The intense worry and avoidance caused by these fears can interrupt day to day living, causing panic when that fear is encountered – that’s when the fear becomes a phobia. In a previous video, we talked about the most common phobias. Many of you requested one about the strange phobias or most rare phobias. We've honored your request and made a list. Let us know if you know someone who identifies with any of these. Also, do you enjoy this animation style?

Disclaimer: If you are suffering from a specific phobia of any kind, don’t hesitate to reach out to a mental healthcare professional today to help ease your fears and better manage your phobias.

Most of us know something about mental disorders, like OCD or social anxiety. However, for every well-known diagnosis, there’s a handful of others (mainly coming out of 20th-century Freudian psychology) that haven’t achieved that level of notoriety. Here’s ten of the most bizarre psychological disorders ever diagnosed by a doctor. Which of these are you already familiar with?

So, what are the most annoying habits others have that ticks you off? Whether you like it or not, there are also things that you do that make people dislike you. The problem is that we aren’t always aware of the things that we do that make people dislike us. See if you can spot your behavior on the list we provided in this video. Psych2Go presents to you, 10 habits that make people dislike you.

Are you looking for dating advice on how to make someone chase you? Psychologists and researchers have long been developing studies to find out what exactly it is that makes someone attractive. Good looks? Pleasant voice? Positive attitude? While these are goals anyone would want to achieve, indeed they are attractive qualities, as we desire them for ourselves – what about the little habits we can develop that will make us more attractive? Behaviors that can make a potential partner admire you so much they’re willing to chase after you?

We usually think of smart people as people who are destined for success and given more opportunities than others. But what if there are some problems that are more likely to arise if you are indeed intelligent? Are you too smart for your own good?