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LGBTQ+ Pride Month: The Psychology of Support, Celebration, and Acceptance

June 21, 2019

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is a month to celebrate gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and asexual people, plus all other sexual orientations and genders. Pride Month features marches around the country, educational and awareness events, and parties to celebrate the members of the LGBTQ community.

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If you have friends that are being bullied, you have got to stand up for them. 

— Dr. Emma Kate Wright
Being Human
Every week our panel of Shrinks breaks down trending topics of psychology in the news that we call Being Human.

If you could travel back in time, what advice would you give to your younger self? Yet despite the popularity of this thought experiment, no one has, until now, actually studied what people would tell themselves.

According to findings in The Journal of Social Psychology, people’s advice to their younger selves is overwhelmingly focused on prior relationships, educational opportunities, and personal worth, echoing similar results derived from research into people’s most common regrets in life.

Our panel of Shrinks breaks down their thoughts on these findings.

You can read the study that inspired our discussion here.
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