Psychological Tension:

Psychological tension refers to the mental or emotional strain that individuals experience when they face challenging situations, conflicting demands, or pressures from their environment. This type of tension can manifest in various ways and is influenced by individual perceptions, coping mechanisms, and external stressors.

Causes of Psychological Tension

Stressful Situations: Encountering difficult or demanding scenarios, such as job interviews, exams, deadlines, or significant life changes like moving or divorce, can create tension.

Whether in personal relationships, workplaces, or social settings, disagreements and conflicts can create psychological tension. This arises from the uncertainty of outcomes, fear of confrontation, or potential loss of relationships.

High-stakes decision-making can cause tension, especially when the choices may lead to significant consequences.

Uncertainty about the future, or fear of failure can contribute to psychological tension.

Effects of Psychological Tension

It can result in feelings of irritability, anxiety, depression, and mood swings. Prolonged tension can affect one’s overall emotional health.

High levels of stress and tension can impair cognitive functions, leading to difficulties in concentrating, memory problems, and decision-making challenges.

People under constant psychological tension might exhibit changes in behavior such as withdrawal from social interactions, changes in eating habits, or increased use of alcohol or drugs as coping mechanisms.

Humor:

Das Sich-Lustigmachen ist eine Kunst, die gelernt sein will. Eben das Distanz-Aufbauen-Können zu den Dingen, zu sich selbst, zu Ereignissen der Umgebung.

Abkapselung:

Er hat sich abgekapselt und vor sich hingedacht, ein paar Jahre lang.

Und was hat bei dieser Abkapselung herausgeschaut?

Postmodernism:

via Steve Stewart-Williams:

Daniel Dennett:

“Postmodernism, the school of ‘thought’ that proclaimed ‘There are no truths, only interpretations’ has largely played itself out in absurdity, but it has left behind a generation of academics in the humanities disabled by their distrust of the very idea of truth and their disrespect for evidence, settling for ‘conversations’ in which nobody is wrong and nothing can be confirmed, only asserted with whatever style you can muster.”

Behavioral Change:

Charles:

"Human behavior can change due to one (human) feeling threatened. A sexual threat. An economic threat. A threat to your physical person. Etc. Others conform to the behavior of those that feel threatened. Yet others conform to those that conformed. I have seem more and more of this the last while. And from people I have known for years — whether IRL or online."

Google Search:

Charles:

"It feels like the long-tail is gone from Google Search.

"Gems" that I used to be able to discover from Google Search results, by looking at page after page after page of results — are gone (from the Google Search results)!

Including stuff I know used to be there — gone!

I even checked some "gems" that I discovered many many years ago (from Google Search).

The URL for those "gems" still work.

But they seem completely gone from Google Search."

Tagesende:

Der Tag, der geht zu Ende,

Ich reich' ihm meine Hände,

Wärst Du länger doch,

Gäb's ein paar Stunden noch!