N-Dimensional Psychology

The clinical application of N-dimensional principles to mental health, proposing that psychological disorders are often dimensional misalignments rather than purely 3D problems. Depression might be a disconnection from higher-dimensional perspectives where things look brighter. Anxiety might be hyperawareness of threatening possibilities across all dimensions. And existential dread? That's just accurate perception of your insignificance across infinite dimensions, which is technically true but not clinically helpful. N-dimensional psychology doesn't just treat the 3D symptoms; it attempts to realign the patient with their healthier dimensional aspects, a process complicated by the fact that those aspects exist in dimensions the patient can't access. The success rate is difficult to measure, as patients in successful branches tend to forget they were ever troubled.

N-Dimensional Psychology *Example: "His N-dimensional psychologist diagnosed his chronic dissatisfaction as 'dimensional constriction'—he was only experiencing the 3D slice of his life, ignoring the infinite other dimensions where he was actually quite happy. The treatment involved 'dimensional expansion exercises' to help him access those perspectives. After six months, he was still unhappy in this dimension, but deeply comforted by the knowledge that in some other dimension, he was thriving. The psychologist called this 'dimensional acceptance.'"*

by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026

Critical Social Psychology

The application of critical theory to social psychology—examining how the discipline's concepts, methods, and findings reflect and reinforce dominant social arrangements. Critical Social Psychology asks: Does social psychology naturalize individualism? How do experiments create artificial situations that miss real social life? Whose interests are served by focusing on individual attitudes rather than structural power? How does the discipline handle issues of race, class, gender? Critical Social Psychology doesn't reject social psychology; it insists that studying individuals in society requires understanding the society, not just the individuals.

Critical Social Psychology "They study prejudice as individual bias—ignoring systemic racism. Critical Social Psychology asks: what does that framing hide? Individual bias exists, but so do structures. Focusing only on attitudes lets systems off the hook. Critical Social Psychology insists on connecting the psychological to the political. Minds don't exist in a vacuum; neither should psychology."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Critical Evolutionary Psychology

A critical examination of evolutionary psychology—questioning its assumptions about human nature, its methods for inferring ancestral environments, and its political implications. Critical Evolutionary Psychology asks: Are evolutionary stories just-so stories? Do they naturalize contemporary social arrangements by projecting them onto the past? How does evolutionary psychology handle cultural variation? Whose interests are served by claims that patriarchy, violence, or greed are "evolved"? Critical Evolutionary Psychology doesn't deny evolution; it insists that claims about our evolutionary past must be scrutinized for evidence, alternative explanations, and political context.

Critical Evolutionary Psychology "They claim women are naturally monogamous and men naturally promiscuous—therefore patriarchy is natural. Critical Evolutionary Psychology asks: what's the evidence? How much cultural variation is ignored? Could the same data support different stories? Evolution happened, but the stories we tell about it reflect our present, not just our past. Critical Evolutionary Psychology examines the politics behind the prehistory."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Marxist Social Psychology

The application of Marxist analysis to social psychology—examining how capitalist social relations shape individual consciousness, how ideology operates through everyday psychology, and how liberation requires transforming both society and self. Marxist Social Psychology asks: How does capitalism produce particular kinds of subjects? How do class relations shape identity, desire, and belief? How might psychological suffering be connected to social contradictions? Drawing on Marx, critical theory, and psychoanalysis, Marxist Social Psychology insists that the personal is political, that psychology without society is incomplete, and that changing ourselves requires changing the world.

"You're anxious and depressed—maybe it's not just you. Marxist Social Psychology asks: could it be capitalism? Precarious work, social isolation, endless competition—these produce suffering. Individual therapy helps cope; changing society might help heal. Psychology without social analysis blames individuals for systemic problems. Marxist Social Psychology connects inner and outer, personal and political."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Marxist Evolutionary Psychology

A Marxist critique and reconstruction of evolutionary psychology—examining how claims about human nature reflect class interests, how evolutionary stories can naturalize capitalism, and how a materialist approach might understand human evolution differently. Marxist Evolutionary Psychology asks: Does evolutionary psychology's focus on competition reflect capitalist ideology? How might cooperation, sharing, and egalitarianism be as "evolved" as hierarchy? Could a Marxist evolutionary psychology examine how modes of production shape human evolution, and how human nature is both biologically based and historically variable? It doesn't deny evolution; it insists that evolutionary stories are never neutral.

"They say humans are naturally competitive—look at our ancestors. Marxist Evolutionary Psychology asks: which ancestors? For most of human history, we were foragers, and foragers share. The 'natural' competition story reflects capitalism, not prehistory. Evolution happened, but the stories we tell about it tell us more about the present than the past. Marxism insists on asking: whose interests do these stories serve?"

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Leftist Social Psychology

A leftist approach to social psychology—examining how social structures shape individual consciousness, how ideology operates through everyday life, and how psychological liberation requires social transformation. Leftist Social Psychology asks: How does capitalism produce anxious, competitive subjects? How do racism, sexism, and classism get inside our heads? What would psychology look like if it served liberation rather than adjustment? Drawing on critical psychology, feminist theory, and Marxist thought, Leftist Social Psychology insists that the personal is political and that healing individuals requires healing society.

"You're stressed, anxious, depressed—and told it's your fault. Leftist Social Psychology asks: could it be the system? Precarious work, social isolation, endless competition—these aren't personal failings; they're social products. Individual therapy helps you cope; changing society might help you thrive. Psychology without politics blames victims; leftist psychology connects suffering to systems."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Leftist Evolutionary Psychology

A leftist approach to evolutionary psychology—questioning conservative assumptions about human nature while taking evolution seriously. Leftist Evolutionary Psychology asks: What if cooperation, sharing, and egalitarianism are as evolved as competition? What if human nature includes immense plasticity, shaped by social environments? What if evolutionary stories that naturalize hierarchy are ideology, not science? Leftist Evolutionary Psychology doesn't deny evolution; it insists that evolutionary explanations must be scrutinized for their political content and that human nature is both real and variable.

"They say men are naturally aggressive, women naturally nurturing—therefore patriarchy is natural. Leftist Evolutionary Psychology asks: what's the evidence? How much cultural variation? Could the same data support different stories? Evolution happened, but the stories we tell about it reflect our politics. Leftist evolutionary psychology tells different stories—about cooperation, about plasticity, about possibility."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026