status psychology

When a person is too cheap to actually pay a psychologist for help and would rather put all their issues in their facebook status and hope that their cry for attention will solicit the advice of their friends who are no better equipped to help them than a three day old bowl of pudding.

This is a status on Facebook:

Mary Smith is ALL men suck. Why can't one man keep his word. Oh well, I guess I will be single forever.

This is a response from one of her friends:

Enough with the status psychology session, Mary. Stop whining on facebook and deal with it you whiny bitch!

by soulsurfer78 August 3, 2010

Psychology of Nation-States

The study of how large political communities develop collective psyches—shared identities, memories, traumas, and aspirations that shape how nations think, feel, and behave. Nation-states are not just administrative units; they're psychological entities, with personalities (aggressive, defensive, confident), moods (optimistic, anxious, nostalgic), and even neuroses (historical guilt, inferiority complexes, messianic delusions). The psychology of nation-states examines how national identity is formed (through shared stories, symbols, education), how national trauma is processed (or not), and how collective psychology drives foreign policy, domestic politics, and international relations. Understanding that nations have psychologies explains why they often act against their apparent interests—because they're driven by the same irrational forces as individuals, just on a larger scale.

Example: "He studied the psychology of nation-states to understand why his country kept making the same foreign policy mistakes. It wasn't bad leadership; it was national psychology—a deep-seated insecurity from a historical defeat that made them overcompensate aggressively. Until the psychology healed, the policy wouldn't change."

by Dumu The Void February 16, 2026