Frustratingly Simple · the channel
Mental health,
decoded simply.
A psychologist saying the frustratingly simple thing the internet over-complicates — short, dry, evidence-grounded takes on what everyone gets wrong about the mind. No hype, no gurus. Each episode pairs the video with a structured page: timestamps, sources, the takeaways.
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EP 02 · ~5:30Upcoming
Your Stream Deck can set itself up — let Claude do it
A Stream Deck profile is just a folder — so an AI that can write files can build your whole deck: icons, layout, sound-effect buttons. The 5-step safe workflow and the two silent bugs that eat your work.
EP 11 · 0:50Upcoming
Introversion vs social anxiety
Introversion is temperament — social situations cost energy, no fear involved. Social anxiety is fear of evaluation. Different mechanisms, different responses to treatment.
EP 09 · 0:52Upcoming
The actual definition of gaslighting
Gaslighting is a specific, sustained, intentional pattern of psychological manipulation — not ordinary disagreement. Misusing the term costs the people who actually experience it.
EP 08 · deep-diveUpcoming
Pre-Ordering Your Life-Wastage: What GTA 6 Actually Does to Your Brain
For the vast majority, gaming is neutral-to-good and the "addiction" panic is scientifically contested — but reward design (loot boxes, daily-login loops, soon AI-driven worlds) is engineered to monetise your time, so the honest move isn't to quit or fear it, it's to play on purpose rather than pre-order your life away.
EP 07 · ~3:00Upcoming
The psychology of the alien/disclosure hype
I'm not here to tell you if it's real. I'm here for what the question does to you — why the hype grips, and how to hold a huge open question without it running your day.
EP 06 · ~6:00Upcoming
The boring thing that actually works: sleep
After four episodes of dismantling hype, the antidote. The most evidence-backed lever on mood and focus is also the least sexy — and even its famous book oversells it.
EP 05 · ~6:00Upcoming
Using AI without it making things up at you
AI is genuinely useful and it will confidently lie. What LLMs are good for, where they fabricate, and the hard line — they are not a therapist.
EP 04 · ~5:30Upcoming
How a shaky study becomes a confident headline
Trace one finding from journal to your feed. Most health-news exaggeration is baked into the university's own press release. A three-question filter to defuse any 'new study finds' post.
EP 03 · ~6:00Upcoming
Half of what psychology told you didn't replicate
A team tried to reproduce 100 famous psychology studies. About a third held up. How to read any 'studies show' claim — including this channel's — with the right amount of doubt.
EP 01 · ~5:00Upcoming
The amygdala doesn't hijack anything
The 'amygdala hijack' is the most repeated brain metaphor in self-help. It's also wrong. Emotion is whole-brain and constructed — not a fire alarm in one node.
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Can an AI Chatbot Support Mental Health? What the Trials Say
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EP 00 · ~13:00Upcoming
Frustratingly Simple — Episode 00
A psychologist who builds things takes the noise — AI, the news, your brain, the advice everyone repeats — and makes it frustratingly simple. Ten angles, zero hype. The channel in one episode.
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Exercise and Mood: What the Evidence Does and Doesn't Show
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Grief and Depression Are Not the Same Thing
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What Actually Helps When Money Stress Won't Switch Off
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Why Poor Sleep and Anxiety Feed Each Other
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