I remember when I first dove deep into psychology as a young person, most of us were just eager to learn. Sure, there was bad info, and people latched on to pop psychology nonsense. But it was so much easier to have a level headed discussion about it.

I jumped around undergrad, switched majors and took about 5 school years over 13 actual years to finish my B.S. When I went back to school, it seemed like people were far more desperate to have psychology support their ideologies than in 2008 when I was in college the first time.

I realize most conversations and topics have become more polarizing, but sometimes I'm afraid to talk about psychology because I feel like people will be upset, especially considering all the pop psychology/pseudoscience out there.

What do you guys think about this idea? Am I making it up?