Psychologies

I buy Psychologies from time to time, mainly out of curiosity but also as I get fed up with all the celebrities in magazines and just want to read something real. Its current price is £3.30 and its sold at all major news agents and some of the smaller ones. It comes in the A4 paged size and the smaller handbag size of A5 for the same price. There are roughly 175 to 200 pages, and roughly about 20% are adverts. I bought their first issue, some years ago and was pleased I did at the time. It gave many bite of pop psychology- you know, the mini articles about girls over achieving against boys in certain subjects, nothing really new, but just references and tests ...

Psychologies is a higher form of pop-psychology. To me, it cuts the crap and technicalities, because sometimes life is that simple. It doesn't cover the more extreme nor severe cases of psychiatry and psychology, primarily because the vast majority of people do not have those problems - by definition that is why they are extreme. To me, it builds a wider understanding of general emotional and mental health and disorders. It's great for learning terminology so things can be discussed. It helps us to understand ourselves. It can be a giant relief for those who have issues that aren't severe enough to seek professional help. For those stuck in-between ...

I had never bought Psychologies before, but it had interested me a number of times whilst browsing in WH Smiths. The problem was, at £3.20 a copy, I wasnt eager to try it- I had my 'old faithfuls' to depend on and could I risk this money on a bit of a magazine gamble? However, in Tesco's the other day, I noticed a magazine offer that tempted me; Red magazine combined with an additional copy of Psychologies for £4.99. This, I thought, was a deal worth striking, and I waltzed out of the supermarket giant happy for a change (I loathe Tesco- blooming monster encroaching on every bit of spare land...grrrr)............Ok, calm down and apply stress relieving techniques learnt ...