Why Is It So Hard to Make a Decision?

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Even when you know what you want to do, sometimes actually doing the thing is hard. Luckily, research suggests a few ways you can make it a little easier.
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[@Kamel419]

wow, i remember voting for scishow psych for which type of channel you should make. i was thrilled when you all decided on psych, and now just as sad to see it go. this channel has enriched my life and meant a lot to me. i would have liked to hear more about why, it feels very abrupt.

[@thumper5555]

This channel has never been nearly as popular as the main channel, and perhaps after 5 years it has not become the money maker they'd hoped for. Only they know for sure though.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

@@thumper5555 They do a horrible job of marketing their other channels.

[@Bom-pff]

The same content will get more views on their bigger main channel. Because more exposure and because... well, algorithms.

[@louisbsherman]

Z

[@leafy7081]

Same

[@alien9279]

Really gonna miss this channel:( been here since the very very start, amd watched every video since. To the future! I'll see you on scishow hank

I have also been here since the first video. It is sad to see something so good come and go :(

[@K0h4ku42]

Indeed sad! Thanks for the love of the social sciences!!!

[@eliljeho]

Could come back, but it requires funding and other things. There will be scishow videos on psychology occasionally too.

[@grimnirnacht]

Same 😢

[@Stargazer.]

Thank you so much for all your work. I'll miss this channel very much. In part, it was thanks to content from this channel that I got into neuroscience so much that I plan to pursue it as my second major besides physics. I'll be looking forward to enjoying all the content over in the main channel, but SciShow Psych will keep a special place in my heart 💜

[@IanGrams]

Wow, has it really been 5 years already? Feels like just yesterday there was the vote on what topic to cover for a new channel. I'm sad to see the end of SciShow Psych but I guess it just didn't grow enough to become self-sustaining. I think I recall hearing somewhere Brit moved away from Missoula so that may have been a factor as well. Thank you to Hank, Brit, Anthony, and everyone else on the Complexly team that made this a wonderful 5 years. You've taught me a lot and I look forward to new episodes on psychology topics on the main channel. DFTBA ✌️

[@Nosajsom]

This was really nice while it lasted. Thanks everyone that worked on making it what it was!

[@TheDestoyer24]

This is and will be my favorite SciShow branch ever! Discovering you all through 2 Teachers, (Scishow only) from High School, and bringing that curiosity home to discover the treasure trove of academics the KZbin Algorithm has curated from your channels presence. Psych, Space, Show, and more- all of them digital lexicons on The Evolution of Knowledge. I'll miss all of the wonderful faces. Thank you all for being apart of the success in my Life.

[@RavenFilms]

I can’t believe it’s been FIVE years!!!! I remember participating in the vote that brought about this channel. Though this channel wasn’t the one I voted for, I have thoroughly enjoyed it over the years. Thank you for all the knowledge you’ve provided.

[@TheContrariann]

Our Sir used to say "When you can't decide what the right decision is - JUST TAKE THE DECISION AND MAKE IT RIGHT!" But every time I take a decision, the 'other one' that I did not took turns out to be right P.S. Gonna miss this channel though, it had a dedicated community that followed it. Anyways posting all the future videos on SciShow makes more sense as it's 6 Million+ subscribers will provide more reach to the videos. HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!

[@thumper5555]

Dont just make it right. Making a decision that turned out poorly and working to "make it the right one" is not good.

[@Seaotter1821]

Thank you all so much for helping us to understand the complexities and amazing aspects of our minds! I'm excited that you'll still be covering this on SciShow!

[@CulixIII]

It's sad to see this channel come to an end, but thank you for the wonderful time while it lasted. ^_^ Consolidating in the main SciShow channel can't have been a decision you all made lightly. Here's hoping for more great psych content on the main channel, rubbing elbows with the other great science content!

[@metametodo]

Hard to see it go, but it was a great pleasure to watch almost every single episode of it while it lasted. The riches I got from learning here cannot be overstated.

[@XRaym]

Watching scishow since day 1, one of the first patreons... Sad to hear that this is over :( it is a great channel with great hosts... too bad ! 😥

[@sukki6052]

This channel started when i just started studying for my degree in psych. It has definitely been a great companion all these years. Thank you for the great content! ❤

[@nick.raptis]

ScienceShow psych might not be the channel I mostly consume, but, apart from John's sunset videos, are the ones that have helped me the most. Will still be here when you decide to bring back the channel. Cheers ❤

[@carpemkarzi]

Damn. Well I know you’re not going anywhere so sad to see this channel fade, but SciShow will always be a place I want to visit. Thanks for all the great content.

[@washulis]

Among all Sci Show channels, this one was my fav by far. Sad to know it gets routed in with the other content, I hope many new enlightening shows about our psychology are yet to come. Cheers!

[@ryandoesstuffapparently1540]

Noooooo. This is my favourite of the scishow channels.

[@NotHPotter]

Has it really been 5 years? Wow. So glad to see this repository of information will stay available.

[@bekahpainter8156]

I'll miss the channel. I have really enjoyed having this separate channel, so that I can get both your general content plus the content you've provided here.

[@MayankKumar-so6sr]

Thanks a lot team for all the hard work you guys have put all those years. Will definitely keep coming back to old episodes cause why not.

[@phunkyMacK]

loved this channel, sad to see it go! but glad to hear SciShow will continue!

[@colorsofjasperbyvilma]

I am so glad to hear you will still provide the same content on your main channel 😊 Thanks guys

[@paraalso]

The specific plan approach might work with cigarette packaging labeling regulation. Many countries mandate the packaging to have scary pictures of lung cancer or messages that cigarettes cause cancer, but maybe having specific action items on how the buyer could stop or reduce smoking today would be more effective.

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

Thank you for all the wonderful episodes, the hosts and topics you presented on SciShow Psych. Please continue all the goodness on the main channel. You guys are absolutely awesome xoxo

[@Locut0s]

I have found it transformative to my life to try to lean more and more into not allowing my brain the time to processes decisions and just taking SOME kind of action. Practicing mindfulness watching myself in the present moment choosing to do the action maybe even while my brain is screaming at me to stop and think about it more. It's freeing.

[@sirdeadlock]

Glad you'll still be making videos. Thanks for keeping me informed about interesting things.

[@fratiorgan]

I'm really sad to see this go.😢 It helped me better understand my mental health journey. I am very thankful for all that it has done. Thank You for the time and help that you gave us all. 😭

[@shadowdagger2]

Thank you! You are an excellent teacher. I look forward to getting updates from the main channel!

[@AngryKittens]

It's been 5 years already?! I remember voting for the planned "new" SciShow channel a while back. 5 years! :o

[@rogue3398]

Gosh dangit I JUST FOUND this gem of a channel and it's already made my life so much better. Now it's going away.

[@bobbiscub]

Oh man, so sad to hear about this channel ending! This is one of my favorite channels!

[@laserkei]

Sad to see the channel go... I enjoyed seeing all your video thru out the years.

[@liseturner1019]

I like Canada's in between system for organ donation. Whenever you renew your license or health card, they ask you. So you have to answer the question either way and neither option is inaction. It also means you have affirmative consent for everyone who's registered. Our registration rat is 43% which is in between.

[@MP-cs9qc]

Thank you Hank for all the amazing lectures on scishowpsych.

[@armstrong.r]

I literally just discovered this channel and subscribed after watching videos on the main channel for years. What a coincidence.

[@hartonotandjoeng2314]

This video is more about difficulties in starting doing things and following up, not really on difficulties of making decision

[@KilgoreTroutAsf]

This is imo why visualization is important in order to get something done. If you cant even think of a concrete action plan, even if flawed or tentative, it is much harder to get the motivation to do the first step.

[@SangoProductions213]

"In countries where you are automatically an organ donor, there are more organ donors." Such insight. Much wow.

[@jeffboudwin7833]

Awe sad sad sad news! As a therapist I will really miss this channel!! I hope the hiatus will end sooner then later.

[@punxchickreject]

We support you Hank! Thank you for everything you do! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Also, you're not allowed to stop Scishow Kids, my child is addicted! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

Awww I am not psyched to say goodbye to SciShow Psych.

[@MamguSian]

Oh no! I'll miss this channel 😥 Thank you for all the fantastic videos I've enjoyed so much and learnt so much from. You will be sadly missed by many I'm sure. I bet this was a hard decision to make. 💖

[@ZainHusain]

Dang, this channel was one I looked forward to a lot. Well, thank you for everything!

[@SpiralMagic]

Thank you for all the information you've shared throughout the years! I've loved every video

[@The_Cyber_System]

Oh no! I'll be sad to see it go. It's been very helpful with my therapy and in educating a lot of people I know about what's going on for me. It's also helped me learn about other conditions that I didn't understand or didn't know about.

[@GetThePun]

ah, scishow psych was an amazing channel, I will be sad to see it go. Thank you all for the great content!

[@germainp]

The study about the demographic rates of organ donators as a function of the state making each citizen a donor by default or not makes me think of a marketing strategy employed by, among others, accommodation companies. When booking a place you are told that you will have days or even weeks during which you can change your mind and get a full refund. What invariably happens to me is that I make the reservation thinking I might cancel it later on, but I never do!

[@KittyRenee1212]

:'( this is one of my favorite channels. I love all of the SciShows, and it'll be sad to see this one go T_T SciShow Psych will be missed

[@karthikharitha5712]

I am going to miss this channel. This was amazing.

[@raspberrytaegi]

Goodbye SciShow Psych, it's been lovely having you around

[@marnenotmarnie259]

i have some good news for you lol this video was posted a year ago, and posts here have been a lot less frequent, but it is still a channel they use. the last video posted on this channel was five months ago, so it's been a while, but it doesn't seem like the channel is dead

[@angrybeluga1697]

Thanks for the excellent content! I hope psych show comes back.

[@eclowe6594]

The irony of me finding this after spending 10 of my 15 min break trying to decide what KZbin video to watch

[@teeshirt]

GONNA MISS YOU, @SciShow Psych! 😢

[@ofands]

Via con dios! I love all these channels and am very sorry to see this go. R.I.P.

[@artemaeus]

Aw ;_; thanks for the heads up. I appreciate the hard work from the team behind Sci show psych & Sci show

[@augustlizabethmoore]

AWWWWW..... That's sad, but hey, I'm glad we will still get content!

[@KimberlyLetsGo]

I will miss this channel but, already follow the other channel so I will still get my nerdy fix. All the best to you all.

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

Hiatus= means they're thinking about it, actually with my bipolar disorder this channel has been a comfort my a way of a place of refuge from the normal stressors so remember never surrender no matter what I do tend to rant angrily

[@PLuMUK54]

I think that the problem is not deciding to become an organ donor, but plucking up the courage to make the arrangements. To many people thinking about their own death is something that they prefer not to do, so to actually make an effort about something associated with that is a step that they prefer not to take. Here in the UK that action has been taken from me. I know that, unless I opt out, my organs are available for transplant. Now I am not concerned about thinking about my own mortality; 17 years ago I was given 48 hours to live because I was suffering viral cardiomyopathy. Since then death is something that I have thought about a number of times, so signing up to organ donation should have been easy. However, I still felt that it was a step I could not take, tempting fate and all of that. The reason why people do not opt out is not an inability to make the decision, but unwillingness to think about it, with possibly a slight fear of looking bad if you do opt out.

[@brendandorcey8932]

I genuinely could not have expected to become a fan of this show after my middleschool science teacher showed me a video

[@AnnoyingNewslettersPage6]

I want to know what led to the decision to put sideshow psych on an indefinite hiatus, considering it wasn't even on the annual survey this year.

[@dkdrock456]

0:19 - 0:21 Wh ... What was that humble flex you snuck in Hank ... and did ... did you edit that in??

[@CosmicErrata]

It's been that long? I've enjoyed the ride. Thanks!

[@LetsTakeWalk]

Took me 2 hours before I decided to watch this video. (Which was published 15 minutes ago at the time of writing)

[@sierrawhite8088]

The people at my local DMV ask you when you get/renew your license if you want to be an organ donor, no calls required, people just don't do it for some reason 🤷

[@swimdownx6365]

Talk about memories organ Transplants maybe memories are in the cells themselves. Maybe those chemical structure . And emotions energy flows . And Memories physical objective chemicals

[@ATADSP]

I am enrolled in organ donation, its super easy at least in Indiana, they ask you when you get or renew your driver's license. Easy to just say yes, though I would prefer opt out.

[@DianeKovacs]

I won't mind having one channel for everything. Helps me keep up. :)

[@kyle20176]

Nooo!! I love this channel. I need more scishow channels not less.

[@timelessnugget]

I've been putting off deciding to watch this video for weeks.

[@potatoes_ss]

Thanks for all the videos!!!

[@lucettacole4617]

In Kansas being an organ donor is as simple as answering a yes or no question while getting your ID. Super easy.

[@DSAK55]

I use to be very indecisive. Now i'm not even sure of that.

[@OrianJamieson28]

I'm going to miss this show! honestly was amazing

[@Pressity1]

Bummer that this can’t stay in place, but I understand. If SciShow will still cover psych topics, can y’all cover early antipsychotic drugs that are now used for different issues, completely unrelated to psychiatry?

[@thepeff]

It sounds great until the ambulance your in slows down

[@passionate_compassion]

I agree with the choice to move the science-based topic of psychology to the general science channel. The content will reach more people on their main channel. Thank you for great content. Please keep in mind an easy search method such as psychology themed play lists.

[@AngryDuck79]

The reason why "opt-in" is better than "opt-out" is the principle of self-ownership. You can't assume consent, it needs to be expressed. It doesn't matter if we're talking about sex or harvesting organs. It always baffles me when people seem to think that respect for consent is subject to context or consensus rather than an absolute. Everyone needs a government issued id, right? Just make it a routine question when applying or renewing a licence. But being like "buddy didn't say no before he died so we're gonna mutilate his body" has all kinds of problems attached to it. Consent needs to be the line, or else there's no principle preventing you from harvesting the organs of brain dead people, or the terminally ill, or the poor. The second you decide that you have the right to choose for another person, the metrics you use to determine that choice become arbitrary and subjective, and oppression will always ensue.

[@dCash117]

Just when I needed one more video to watch before work boom here you are

[@micahjacobson8533]

Gonna miss this channel, complete support from me though!

[@AlturoChen]

Gonna miss this channel

[@swimdownx6365]

Much to endangered species act puts animals in more danger

[@deepsy2k]

"SciShow Psych will be going on an indefinite hiatus." "Why Is It So Hard to Make a Decision?"

[@richardstilley1975]

Thank You

[@josephdonais3436]

I find there are 3 hands on the wheel. Only one of them is mine. I resent it, still I get nowhere.

[@leafy7081]

I will miss this channel 😔

[@JasonGastrich]

Thanks

[@tatiana4050]

There is a whole field on psychology that focuses on wanting to be healthier but not doing it.

[@anyascelticcreations]

Awe, bummer. I really like ScishowPsych. Oh, well. I get recommended videos from the main Scishow more anyway. I'll continue to watch there. Wishing the best for you guys. 💖

[@acidicjello1962]

Thank you SciSchow Psych

[@MEETlaPRENSA]

Sad to see you go!

[@thinktoomuchb4028]

And what of Brit? And Anthony?

[@shawnmarrier6340]

Needs a sad button. This is a great channel!

[@ThinkingPower0]

Thank you Hank, this channel has helped so much

[@IsilNasar]

Please make a video about ASD

[@furatceylan8]

sad that sciwhow psych is going. thank you to you and all the other hosts. i will miss you

[@anthony7083]

I hope we can see sci show pysch hosts on sci show

[@pouringsalt3460]

RIP Psych.

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

I bet it was hard to decide if you should keep uploading content in this channel or not!

[@chayimadinaandyael]

I love sci show psych! This is so sad! Watched every episode..