Oh, The Ick – how we love you. What a convenient way to express the depths of irrational disgust and horror people can feel at basic human behaviour. How did we explain the sudden gut feeling that a ...

The “ick” might feel like a simple turn-off, but could there be a deeper issue at play? Here are two signs it might be rooted in a fear of intimacy. You know that feeling when everything seems fine ...

Psychologists may have identified the top trigger of "the ick" for women—and it's a tie between saying annoying things and being misogynistic. The researchers, from the Azusa Pacific University in ...

A new study looked at what triggers 'the ick' — the disgust a person feels towards someone they used to find attractive Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...

The food was top-notch, the atmosphere was cozy and my date aimed to entertain. I love a good personal story, so I invited him to relate one that he'd referenced in his profile. Good fodder for a ...

Maybe they chew a little too loudly, or they use a specific phrase that grates on your nerves, or perhaps they do something utterly mundane, like struggling to open a door. Whatever it is, that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Imagine being on a first date with someone, and things seem to ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Nothing kills the vibe on a first (or third) date like discovering that the person across from you—who had ...

The 'ick' is when an initial attraction to someone turns into disgust and creates a desire to quickly untangle yourself from them. There can be many various reasons and causes for this, but once ...