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- Why curiosity is a necessity for open-mindedness and a kinder world. - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2015 from Rikky D. T. MaasTo test your open-mindedness, let me ask you a question. Imagine that I were to show you a picture of an angry and intimidating looking Arab guy with a big beard. What do you think? What is the first thing that comes to your mind? Is it the word 'terrorist'? If the first thing that came to ...
Views: 2235(1 vote) - Your Inner Child : Understanding Your Most Important Relationship (Part 1) - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2015 from Tania ManczarekWhat is the inner child? “Inner child” is a psychological term used to describe the part of our adult psyche or personality that remains from our childhood self. It represents the child we once were and it remains with us throughout our lives regardless of our age. Consequently, every adult ...
Views: 2233 - Trichotillomania: And That Is? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2009 from Bill WhiteTrichotillomania (TTM), what I’ll call “trich,” is a fascinating, albeit brutal, mind variance (my stigma-reducing term for “mental illness”). Now, if you’ve elected to read an article addressing treatment you more than likely have a pretty good idea as to just what trich is. But to make sure no ...
Views: 2231 - You Haven’t Turned Up To Your Own Life - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2011 from Willie HortonPeople tell me that, having met me for the first time, they are shocked to discover that they aren’t there! They are stunned to realize that their body is present but that their mind is somewhere else. And, even as you read these words, you’re only partly here. Decades of psychological ...
Views: 2231(2 votes) - Welcome Back Kotter (Likeability)! - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from William CottringerWelcome Back Kotter (Likeability)! By Bill Cottringer “Welcome back, Your dreams were your ticket out. Welcome back, To that same old place that you laughed about…”~John Sebastian, Lov’n Spoonful. One of the most popular TV programs of my generation was “Welcome Back Kotter.” I can ...
Views: 2228(1 vote) - Are You Heart Smart? - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Michelle CastoAre You Heart Smart? How to Enhance Your Emotional Quotient By Michelle L. Casto You don’t have to be Albert Einsten to be smart, although having a high IQ has been associated with being intelligent. Having a high IQ means that you are “head smart.” If you have a high IQ, you are good ...
Views: 2225 - Negativistic (Passive-Aggressive) Personality Disorder - by Submitted on May 30, 2007 from Sam VakninThe Negativistic (Passive-Aggressive) Personality Disorder is not yet recognized by the DSM Committee. It makes its appearances in Appendix B of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, titled "Criteria Sets and Axes Provided for Further Study." Some people are perennial pessimists and have ...
Views: 2219 - THE PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MAN’S RIGHTEOUS DUTIES-Part 1 - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2013 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaObjects of utility value benefit mankind only when its nature, quality and application are known by us. If they are not utilized aptly or if we forget its method of apt usage it will not benefit us at all. If we are unaware of why they were created i.e. what lack was it suppose to fulfill its ...
Views: 2215 - The ABCs of OCD - by Submitted on May 15, 2010 from Christopher McCarthyDo you or someone you love suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? What is OCD and how can you recognize it? In all possible instances I advise you to seek professional help, but here I will also attempt to provide a basic description of a mental disorder that is often misunderstood. Unlike ...
Views: 2203(2 votes) - The Demise of Empathy at Home and in the Family and the Role of Technology - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from Sam VakninEmpathy is on a precipitous decline in the family and home environments. Technology is partly to blame, but so are other social and economic trends. On June 9, 2005 the BBC reported about an unusual project underway in Sheffield (in the United Kingdom). The daily movements and ...
Views: 2202 - The Key Effects of Low Self-Esteem - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2011 from Eduard EzeanuLow self-esteem is a psychological condition that influences all sides of a person’s life: their career, relationships, health, sex life and social life. The vast majority of its consequences are ugly. When a person has low self-esteem, it means they’re making an unwarrantedly negative ...
Views: 2196(1 vote) - How to improve your brain health - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2014 from Brian ConnellThere are lots of ideas floating about on how to improve your brain health and to train your train to be smarter. What may surprise many people is that some of these have been tried, tested and proven. This article is about separating out the wheat from the chaff. These tips will help kids and ...
Views: 2195 - Codependency is based on Fake Facts - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2017 from Darlene LancerCodependency is based on a lie. Its symptoms develop to cope with the deep, but false and painful belief – that “I’m not worthy of love and respect.” In the chart to the left, core symptoms of codependency are in red, but nearly all the symptoms revolve around shame – the shame that accompanies ...
Views: 2190(1 vote) - How To Overcome Your Destructive Urge: Interview with Rabbi Mordecai Finley, PhD. Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Belinda LamsBelinda: Welcome Rabbi Finley. Thank you for joining me today. In my last article, I used the Passover theme of leaving our personal Mitzrayim (Egypt, constriction, slavery to bad habits, etc.) and making the transition into freedom. How do you define the freedom that we’re going ...
Views: 2190 - Psychiatric Fraud: Are Psychiatrists Making Up Disorders to Sell Drugs? - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Michael LocklearSales of psychiatric drugs are big business. Worldwide sales of antidepressants, stimulants, anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic drugs top $82 billion a year and fuel the $330 billion psychiatric industry. Psychiatrists continue to label millions of Americans with “mental illnesses” and to ...
Views: 2190 - Six Steps to Unconscious Putting with Golf Psychology - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2012 from Andrew FoggHave you forgotten how good a putter you are? Well, the older they get, the more golfers tend to forget how easy putting really is. They also forget how good they used to putt when they were younger and more carefree. You often hear the golf pundits on television talking about how some or other ...
Views: 2188(1 vote) - 60 Minutes 'explosive' report: Are antidepressants placebos? - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Les Linet'60 Minutes' antidepressant report may be 'explosive,' but it's not conclusive. Studies linking the placebo effect to antidepressants have been around for more than a decade. There have, however, been far more studies showing antidepressants to be significantly more effective than placebos. The ...
Views: 2186(5 votes) - How to Achieve More by Keeping Your Goals in Mind - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2014 from Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)Posted in: MoHow by Dr. Mo At the beginning of every year, I write down what I want to be remembered for… what I want people to think about me…what I want to achieve in my life. This writing is my long-term vision. Along with this, I write my goals for the year. These goals are the ...
Views: 2185 - SAVING A TROUBLED MARRIAGE - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Pradnya AjinkyaSAVING A TROUBLED MARRIAGE By Dr. Pradnya Ajinkya The case study is being presented on this site so that the readers and students become more familiar with case histories. Case histories are designed to help oneself to test their ability to think their way through situations. This allows ...
Views: 2178 - What You Post on Facebook has an Effect on your Mental Wellbeing - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2011 from George HendersonReflect or Affect?It’s similar to the age-old question about films. Do movies affect society or are they simply mirror society as it is? The answer, in both cases, is that it’s probably a little bit of each. Facebook is a social networking site that hooks members up with their friends and helps ...
Views: 2177 - Wired for Joy - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Natalie AmsdenWe all have the ability to create any emotion we want to experience at the flick of a switch. Imagine someone brings you a big, juicy lime. That person cuts into it, and the lime juice squirts onto you. He gives you a piece, and as you bite into it your face puckers as you taste the sour juices. ...
Views: 2177 - Accomplish Your Desires and Goals After Watching Yourself Star in a Future Mental Film with Simple Programming Steps Outlined - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2019 from Leon EdwardAll of us have something in life, your own business or work, that we wish to attain. The majority of the time we have no idea of ways to tackle attaining these goals. Typically when we do understand the best ways to tackle accomplishing them we simply enable ourselves to stop working by just ...
Views: 2172(2 votes) - How To Increase IQ Using Simple Methods - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Kadra AdamsThere are many ways to increase IQ and here, we aim to reveal and explore some of the things which you can do right now, which will help to enhance and develop your mental powers going forward. Use The Square Attention Game This is a very unique mental training technique, which, in the ...
Views: 2171(1 vote) - The Neuroplastic Fantastic: The Power of the Mind to Change the Brain - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Drew GerberBack in the 1980’s, the Dalai Lama asked a group of world class neuroscientists if the mind could change the brain. It is a critical question. Does the brain direct us, or do we direct the brain? Are we genuinely free? Or are we stuck with the way genetics and early childhood wired our brains, ...
Views: 2161 - How To Be Happy: The Culprit in Virtually All Human Unhappiness - by Submitted on May 11, 2010 from Dr. Steve McSwain,Robert Louis Stephenson once wrote: "I have a little shadow who goes in and out with me; and what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; and I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed." Clever poem, but what is he talking ...
Views: 2159 - The Myth of Your "Calling" in Life: How to Know What You REALLY Showed Up to Do - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Dr. Steve McSwain,The Myth of Your “Calling” in Life Our culture has confused people, and continues to do so, in this regard. For example, what young person does not grow up expecting that there is something special they are here to do and that their greatest life challenge, or test, is to figure out what that ...
Views: 2156(1 vote) - It's Still Important to Heal Your Memories, It Will Change Your Life - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2014 from Frank HealyDo you ever wish that something in your life had happened differently? Maybe you made a bad decision in a career or marriage? Were you bullied in school? at home? at work? Is there a memory that you continue to think about? There are some simple exercises that can help you heal a memory. It ...
Views: 2155 - Coping Strategies: Information For Eating Disorder Sufferers - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr GrayResolving your eating disorder means that potentially you will be without a way a coping with difficult and challenging experiences. It is therefore important that you develop alternative coping strategies in parallel with working to resolve your eating disorder. This will feel difficult for a ...
Views: 2139 - The Infinite Mind - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2019 from John DiPreteThe cosmos is gigantic. But the inner frontier, the brain's potential for the imagination, supercedes it. Contrary to myth, the brain's plasticity exists into old age and is highly adaptable to change. Frequently the brain is easily misled, but the organ's deep intellect is priceless ...
Views: 2129 - Schizophrenia Could Be Demonic Possession - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2018 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThe idea associating schizophrenia with demonic possession is very controversial; modern scientific thought rejects the spiritual. One researcher is swimming upstream against the conventional current and believes there’s a viable connection between evil spirits and mental disorders. ...
Views: 2121 - Dealing with Anxiety, Fear and Panic - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Willie HortonWorrying about money, being anxious about job security, worrying about children, fearful of personal security, feeling inadequate – these are the things that occupy the normal mind. Unfortunately, psychology has proven time and time again that the normal mind is plagued by negative thought. ...
Views: 2106(2 votes) - Discover Passive Brain Training and Active Brain Training Most Effective Techniques and Benefits With Long-Term Positive Personal Development Effects - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2021 from Leon EdwardBrain training is the new "trend" when it pertains to shaping your mind. As it so occurs, a surge in training to enhance cognitive processing happened because researchers have actually found that the neurons in your brain do, in fact, make new connections with each other (this is called brain ...
Views: 2094(2 votes) - How To Know What Boundaries Are? - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Mara FisherMany books have been written on the subject of boundaries. Is it possible to be an I and still be a We? Where do I end and my partner begin? Many of us have been pondering this notion. How do I get close without getting lost while in a committed relationship? Many believe that the lack of ...
Views: 2094(5 votes) - The Neuroscience of Intelligence - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2021 from Leon EdwardIf you want to strengthen intelligence, it makes good sense to first try and define what we mean by intelligence. How do you measure it and what precisely is it? As it happens, the official answer at this moment is 'no one knows'. Intelligence is a highly abstract concept and effectively ...
Views: 2084(1 vote) - The cost of Stress and Mental Health issues in the Workplace - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Prof. George GrantEvidence about the total cost of health, absence, short-term disability, and productivity losses was synthesized for 10 health conditions. Cost estimates from a large medical/absence database were combined with findings from several published productivity surveys. Ranges of condition prevalence ...
Views: 2083(1 vote) - Critical Thinking for Problem Solving - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2021 from Leon EdwardYou can be much surer of a gratifying result when you utilize critical thinking methods to fix issues in your individual or business life. Critical thinking assists you to discard biases, beliefs and predispositions and declarations that are tossed at us through media outlets and make sense of ...
Views: 2080 - Narcissist vs. Psychopath - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2007 from Sam VakninWe all heard the terms "psychopath" or "sociopath". These are the old names for a patient with the Antisocial Personality Disorder (AsPD). It is hard to distinguish narcissists from psychopaths. The latter may simply be a less inhibited and less grandiose form of the former. Indeed, the DSM V ...
Views: 2080 - Exactly what is Your Unconscious Mind and How Self Hypnosis Can Change Beliefs - by Submitted on May 17, 2017 from Leon EdwardSelf-hypnosis is possibly a really effective tool that you can utilize to get rid of worries, enhance psychological and physical efficiency as well as assist treat dependencies. Without our understanding of the unconscious mind, there would be no such thing as hypnotherapy, never ever mind ...
Views: 2065 - Narcissism, Trump-isms, and Realism: The Narcissist's Illusion of Grandiosity - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2015 from Darlene LancerDonald Trump has grown an empire of wealth and power, but is it enough? He admits that it isn’t the money that motivates him. (The Art of the Deal, 1987) What drives narcissists are their fears of feeling weak, vulnerable, or inferior. Consequently, for male narcissists in particular, achieving ...
Views: 2055(1 vote) - The Solar Plexus - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2012 from Joie HRHThe universe feels us; and we feel it as communication is transmitted through the information highway of our electrical nervous system and emotions (energy in motion). In The Solar Plexus or Abdominal Brain, late 1800’s writer, Atkinson [Dumont] offers a comprehensive guide on the biology of ...
Views: 2054(7 votes) - Neuro-Emotional Techniques(TM) - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2003 from Jef Gazley,NETä or Neuro-Emotional Techniquesä is one of the newer “power therapies” that along with TFT, Thought Field Therapy, and EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing have become popular in the last ten years. These therapies seem to work quicker than traditional talk therapies. This ...
Views: 2050(3 votes) - Brain Training To Improve All Aspects Of Your Mind - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Kadra AdamsBrain training is a general term which refers to any strategy which can help improve the performance of your mind. Generally, there are written exercises, mental techniques and physical or behavioral components involved in any effective program. Below, we aim to share some of the key methods you ...
Views: 2037 - Why Most People Don't Really Change - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2010 from Joseph BurgoMost people don’t change; they just become more the way they already are. I must have said these words hundreds of times in my life — to clients, family and friends. While there are exceptions, most people find change difficult for several reasons. They don’t know themselves very well, to ...
Views: 2032(1 vote) - Brainwaves - Your Most Important Tool To Success - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2008 from Greg FrostYour brain exists in different stages that are determined by the state that you are in. Conscious, walking around or even in deep sleep - our brains produce electromagnetic waves in differing frequency ranges that have been scientifically marked as Alpha all the way to the Theta stage. From ...
Views: 2028 - The Psychological Profile of Al Qaida - by The Psychological Profile of Terrorist Cults
What then is the psychological profile of these elements, which make the cult cells and networks? Like the camps, they are something of a rather, messy mélange of neurotics, post-traumatic stress sufferers (PTSD) and psychopaths. In profiling them ...
Views: 2014 - Better, More Engaging Therapy? Sign Me Up! - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2017 from Angela AshIt seems that everything is getting easier in this technological age. There are apps to help us eat better, walk more and even do a little bit of yoga on the go. We can even keep our bodies strong by staying active and paying more attention to the nutritional benefits that we derive from every ...
Views: 2013 - Psychoanalytical history of a violent child - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Pradnya AjinkyaPsychoanalytical history of a violent child By Dr. Pradnya Ajinkya MS Counselling, PhD, P.G. Journalism This psychohistorical approach to the life of Ms. Sanjukta Sen, using the psychological theories of Eric Erikson, Jean Piaget, Mead, Albert, to explain some of the factors behind the ...
Views: 2005 - Be a Brain Scientist - by Submitted on May 24, 2010 from Stacey Curnow“To think is to practice brain chemistry.” - Deepak Chopra Have you ever heard someone say, “Well, I’m no brain scientist…”? Quite recently I had lunch with a friend while he was on a break from work. When he ordered a beer I raised my eyebrows in mock astonishment. He replied “It’s not like ...
Views: 2003(1 vote) - Medication Vs. Psychotherapy - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2008 from Richard RauboltFor far too long “vs.” has designated a combative stance which has interfered with a useful combination of psychotherapy and medication. Medication can be a vital aid when prescribed properly especially for severe depression, bi-polar disorders and psychosis. Of course each patient ...
Views: 2003 - Mental Health, Depression And Positive Mental Health Habits (Part II) - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2012 from Dana Barker DaviesIn the first part of this article: Mental Health, Depression And Positive Mental Health Habits I discussed some general facts about what mental health is, why it is important and provided a short, simplified description of depression. In this part I would like to focus more on the healthy ...
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