Psychology
I?m Sorry! Blame-Game or Accountability? by Sharon Ellison
A powerful tool for health as we approach the new year can be to focus on giving and/or receiving only real apologies when we want to heal a rift with a family member, friend, or co-worker. We hear apologies all the time, but I don?t think many of them are sincere. An apology has to be real to heal.
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What Makes You Feel Good/What Makes You Feel Bad by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach
Emotional Intelligence is all about self-awareness, understanding how emotions work within you and others. Our feelings are regulated by neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Here are some things to know about serotonin, called the ?feel good? neurotransmitter.
Research indicates that low levels of serotonin in the brain can lead to the underlying inabili ... continue
Learning From All Our Relationships by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
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How is Coaching Different from Therapy? by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach
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The Psychology of Torture - Part I by Sam Vaknin
There is one place in which one`s privacy, intimacy, integrity and inviolability are guaranteed ? one`s body, a unique temple and a familiar territory of sensa and personal history. The torturer invades, defiles and desecrates this shrine. He does so publicly, deliberately, repeatedly and, often, sadistically and sexually, with undisguised pleasure. Hence the all-pervasive, long-lasting, an ... continue
Serial Killers by Sam Vaknin
Countess Erszebet Bathory was a breathtakingly beautiful, unusually well-educated woman, married to a descendant of Vlad Dracula of Bram Stoker fame. In 1611, she was tried - though, being a noblewoman, not convicted - in Hungary for slaughtering 612 young girls. The true figure may have been 40-100, though the Countess recorded in her diary more than 610 girls and 50 bodies were found in h ... continue
What is Narcissism? by Sam Vaknin
A pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one`s self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one`s gratification, dominance and ambition.
Most narcissists (50-75%, according to the DSM-IV-TR) are men.
The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is one of a `family` of personality disorders (known as `Cluster B ... continue
Intuition - Part I by Sam Vaknin
I. The Three Intuitions
IA. Eidetic Intuitions
Intuition is supposed to be a form of direct access. Yet, direct access to what? Does it access directly `intuitions` (abstract objects, akin to numbers or properties - see `Bestowed Existence`)? Are intuitions the objects of the mental act of Intuition? Perhaps intuition is the mind`s way of interacting directly with Platonic ide ... continue
The Shattered Identity - Part II by Sam Vaknin
But the unconscious is as much a part of one`s self-identity as one`s conscious. What if, due to a mishap, the roles were reversed? What if Dan`s conscious part were to become his unconscious and his unconscious part - his conscious? What if all his conscious memories, drives, fears, wishes, fantasies, and hopes - were to become unconscious while his repressed memories, drives, etc. - were ... continue
The Shattered Identity - Part I by Sam Vaknin
I. Exposition
In the movie `Shattered` (1991), Dan Merrick survives an accident and develops total amnesia regarding his past. His battered face is reconstructed by plastic surgeons and, with the help of his loving wife, he gradually recovers his will to live. But he never develops a proper sense of identity. It is as though he is constantly ill at ease in his own body. As the plot u ... continue
On Empathy - Part II by Sam Vaknin
Alas, such an agreement is meaningless. We cannot (yet) measure sadness, quantify it, crystallize it, access it in any way from the outside. We are totally and absolutely reliant on your introspection and my introspection. There is no way anyone can prove that my `sadness` is even remotely similar to your sadness. I may be feeling or experiencing something that you might find hilarious and ... continue
On Empathy - Part I by Sam Vaknin
The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1999 edition) defines empathy as:
`The ability to imagine oneself in anther`s place and understand the other`s feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. It is a term coined in the early 20th century, equivalent to the German Einf?hlung and modelled on `sympathy.` The term is used with special (but not exclusive) reference to aesthetic experience. The most o ... continue
Traumas as Social Interactions by Sam Vaknin
(`He` in this text - to mean `He` or `She`).
We react to serious mishaps, life altering setbacks, disasters, abuse, and death by going through the phases of grieving. Traumas are the complex outcomes of psychodynamic and biochemical processes. But the particulars of traumas depend heavily on the interaction between the victim and his social milieu.
It would seem that while the ... continue
The Narcissist in the Workplace by Sam Vaknin
Question:
The narcissist turns the workplace into a duplicitous hell. What to do?
Answer:
To a narcissistic employer, the members of his `staff` are Secondary Sources of Narcissistic Supply. Their role is to accumulate the supply (remember events that support the grandiose self-image of the narcissist) and to regulate the Narcissistic Supply of the narcissist during dry ... continue
Narcissism - Treatment Modalities and Therapies - Part II by Sam Vaknin
The fourth edition of the authoritative `Review of General Psychiatry` (London, Prentice-Hall International, 1995), says (p. 309):
`(People with personality disorders) ... cause resentment and possibly even alienation and burnout in the healthcare professionals who treat them ... (p. 318) Long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have been attempted with (narcissists) ... continue
Sex or Gender - Part II by Sam Vaknin
The Encyclopedia Britannica 2003 edition describes the formation of ovaries and testes thus:
`In the young embryo a pair of gonads develop that are indifferent or neutral, showing no indication whether they are destined to develop into testes or ovaries. There are also two different duct systems, one of which can develop into the female system of oviducts and related apparatus and th ... continue
Can You Control It? by Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW
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The Incredible Human Psyche by Lady Camelot
The Incredible Human Psyche
by Lady Camelot
The intriguing Human psyche - more complex than the metamorphosing cocoon, and more phenomenal than the human brain could ever imagine.
Deep within the realm of your subconscious is the centrifuge, or cerebral core of all Human possibilities. Therein, lies the key to the supernatural, heightened spirituality and the unique pote ... continue
Shakespeare and Human Nature by Lady Camelot
Shakespeare and Human Nature
by Lady Camelot
Isn`t it peculiar how human nature evolves through environmental and socialogical conditions? It is evident that we, as Human beings, tend to characterize our capabilities, strengths and emotional intelligence through bonds of society. As we encounter diverse walks of life we have a bizarre and acute tendency to create new personaliti ... continue
What`s in Your Blind Spot? by Keith Varnum
We frantically search for our `lost` keys that are lying in plain
sight on the kitchen counter. We don`t we see the keys. Why not?
Because we already decided `the keys are not there.` And once we make
that decision, we create a blind spot in our awareness. The result is
that we don`t see the keys where we don`t expect them to be.
If we miss seeing keys out in the open bec ... continue
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