| 51 | A Powerful New Way to Use "Why" Questions Preview: To start making dramatic changes in your life, transform the way you use questions that begin with "why." IBM Founder Thomas Watson, Sr. is quoted as saying "the ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer." "Why" questions are uniquely powerful in that they already contain an answer themselves. Implicit ... (more) Published By: Michael Pollock Submitted: 05 December,2001 |
| 52 | Postpartum Depression: What Women Aren't Telling Their Doctors Preview: What New Mothers May NOT be telling Their Doctors By: Robyn B. Surdel Robyn’s Nest ~ The Parenting Network Postpartum mood disorders come in many shapes and sizes. Approximately 80% of all women in the United States will experience some form of mood disorder after the birth of their child. The emotional and physical discomfort they feel can be t... (more) Published By: Robyn B. Surdel Submitted: 10 December,2001 |
| 53 | Worry and Anxiety Help Preview: "A god, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite and turns the hair gray." - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) It does a lot more than that, Benjamin! The harm that worry causes in our lives has been well documented by many writers, health professionals, and philosophers. ... (more) Published By: Ken McIsaac Submitted: 15 December,2001 |
| 54 | Living With Depression Preview: Andrea Yates shocked the nation when she admitted to systematically drowning her five children in their Texas home. This 36-year-old mother had previously been diagnosed with depression and consequently was prescribed antidepressants. Depression is an ancient and prevalent mental condition that has been referenced throughout history in song, poetr... (more) Published By: John Boe Submitted: 18 December,2001 |
| 55 | The Gift of Gab Preview: A working understanding of temperament styles (personality types) will have a profound impact on the way you perceive yourself and will greatly enhance all of your relationships. If you are a salesperson, this information will significantly increase your sales effectiveness by enabling you to build trust and rapport quickly with your prospects and... (more) Published By: John Boe Submitted: 18 December,2001 |
| 56 | We Aim To Please Preview: A working understanding of temperament styles (personality types) will have a profound impact on the way you perceive yourself and will greatly enhance all of your relationships. If you are a salesperson, this information will significantly increase your sales effectiveness by enabling you to build trust and rapport quickly with your prospects and... (more) Published By: John Boe Submitted: 18 December,2001 |
| 57 | What is Your Temperament Style? Preview: Understanding temperament styles will not only have a positive impact on the way you see yourself but it will also enhance your relationship with others. If you are a parent, it can dramatically improve the way you raise your children. If you are single, it can give you insight into selecting a compatible mate. If you are a salesperson, this infor... (more) Published By: John Boe Submitted: 18 December,2001 |
| 58 | Why is Bobby Knight Explosive? Preview: Bobby Knight is presently the head basketball coach at Texas Tech. Prior to being hired by them Bobby Knight spent twenty-nine years coaching basketball at Indiana University. In those twenty-nine years he coached many successful basketball teams and in fact, brought three NCAA basketball championships back to Indiana. He was recognized as a stric... (more) Published By: John Boe Submitted: 18 December,2001 |
| 59 | Driven to Succeed! Preview: A working understanding of temperament styles (personality types) will have a profound impact on the way you perceive yourself and will greatly enhance all of your relationships. If you are a salesperson, this information will significantly increase your sales effectiveness by enabling you to build trust and rapport quickly with your prospects and... (more) Published By: John Boe Submitted: 18 December,2001 |
| 60 | Taming the Beast: Pathological Narcissism and the Quality of Life Preview: Question: You seem to be very sceptical that someone with a Narcissistic Personality Disorder can be treated successfully. Answer: The Narcissistic Personality Disorder has been recognised as a distinct mental health diagnosis a little more than two decades ago. There are few who can honestly claim expertise or even in-depth understanding of... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 61 | The Manifold of Sense - Part I Preview: "Anthropologists report enormous differences in the ways that different cultures categorize emotions. Some languages, in fact, do not even have a word for emotion. Other languages differ in the number of words they have to name emotions. While English has over 2,000 words to describe emotional categories, there are only 750 such descriptive words ... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 62 | The Interrupted Self Preview: Also read this - Psychophysics http://samvak.tripod.com/psychophysics.html The fundament of our mind is the mental map we create of our body ("Body Image", or "Body Map"). It is a detailed, psychic, rendition of our corporeal self, based on sensa (sensory input) and above all on proprioception and other kinaesthetic senses. It incorporates repr... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 63 | The Manifold of Sense - Part II Preview: To say that emotions are cognitions is to say nothing. We understand cognition even less than we understand emotions (with the exception of the mechanics of cognition). To say that emotions are caused by cognitions or cause cognitions (emotivism) or are part of a motivational process – does not answer the question: "What are emotions?". Emotions d... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 64 | The Manifold of Sense - Part III Preview: Feeling is a "hyper-concept" which is made of both sensation and emotion. It describes the ways in which we experience both our world and our selves. It coincides with sensations whenever it has a bodily component. But it is sufficiently flexible to cover emotions and attitudes or opinions. But attaching names to phenomena never helped in the long... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 65 | Misdiagnosing Narcissism - Asperger's Disorder Preview: (The use of gender pronouns in this article reflects the clinical facts: most narcissists and most Asperger's patients are male.) Asperger's Disorder is often misdiagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), though evident as early as age 3 (while pathological narcissism cannot be safely diagnosed prior to early adolescence). In both cas... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 66 | Metaphors of the Mind Preview: The brain (and, by implication, the mind) have been compared to the latest technological innovation in every generation. The computer metaphor is now in vogue. Computer hardware metaphors were replaced by software metaphors and, lately, by (neuronal) network metaphors. Metaphors are not confined to the philosophy of neurology. Architects and math... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 67 | Narcissistic Personality Disorder - An Introduction Preview: NARCISSISM (n. sing.) 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. Narcissism is named after the ancient Greek myth of Narcissus who was a handsome Greek youth who rejected the despe... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 68 | Psychology as Storytelling - Part II Preview: To qualify as a "psychological" plot, it must be: All-inclusive (anamnetic) – It must encompass, integrate and incorporate all the facts known about the protagonist. Coherent – It must be chronological, structured and causal. Consistent – Self-consistent (its subplots cannot contradict one another or go against the grain of the main plot) and... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 69 | The Dialogue of Dreams - Part I Preview: Are dreams a source of reliable divination? Generations upon generations seem to have thought so. They incubated dreams by travelling afar, by fasting and by engaging in all other manners of self deprivation or intoxication. With the exception of this highly dubious role, dreams do seem to have three important functions: To process repressed emot... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 70 | A Letter about Trust Preview: The narcissistic condition emanates from a seismic breach of trust, a tectonic shift of what should have been a healthy relationship between the narcissist and his Primary Objects (parents or caregivers). Some of these bad feelings are the result of deeply entrenched misunderstandings regarding the nature of trust and the continuous act of trustin... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |