Social Science - 19 April 2007

I want to be thankful for the things that I have - enough money, good health, education to get a job. However, I consistently focus on what did not work out in my life - my marriage and my child is not with me.

Yet, I feel bad when others at work talk about their intact families and children and I can not. My child lives with her Dad in another state and is 15. She is going through the normal teenage problems.

What other ways besides training your mind and leaving it to God when I feel bad about my life are there?

I want to feel that I have something good going for me in my life.

2007-04-19 14:22:16 · 10 answers · asked by Stareyes 5 in Psychology

I was lying in bed just before and i started hearing a heart beat and it started getting louder.
There are no hearts that beat that i can hear. Not even my own but this one i could hear.
ba ba
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BA BA
BA BA
BA BA
BA BA BA
BA BA BA
BA BA BA

IT IS DRIVING ME NUTS. HELP!!!!!!!

2007-04-19 14:18:20 · 7 answers · asked by jess m 2 in Psychology

What is it called when you really like someone, and you miss them so much when they're gone, when you hear their name it cuts like a knife, or makes you very happy, and everytime you walk past them, it seems like slow motion?

2007-04-19 14:18:04 · 4 answers · asked by MS 4 in Psychology

I do NOT have the major symptoms of OCD (counting things, washing hands or doing other routines obsessively, etc.) However, I do sometimes suffer major anxiety over little things that no one else would notice, but I notice. For example, a purse that I bought had a tiny, miniscule, unnoticeable (except by me, when I look very closely) scratch on the brass buckle, and I obsessed over it like crazy! Everyone told me you could barely see it, but yet I let it bother me for weeks. It's only when I buy new things, whether it's clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc. I will find something wrong with it, usually it is barely noticeable, like a tiny scratch that nobody will even see, and I fixate on it. It has to be perfect. Usually I just end up making myself miserable. Is this OCD? Its the only OCD-ish symptom I would have? Thanks for any answers. Serious answers only, please! Ive used Yahoo answers before, and some people can be mean in their responses. Just looking for answers.

2007-04-19 14:13:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

So this person was telling me a story where she was doing some do-it-yourself hypnosis on somebody. They "patient" was telling how she was in a forest and there was a guy there and then she stopped talking and acted like she was chocking, and then she developed bruises around her neck.

2007-04-19 13:54:27 · 5 answers · asked by JoeIQ 4 in Psychology

Recognizing that we are all related to each other?

2007-04-19 12:59:49 · 7 answers · asked by rgeleven 3 in Anthropology

I have been coughing for a month, I have no energy, I hade a head ack for a month.

2007-04-19 12:55:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I have little or no energy most of the time. Sometimes I am constantly hungry, and other times I have not eaten all day and still have no desire or motivation to eat. I sleep constantly, only getting up to walk to class and back. I dont hang out with my friends, well the one i still have. The only time I am remotely cheerful or like my old self is when my boyfriend calls, and when he dosent I get worse.

2007-04-19 12:49:57 · 13 answers · asked by Darkbutterfly 2 in Psychology

I have an incentive from my professor for the final.
"If you can answer this question, you will receive an A in the course."

Question: (Answer with one word)

"In consumer behavior, What is being consumed by the consumer when they purchase the product?"

Other than litterally consuming the product, what is being consumed in regards to identity, culture, status, individuality, etc...


Answer must be ONE word.

Help!

2007-04-19 12:23:36 · 6 answers · asked by ThatEntrepreneurFromJersey 2 in Psychology

I was reading the report of a study done on the correlation between marijuana use and depression. They purposely excluded left handed people from the study, and I am not sure why. Any ideas?

2007-04-19 12:14:43 · 7 answers · asked by ☭ 4 in Psychology

would you change the way that you live now ? (ie job ,marriage ,etc )

2007-04-19 11:55:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I should be happy. My little brother got accepted into a private highschool. My father got a job. My mom is content. Im getting good grades. I should be happy, but virginia tech is bringing me down, i can't stop crying, i am getting dreams. I dream of columbine. Im 15 and have no connection 2 these 2 school. i dont know any one from both. but i feel so affected. My family is happy because we finally got out of some personal issues, but the shooting is so upsetting. I kinda of feel bad. I feel like i could have done something to stop it. Please help.

2007-04-19 11:39:56 · 9 answers · asked by Yes we did 1 in Psychology

2007-04-19 11:39:33 · 6 answers · asked by Blackout 2 in Sociology

at first i thought he was disturbed mental ill kid who just went on a spur of the moment rage. Now that I know it was planned out it gives me a new feeling. its one thing to be mental ill but even most mental ill ppl don't commit mass murders and none plan them so I don't blame it on him being mental ill. he wasn't mentally ill. he was just evil. Have your feelings change since you found out that it was planned and not spur of the moment

2007-04-19 11:24:32 · 9 answers · asked by bunnygrl43 5 in Psychology

Also what are the youth interested in if they are and those who are not, why not?

2007-04-19 11:23:14 · 4 answers · asked by fashiongirl 1 in Other - Social Science

2007-04-19 11:21:24 · 2 answers · asked by birdy 3 in Economics

2007-04-19 11:10:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

My fears are hights andlosing the man i love.

2007-04-19 10:55:29 · 14 answers · asked by Meg 2 in Psychology

2007-04-19 10:53:28 · 21 answers · asked by Mr looking for answers 2 in Psychology

I learned in my physical anthropology class that we are not to put the blame on HIM - but on us.

Humans evolved to be social - evolved as a group. Now, particularly in the U.S., it is individual success that is praised. As a result, loners are more likely to exist. He had no social support group. This is why he got paranoia (thought everyone was against him) and acted out to such an extreme level.

2007-04-19 10:04:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

If a foreign citizen grows corn in the US then sells it to a grocery store in his/her native country, is this transaction included in the GDP? I think so, right?

2007-04-19 09:34:16 · 3 answers · asked by mrsahmedhashmi 1 in Economics

It's not that I want to die. I want to live so much. But each day I hope that this is it, that I won't have to deal with my life any more.
My life isn't horrible. No one makes me miserable. I do it to myself. I ruin things for myself and I disappoint every single person I know. I can't stand the person I am now.
I try to change. But the truth is, I have turned into this horrible person that I hate.
I attempted suicide twice, but I didn't want to die. If I did, I would have done it the first time. When I feel like I can't take it, I swallow tylenol pills. I hope that I'll fall asleep and not wake up, but of course I do.
I need a break to just deal with myself. Away from everyone else. But I can't get that here on earth.
I don't know what to do. I can't keep living like this. I won't. It isn't fair for me to be like this.
I told my mom. She knows pretty much everything. It's no big deal to her.
I won't call a hotline. They aren't right here to help me.

2007-04-19 09:32:18 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-04-19 09:19:53 · 18 answers · asked by Libby 5 in Psychology

I know that when women have it, it's usually because they have been raped and want to drown out the memory with a controlled reenactment. What causes a man to have the brutal fantasy?

2007-04-19 09:19:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anne 5 in Psychology

Does your occupation affect your IQ level? If we can list occupation and IQ level achieved then we can find out if all hair dressers are 95 and all doctors are 147. I'll start don't check my answers as many would not reflect the IQ level achieved!

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer IQ - 143

2007-04-19 09:08:50 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-04-19 09:07:00 · 7 answers · asked by STORMY K 3 in Psychology

I have 5 years clean and haven't been to a meeting since my 2nd week. The 12-Steps are always included in treatment, and meeting attendance is essential, but I absolutely hated it. I have since met lots of other people, most of them with the same experience as I had. I was just curious as to what other people thought?

2007-04-19 09:04:48 · 9 answers · asked by AODAbuse 2 in Psychology

2007-04-19 09:03:04 · 7 answers · asked by Jackie Oh! 7 in Psychology

I dont know all the details about how it would be fed, etc., Just say it was done as an experimeriment, and these details were worked out. Would this child learn some sort of launguage to speak to itself, would it learn to lie, or always be truthfull, would it learn violence, or sadness, or anger?Would it learn sexuality, love, jealousy, materialism? What I'm asking, I guess, Is what types of behaviors are genetic, or contained within onesself, insticntual, and what types are learned from other humans.

2007-04-19 08:58:10 · 7 answers · asked by Big hands Big feet 7 in Psychology

..and eventualy end up chasing the very person away - the one I feel close to? I crave close companionship, and although, I initally have a wall around me, but once I start feeling close and start getting emotionally drawn, I kinda become emotionally dependent on the person. Is this emotional insecurity? I like to constantly need confirmation that I am not doing anything wrong and that I am still in favor with the person I love or like very much. How do I stop this from happening? Is it not natural to be vulnerable and open with someone...? Is it not natural to be dependent on someone close? Or is it that, I am perfectly fine, but the guys I picked were the wrong choices? Thank you..

2007-04-19 08:57:13 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6 in Psychology