Social Science - 1 October 2007

2007-10-01 23:57:57 · 12 answers · asked by stillonparolebabe 1 in Psychology

I am worried about my sister I feel she is neurotically obsessed with impressing people. When I suggested she may have low self-esteem she denied it and became very defensive and instead claimed her high confidence in herself. She lies to other people about very minor things like saying she is best of buddies with everyone in her family, saying she writes poetry when she doesn't. I can't understand it. Even worse is now she has signed up to do a Master's degree. I am worried because I know they are expensive and also know she is not doing it for the sheer enthusiasm and dedication to her studies but rather so she boast to other people that she is doing an MA.

I want to understand her and help her but I don't know how.

2007-10-01 23:47:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I dreamed that I was talking to my ex-boyfriend on my cellphone as the airplane he was riding on was crashing. I felt utterly helpless. I remember I was trying not to panic and telling him everything I could think of to increase his chances of survival (ie: try and brace yourself against the seat in front of you, look for an exit don't tense up when the plane hits the ground, etc.)

I felt so helpless.

2007-10-01 23:31:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

uuh did I hear someone say hypocrite?

2007-10-01 23:10:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

And other variants of the same benefits, that allow people to stay unemployed indefinitely. If we weren't at the point where we have to import foreign labour I wouldn't care, but there a several million Brits on their arses for no good reason. My twin brother in laws are in their mid thirties and have never worked, they just parasite of the state, my hard earned tax money.

Should we limit it to something like one year in ten when we have good employment rates? A lifetime maximum? I could walk into a crappy low paid job tomrrow and support myself. Why should anyone get away with it when we are having to import labour?

2007-10-01 23:08:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

...you pretend you believe them just to see how far their lying will go and uncover them when there is no way for them to make it up and you just finish with them?

2007-10-01 23:06:30 · 18 answers · asked by Alice in Wonderbra 7 in Psychology

When you are faced with death, what is the final fear that you will have?

2007-10-01 22:46:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Why I am content? I am guessing that this deeply rooted belief is the reason: "Everything will be all right, regardless of anything."

I feel dissatisfaction at times, I feel upset at times, I feel angry and confused many times, I search for peace and find it, only to be disgruntled again, just like most people.

But I never worry. I may analogize and feel concern for others' predicaments. I often try to empathize. But personally, I have no worries. When I'm afraid, my belief comforts me.

I am never truly or significantly worried about anything.
Despair and depression are impossible for me.

This is why I say, I am content: because I am never worried.
I need some suggestions. I'm curious.

Why am I never worried?
Why do I believe that things will always be all right?
I have experienced plenty of pain in life, but I have always been able to rise above it. And I cannot imagine not being able to do so. Why is this?

Why are so many people unable to sustain such unworry?

2007-10-01 22:16:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Heres the situation. its like a dream but i can see like im awake (hope not), usually i sleep with the covers over me just exsposing my mouth to breathe because i hate my body exposed at night. well in this dream(hopefully) it feels as if something is climbing on top of me and i can feel it leaning on my bed its very bizarre...and it feels like im awake but i simply just cant move, i can hear my dad snoring in the background which doesnt help..anyway this thing is right on top of me on my bed and i can feel it lean towards my face and i can feel it touching my hair or something, then it gets off me and then i wake up few seconds after, then i can move (or wake up if i was dreaming) i sit up (in the dark uughh) and look round but there is nothing there, but i can feel the tingle on my skin where it was leaning on me its very frightening.
i hope someone has a definite answer for what im experiencing (doubt it) or id like to hear from someone who has had similar experience. thanks.

2007-10-01 22:04:39 · 3 answers · asked by Dr T 2 in Dream Interpretation

2007-10-01 21:42:25 · 8 answers · asked by oohay 3 in Psychology

is it ---
girls want to look up to their husbands/beaus and in turn be looked down upon or other way round
what is psychological reason

2007-10-01 21:23:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2007-10-01 21:06:31 · 12 answers · asked by MI5 4 in Anthropology

i have dreams where either my cousin or my uncle(both deceased, from opposite sides of my family) attend holiday get togethers,as though they had never died..in the dream, i keep thinking "you can't be here, you're dead"...why are they in my dreams only in a holiday setting?it's been 8 yrs since my uncle died(we weren't close) 11 yrs since my cousin died(we were close)..why am i still dreaming that they're alive?

2007-10-01 21:02:15 · 5 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1 in Dream Interpretation

i asked GOD prayed in ko dikhao me kya hoon.read some verses of quran.a clairvoyant did somer magic on me. in the night i felt still and something was injected into my ear .WHAT TO DO?? somebody help me please

2007-10-01 20:53:59 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

We're doing a forum for school and the main topic is globalisation. In addition, if you could give us a definition of what YOU consider globalisation, that would be great. Thanks.

2007-10-01 20:16:31 · 5 answers · asked by oriole52 2 in Other - Social Science

2007-10-01 20:13:31 · 11 answers · asked by G-Man 2 in Psychology

past , future ?

2007-10-01 19:54:39 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

People now a days, just are really jealous. It is very hard for people to just let go and be happy when another persons accomplish something. Do u guys agree? WHat is ur opinion on this ?

2007-10-01 19:35:57 · 19 answers · asked by Brilliant Queen (BQ)_forever !!! 5 in Psychology

For me i find it very difficult to be contented.

2007-10-01 19:22:42 · 6 answers · asked by Adam 1 in Psychology

Some say that the faults we find in others is our own... We believe on what we should be is good for us and not who we are as we are?

2007-10-01 19:20:03 · 2 answers · asked by Adam 1 in Psychology

2007-10-01 19:16:45 · 9 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6 in Psychology

alot of the time if i get nervous its cause i think there judging me and it gets hard speaking clearliy without thinking im not and i cant really look people in the eye i can but not with new people... with my close friends im my self loud ext.. but when im with other people im different and can only talk freely when im with my friends what should i do to strike conversation im in college now so i need the help!

2007-10-01 19:11:08 · 9 answers · asked by kool-aid*oh*yeah* 2 in Psychology

Serious, but weird question. Honest opinions. Male or Female.

2007-10-01 19:10:52 · 5 answers · asked by mr_wizard 1 in Psychology

Or is that just something that only happens in movies?

2007-10-01 19:06:39 · 10 answers · asked by * 4 in Psychology

Yo. So Ive been having some really vivid dreams lately, which I think is great because Im pretty facinated by the work of Freud and the Surrealist art movement, so Im thrilled, and Id also like to learn a bit about what they mean, what part of my personality (if any) they reflect and the like.

The first dream Ive been having since I was about 8 years old is where I walk into this giant glass building. Inside it's really bright, and everything is made of glass or is white, except for a few plants (ferns) on the sides of the rooms. I walk around until I find a chair made out of glass in the middle of the room. I sit down on the chair (it looks like a throne) and that's when I wake up.

Ill post the other dream next.

2007-10-01 18:59:35 · 3 answers · asked by azza 4 in Dream Interpretation

What's fueling the rise, when people are losing their homes and jobs, and mortgage companies are going broke?

2007-10-01 18:49:58 · 6 answers · asked by a10cowgirl 5 in Economics

Which nationality (ethnic group, cultural group) most of the chess world champions belong(ed) to?

2007-10-01 18:41:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

You always hear about boys being raised without their fathers, but what happens if a boy doesn't have a mother?

2007-10-01 18:39:16 · 10 answers · asked by Kat 3 in Psychology

Wouldn’t it make sense that guys who grew up with a sister would be much less nervous around girls than guys who had no sisters? Because it would just be a normal thing for them to interact with girls and they would view girls more like regular people instead of mysterious creatures? Yet this doesn’t seem to be the case. Why not?

(Also I could ask the same thing about girls with brothers)

2007-10-01 18:38:47 · 14 answers · asked by egn18s 5 in Gender Studies

Would life be better if it was fair or is life fine the way it is?

2007-10-01 18:37:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology