Social Science - 2 November 2007

it's not even that bad compared to others. i only pull my eyelashes out. i absolutely hate it but again, having trichotillomania, it's hard to stop. im seeing a psychologist about it and is there any ideas you guys have other than keeping your hands busy ?? just wondering

2007-11-02 13:51:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I have been talking to this girl on aim for a year and a half and in that time I have seen her twice once at her work and once at a craft show for her sister both time she ran off to the bathroom when she saw me. The last time I saw her was 11 months ago and I since tried to hang out with her she says she wants to hang out with me but find reasons not to. I told her if she doesn’t want to see that’s cool but she says no that she wants to see me? She loves to flirt sexy pics ECT. I just wanted to hang out as friends and see were things go if nothing but friendship then fine I am not looking for sex I am waiting till marriage and have told her that many times. So I stopped talking to her cuz I just got sick of it all. Two weeks ago she text me saying should come over to her house.

I ignored it then I got on Monday saying that she did something that would make me proud and she would tell me if I responded. Then Tuesday she call me on my cell (which I left at home) and text me saying

2007-11-02 13:49:50 · 4 answers · asked by . 1 in Psychology

PLease help me. I know I should be happy but i am not.

2007-11-02 13:46:03 · 3 answers · asked by ily.the.cat 1 in Psychology

2007-11-02 13:38:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2007-11-02 13:36:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Every once in a while, every couple of months (though they have gotten shorter and farther apart), I kind of fall off the face of the earth. I hang out by myself, keep away from my friends, and it gets to the point where I maybe wont even respond to emails or messages. My longest was two and a half-weeks; my shortest has been three days. I don’t know why I do it; I just kind of lose energy and don’t want to deal with things. I haven’t really noticed how my friends must worry about me. I don’t realize it until it’s over because I’m just running through the motions. I feel one of those phases coming on. I want to see how I can prevent it because when I do come back to earth I have a lot of damage control to do. My friends feel like I have turn my back on them, but it’s just my problem.

What does this sound like? Does anyone else do this? I want to fix it for the sake of my friends and my family, especially because when I move out I don’t want them thinking I'm in trouble.

2007-11-02 13:33:40 · 8 answers · asked by katechaos34 2 in Psychology

I'm 22 with two little girls of my own. My mom is 45 and has 3 kids, me-22, my brother-18, and another borther-13. She had a miscarriage when she was 32 years old. 13 years ago she and my dad both made sure they would have no more kids, but my mom just told em today that she thinks she might be pregnant again. I am supportive, of course, but I think she's just missing her grand-babies (my daughters) alot since we moved out of state and so she just wishes she were pregnant.
But what if she is pregnant? Having a brother or sister 22 years younger then me? My daughters having an aunt or uncle younger then them?... I just don't know how to deal with this. I don't know how to feel... My mom is my best friend but I have to remember she is still my mother and grandmother to my kids. I don't want to feel this way but I just feel alittle weird about the whole thing. Not to mention, scared of the risks that come with her prgenancy. My dad just got off a medicne and he's not supposed to father..

2007-11-02 13:27:54 · 5 answers · asked by Desi♥KayKisses 2 in Psychology

I saw the brief news report about how this poor, innocent little boy came all the way to Canada to get his face tumor removed. He was really excited about the operation, and what does Sick Kids do? They refused to perform the operation to remove his tumor.
Some broad from Sick Kids hospital said they would not do the operation because it isn't a tumor, it's just a birth mark.
It'll stop growing as soon as he stops growing.

I couldn't even believe what I just saw and heard!
Sick Kids Hospital is supposed to help all kids in need, and they turn him away!
Sick Kids Hospital sends out letters to people urging them to send their donations right away before a certain dead line, they also urge people to send their void cheques, credit card ,debit card numbers to have their donations automatically deducted from their bank accounts to help sick kids.
They turned away a kid in need.
I will never, ever send them another donation check ever again!
They betrayed what they preached!

2007-11-02 13:23:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

I saw the brief news report about how this poor, innocent little boy came all the way to Canada to get his face tumor removed. He was really excited about the operation, and what does Sick Kids do? They refused to perform the operation to remove his tumor.
Some broad from Sick Kids hospital said they would not do the operation because it isn't a tumor, it's just a birth mark.
It'll stop growing as soon as he stops growing.

I couldn't even believe what I just saw and heard!
Sick Kids Hospital is supposed to help all kids in need, and they turn him away!
Sick Kids Hospital sends out letters to people urging them to send their donations right away before a certain dead line, they also urge people to send their void cheques, credit card ,debit card numbers to have their donations automatically deducted from their bank accounts to help sick kids.
They turned away a kid in need.
I will never, ever send them another donation check ever again!
They betrayed what they preached!

2007-11-02 13:22:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

It has been a month and half now, since I have given' up drinking and alcohole for good. Mind you I still smoke cigarettes, but thats next on the list.

Does alcohole have long lasting affects, long-term depression that can still stick around after someone quits?

Why do I still feel stressed and depressed?...somewhat more depressed now, than then?

2007-11-02 13:17:16 · 3 answers · asked by Stony 4 in Psychology

For instance, they will live in an all female neighborhood, work in an all female workplace, use only female plumbers, female butchers, etc.

2007-11-02 13:15:24 · 18 answers · asked by JD 4 in Gender Studies

Ok, almost every dream I have is about a lake with alligators and algae. It's so scary. I once had a dream about swimming in the lake, and an alligator was swimming after me. The next time, I dreamt that I was holding a fishing pole with a spider, and it climbed down as the fishing line, and grabbed a fish out of the pond. Then, I dreamt I was with this person, I forgot the face, but he was walking me down a cement path beside the lake talking to me. Now, yesterday, I dreamt that this man in a suit was helping me get home by going through these obstacles where the lake was. I had to jump on a wooden platform, and it fell. When it fell, I woke up. What does this all mean? It's a reoccuring dream that's really freaky.

2007-11-02 13:15:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

please help meI am infatuated with someone that already has a gf,I cant let get him out of my head,but at the same time I cant go up to him and tell him I like him ,
how can I get him to COME TO ME instead?

2007-11-02 13:10:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Poverty, AIDS, and flames scare me.

2007-11-02 12:50:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.

2007-11-02 12:50:12 · 15 answers · asked by PC 7 in Gender Studies

ok,
I had a huge crush on this good looking coworker,
he hid the fact that he had a gf ,
after months of being friends with him,
i decided to AVOID him,
at the same time I made a false dating ID online and when he wanted to go out with me I told him how about ur gf?
that was it,
then he knew I had been stalking him online,
then he avoided me too,
after that he tried to speak to me in front of our friends,
but I avoided him,
until halloween,I dressed up in disguise to his houseparty,
but he recognised me and smiled,
I AVOIDED HIM AGAIN!,
please help me with this obsession,I cant let him go,I cant go up to him and tell him I like him because I know he's still with his gf.
help me.

2007-11-02 12:38:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

OK u kno how humans evolve from apes or those cave men types on the geico commercial with dragging knuckles? well, now look at us! are humans going to evolve again into something else. If so -- what will we look like, when will it happen, and what will cause this? Thank you very much.

2007-11-02 12:31:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Anthropology

Seems to be, Feminism has long been interested in challenging stereotypes, arguing that women shouldn't feel forced to conform to society's standards regarding what a woman SHOULD be, if she doesn't feel it fits with who she really is.

But from what I see from people on this forum who consider themselves "masculists," men who defy gender stereotypes are considered "feminized" or "brainwashed." Are there masculists who are interested in defying stereotypes of what it means to eb a male in western society? How do you feel about men who behave in what might be considered more "feminine" ways? And if masculism doesn't have much tolerance for, or think too highly of traditionally "feminine" characteristics in men, is it really that liberating? Or is it more confining?

2007-11-02 12:16:22 · 9 answers · asked by Priscilla B 5 in Gender Studies

that they can only perform once or twice a week? It doesn't sound fair, does it, but is that what it's all about?
(Of course, I know that some women hang in there indefinitely for an assortment of reasons.)

2007-11-02 12:15:09 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

Just how much profit is the USA making in this war

2007-11-02 11:53:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

I am scared of the future, and how the world is going to be technology wise, not so much global warming and stuff, but how generations of people die and those type of things, how would you get over that fear?


P.S. - I am even scared to look at calendars; I wish it were always just 2007 all the time.

2007-11-02 11:47:29 · 2 answers · asked by abandoned 3 in Psychology

L. F. Hoffman wrote: "In the United States, daughters of employed mothers have been shown to name their mother as a person they most want to resemble later in life more often then sons".
What is your opinion?

2007-11-02 11:45:00 · 9 answers · asked by Deirdre O 7 in Gender Studies

is between Asperger's Syndrome and Autism? I am currently watching Channel 6 Action News(studio is located @ : WPVI-TV6ABC :4100 City Line Avenue Philadelphia,Pa 19131)and I found out from News Anchor Jim Gardner that there will be a special report on this subject on this station @ 11:00 pm tonight! The report -- I believe--will be known as : "Autism : New Answers"! Can somebody answer this question for me?

2007-11-02 11:31:54 · 3 answers · asked by michael_kleman2003 2 in Psychology

a few months ago i had a dream that there was a damp patch on my ceiling in my old house so i took the ceiling down and a dead body fell through? then the council cleared out his property and said i could take what i wanted, so i took loads of really femine objects etc! then a few weeks later my auntie fell off her boat, unconuiose into a puddle and came inches away from death but she pulled thru after 5 weeks in icu, she is fine now! do u think this is connected, and also i had 2 dreams about a friend i hadnt seen os spoke to in 3 yrs and that week she turned up at my house, and its all been since i fell pregnant, am i goin mad??

2007-11-02 11:28:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

The first night I dream I was in my house and outside was filled with water and intense waves and suddenly the house starts spinning (not sideways but so that at some points I'm on the ceiling)
The second night my family was in our car and needed to get to the other side of this water in a sort of ditch ( it was filled with the water) where the road was going down at a somewhat sharp angle and we drove into it, when we hit the lowest part of the road in the ditch with the water we decided we couldn't make it and backed out...
I think it is really weird that I have to water dreams in consecutive nights

2007-11-02 11:19:06 · 6 answers · asked by ¿¿¿MysteryMan??? 5 in Dream Interpretation

2007-11-02 11:17:34 · 19 answers · asked by slicer102 1 in Economics

That is without using suicide as an out.

2007-11-02 11:17:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I'm 26 but very shy and soft-spoken. I'm trying so hard to open up around people. I talk a little more than I used to and am trying to add to conversations, but I still find myself holding back a little and I'm still VERY soft-spoken and blush a lot when I start talking. I'm always worried about how I appear to others. And I'm constantly concerned about how my words and actions may affect someone else - for instance, I worry about bothering or annoying them if I say something. In turn, my opening up process becomes INCREDIBLY slow and gradual and I'm still a very quiet person.

If you were someone who witnessed my slow process, would you get sick of me because of that?

2007-11-02 11:16:14 · 6 answers · asked by Chelsea 2 in Psychology

I'm like the second kind of humans. I was raped for years by my dad and now I'm behaving completely different than usually people would. is it normal that I'm always depressed and having nightmares about the rapes that happened? every day like this? I've been to therapists but they dont help anything. so this is how my life will be? I will go to bed and when I'll sleep I'll get nightmares? this isnt normal!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm gonna blow up this life.

2007-11-02 11:15:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

The message of sexism comes at us in two ways: external and internal oppression. The external sexism is messages and behavior coming to us from outside, through institutions and individuals, e.g. “Women are too emotional to be in positions of authority.” Internalized sexism is taking in and believing the stereotypes and misinformation that our sexist culture tells us about being female and what it means to be a woman, resulting in e.g. “What do I know…” , “Who am I to speak…” Both external and internal avenues of oppression are painful and limiting for women as individuals and as a group, and deprives the world of our best thoughts, decisions, and actions.
[Janet Thomas (BREAKFREE): THEORY AND THOUGHTS.]

2007-11-02 11:14:55 · 8 answers · asked by Flyinghorse 6 in Gender Studies