Social Science - 15 December 2007

Ex poisoned the waterhole and i ignored and was not very concerned before. Now it really matters. I was not concerned because of denial of its importance. Now it is different. Now it matters. But it is almost unthinkable to know the tribe has silently voted for banishment. cannot drink it away or use drugs. still cannot accept. cannot get my hands around this one.

2007-12-15 15:55:12 · 3 answers · asked by JIM 4 in Psychology

why do I constantly worry about death.
like I always obsess about people in my life dieing.
I am so petrified of it, every night when I go to bed I have to make sure the doors are locked even if I know they are, I check every single window in the entire house, and I can only sleep at the bottom of my bed because I feel like someone’s going to shoot me through my window when I’m sleeping. I don't know its weird. I just constantly worry about people I’m close to dieing. why do I have this weird phobia of death?

2007-12-15 15:47:47 · 6 answers · asked by mandyy 4 in Psychology

A Totem (For this Excercise) is an animal that represents your family, clan, tribe, group, or even nation. If you had a totem that best represented your group what would it be (and what type of group)?

2007-12-15 15:45:54 · 3 answers · asked by ? 6 in Sociology

They wear sexy, suggestive, provocative clothing at the workforce or in public, then get so angry and b!tchy when guys hit on them or check them out. They then file sexual harrassment charges when their practically ASKING to be sexually harrassed if their dressing like that.

Seriously, why do they wear these things if they don't want to draw attention to themselves?

Is it because of the sexual harrassment charges they would press and the money they could possibly get out of it? Figures.

2007-12-15 15:28:44 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

i had a dream that i dived into this giant black lake from on top of this canyon like 300 feet down and then i landed in the water and my head hurt and i was like getting all delusional and dizzy and i was like going unconscious or something and then i saw some guy like a mile away that looked like a lifeguard and yelled at me to get in the boat, and there was a paddle boat thing in the water, like one of those little boats that are for recreation and have pedals and two seats and you kind of make it move by pushing the pedals like a bike. anyways then i climbed on it and i dont remember what else, oh ye and there was also a giant diving board in the lake that iw as planning on climbing up and divingdown again but i didnt cause i was hurt so i dont know what this dream means

2007-12-15 15:21:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

2007-12-15 15:09:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Anthropology

i've had a few lucid dream before and i enjoyed them. when you have a lucid dream, i know you're conscious. since your aware your dreaming whlie your sleeping, do you still get a good nights sleep? like do you still get the same good nights rest as if you weren't aware of the dream?

2007-12-15 14:59:56 · 2 answers · asked by damon1570 1 in Psychology

2007-12-15 14:58:36 · 11 answers · asked by pinkey 1 in Dream Interpretation

over the last year and a half i have had 4 deaths in my family my best friend move away lost a great boyfriend and now my mom found out she has the stage before cancer and i have to be strong so do yall have any advice?

2007-12-15 14:53:36 · 12 answers · asked by rachie girl 2 in Psychology

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or if it just seems to be happening around my neck of the woods.

My friend told me he was going to go see a friend he hadn't seen in 6 months. Back then, the guy was going through a breakup, so he was anxious to see if he was feeling better. Well- surprise!- turns out he's now married to a new girl, and they have a baby on the way. All in 6 months.

I myself can think of about 4 people I personally know who have either married, or become pregnant, or both, with someone they've known for 6 months or less, and everyone seems to be talking about how this is happening a lot.

Has anyone else noticed this? And if so, any theories as to why this is happening?

2007-12-15 14:52:07 · 12 answers · asked by Priscilla B 5 in Gender Studies

When you get really mad what kind of mean do you turn into? Do you cuss, throw things, annoy, what? ~When I get mad my sort of mean is spiteful and manipulative... I keep my cool and don't raise my voice. I tear them up mentally! ^.^

~So... what's your's?

~Thanks! ^.^

2007-12-15 14:51:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I so annoyed with myself and the place I live today!
I don't speak korean, Im living in a buddhist martial arts temple here and I feel alone, ignored, akward, crappy, edgey.
It may well be all my thinking thats created this bubble of wierdness that I feel when Im around some of the people here. I feel like they don't like me, don't involve me in anything, feel akward around me...even the ones who speak perfectly good english.
I feel miserable, I want to smile and be happy and perky but whenever I see the people(higher level than me) I feel akward and dont know what to say or do..i wan t to join them but feel inadequit. I feel like Im being moody all the time and isolating myself but no one seems to really care very much.
I want to just get up tomorrow morning with a smile, get on with my own things smiling, smile at anyone else and not keep thinking they're thinking horrible things about me. But I feel angry with them and have hateful feelings toward at least one of them. HELP!

2007-12-15 14:41:14 · 9 answers · asked by tiger_spirit 2 in Psychology

I'm really pissed off at him. He made it harder for us to communicate with other nations.

2007-12-15 14:35:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

I often dream of this about someone--well actually he became my classmate, but we seldom see each other now because he'd transfer into another school and that I'm studying in a exlusive girl's school. well anyway I often dream of him. sometimes I dream that I was walking somewhere with him or hanging out with him. I don't know. I'm sure there other things that I've dreamt that I'm with him but I just don't remember them. What so confusing is that we were not really that close, but he became my seatmate once, we only became like friends but not really the type that we hang out together or watsoever. What I can't figure out is why I dream of him where in fact there are other people that I can dream about, but why him??

hope you can help me....

2007-12-15 14:12:44 · 5 answers · asked by patchie 1 in Dream Interpretation

Okay, there’s something going on within me that is quite strange and very unfamiliar, and I can’t even begin to decipher it. For example, I used to felt an attraction towards clothes. When I saw something pretty at a decent price, something compelled me to want it. I remember feeling so proud and good about myself, because I brought the perfect item at such a good price. Now, I’m realizing that I’m no longer drawn to them almost as if I don’t like clothes anymore—but I don’t hate them, so I don’t understand.

Also, in art class I would always do a good job on my artwork, but then I would look at it and think that it’s not that good. A part of me must be saying that everyone has the same potential and could too produce good work. It feels weird. It feels like maybe my ego has dissolve—because if I did a good job then how can I not feel pride, and how can I not see that it’s good? When I watch TV, it is the same. My intrigue isn’t there. I am not absorbed into the story. I am just merely watching and observing. When I watch comedy, I am asking myself how I saw humor in it before, as I am realizing that what we are doing is laughing at ourselves. Even though, I’m not really seeing the humor, I find myself laughing with it. Nothing is holding my intrigue and focus anymore, and nothing is transparent.

I remember when I would read for hours and hours at a time. Just this Wednesday in English class we begin reading Lord of the Flies, and I couldn’t even get myself to finish reading the chapters assigned to us. I ended up reading sparknotes.com at the last minute. Somehow, I managed to get though 10 pages even though my focus wasn’t there entirely. People have said that lack of focus/motivation is a choice, but in my case it doesn’t seem so. I mean just this summer I sat down and read 1984 in 4.5 hours, even though the first 100 pages were boring; so this hasn’t been an on-going problem.

This is what happened to me about 5 months ago:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiZ.kwoMdJEbMXfjoMarcGzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070921211339AAXk5t1

And then I asked this question about 2 months ago:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqA8KXOs1YSPsO.btVgMP8nty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071027202507AAEnWre

This question is evidence of the fact I have begun to see more out into the world. I don’t know what’s going with me, but I thought that since you have more experience that me you might know. I am very aware of the fact that all of this might seem strange to you as well, but not telling is worse than telling. Different people may interpret this as many things. Perhaps, some may think that I am depressed; some may see it as just teenage angst; others might think existential or mid-life crisis. And I—just don’t know.

I tried to tell my mom, and she’s like, “It’s normal. It’s just means that you’re maturing,” and I glad, because I don’t have to worry as much.” I guess I am here asking this really long question, because I want a second opinion or clarification?

I feel like a single droplet of water in an unknown sea, and that droplet of water can’t even begin to comprehend its occurrence. I feel like maybe some indefinite trait is emerging or struggling to emerge within me or something. A day or two after Thanksgiving Break, I was reading my math book in order to comprehend the material (I was absent the Friday and Monday before the break), and I saw myself getting up--and before I knew it I watched myself and saw that I was making expressions in the mirror and starring at my reflection right its eyes as if having a starring contest with it.

It’s just so strange. I’m sensing something that feels like a muted heart as if I am only ruled by my mind. My feelings are not devoid, but they are nonsensical. I am aware of their existence, because I can feel them form on my face. If my brain is aware of them-- then why not my heart? I feel that since my focus isn’t anywhere, then where is it? I don’t even know what’s driving me anymore, because I am not driven by anything—not fear, not responsibility, not ambition, not love, not anything. It’s like I am unaffected by everything—just a sense of calm all the time. Neither happy nor sad, neither excited nor bored, neither serious nor amused. Even though, my focus and concentration isn’t there, I am somehow managing to move along. Last Wednesday, I just sat down and completed math homework for the last 3 chapters. I completed them and got them turned in, even though they were late. Knowledge of my responsibilities and what I need to get done is driving me—and it’s the only thing.

I’m thinking the answer to this is just with the flow, but I don’t even know where the flow is. There is no wind, and not much is moving. The words quiet curiosity has fallen from the sky.

I hope that despite this lack of motivation/focus or whatever, I can still keep going and keep up my grades. I just don’t want to keep up with my grades; I want to produce excellent results. Is it enough to only be driven by knowledge? I am a senior in high school right now and am taking 3 AP classes. A part of me must know what I have to do, but it lacks guidance or direction or something.

2007-12-15 14:11:43 · 2 answers · asked by Tiffany 3 in Psychology

2007-12-15 14:06:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anjelino 4 in Psychology

2007-12-15 14:04:55 · 6 answers · asked by Mitchell 5 in Psychology

I been asking myself this question for a long time. I was wondring wether, i was really inlove with my best friend or was i forcing myself into loving him because:
---His my first love
---Low Self esteem
I know i have feelings for him, but i don't know if i really love him. I summarize how i feel about him in this brief summary:
-------------------When i see him a smile comes to my face--------- --------------------When i look into his eye love is in my face-----------------------------When we make love, i feel love, and soul------------------------------When his lips touch mine...i feel peace------------
When holds me, i lose all control and he gain every bit of my soul

2007-12-15 13:56:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

like okay in ur mind do ever go through the day lets say pretending ur in a rock band or something.... idk i was just wondering lol

2007-12-15 13:55:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-12-15 13:55:48 · 4 answers · asked by ashleyxxbarbie 2 in Psychology

since my dad has past away i been having drems about him talking to . like i had a dream of him being dead but i went to my mom's and he was there and i said arnt you dead and he answerd with i was but i decied to come back........and last night i had a dream that i was in the woods with friends and we were trying to get away from these monsters ( if you have ever seen wrong turn it was like them) and my dad made us able to fly and i was getting mad at him because there where puddles of water and he couldnt get us over them fast enough.......and always before i wake up he says i love you don't ever forget that. then i wake up instinly....do you think my dad could be comming into my dreams to tell me he loves me...or is it because i made a promise to go over the day he passed away to see him and never went because i wasnt feeling well.....and i keep thinking if i had i could have saved him....

2007-12-15 13:52:05 · 3 answers · asked by mommy to 3! 5 in Dream Interpretation

Once as white as the snow upon the ground, now the dirt is all around. The guilt, a feeling I cannot escape. Now I know my fate, for I will die by you even if it is by my own hand. I cannot live with the memory, my death, my final breath all your fault. The sound of screams fill my ears, far away and disappears. I feel the metal rip my skin, the subtle sound of my heart pounding' in my ears. The gasps confirm all my fears, upon my cheek and on my lips I feel and taste the salty tears. Am I dead or alive, was it all a dream, will I survive? you decide

2007-12-15 13:44:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

which are you choosing constantly every day in your life?

2007-12-15 13:36:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

expressing and showing emotion?

2007-12-15 13:25:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-12-15 13:25:08 · 15 answers · asked by P 1 in Sociology

My friend says he has a photographic memory. I believe he just thinks he does because he can remember what some things look like. He also says its very common. I think differently. Does anyone know if it is actually common?

2007-12-15 13:22:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

or are they always people who dream big and can NEVER accomplish anything?

2007-12-15 13:19:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

As most your you know that the income gap is widening in USA, so do you guys think that the great differences in income is a sign of competitive free market economy?

2007-12-15 13:17:07 · 3 answers · asked by dekakashi 3 in Economics

sometimes when i'm in school, i'm the happiest person there could be, but when i get home i get to my room and start to eat and my mom comes in to ask something, i can't stand her and i don't answer nothing she asks me, then when she leave i get so angry i find the first thing in sight and hit myself with it... i don't know why and i'm not like this normally and i wasn't like this before, what's wrong with me??
like last thursday i was like that and i stabbed myself with a fork and i still have the mark...
what can this be... held up anger??

2007-12-15 13:10:59 · 3 answers · asked by ηιgнt Vαmpιяє 3 in Psychology

Sorry to ask this question again, but I really need the answer, and the last question didn't yield any quality answers. Points will be awarded...


Lately, China has been producing wooden furniture at prices that US workers can't compete with. As a result the industry has suffered and some 35,000 employees have been laid off.

Which of the following government economic policies would be the most efficient solution to the problem posed by furniture made in China and sold in the United States?

A. Subsidize U.S. furniture manufacturers so they can competitively continue to make furniture

B. Impose a tariff on U.S. imports of furniture made in China

C. Negotiate with China's government to reduce furniture exports voluntarily to the United States

D. Provide unemployment benefits and job retraining for U.S. workers who lose their jobs due to the lower-priced furniture from China

2007-12-15 13:08:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics