Social Science - 28 December 2007

Ever since i moved from my old home I seem to have constant dreams of this one girl which i've know for only about 3 years. I also seem to have flashbacks of when she told me during our sophmore year that during our freshmen year she had a crush on me but my reactions was a simple ok.

The dreams seem to be short but realistict and cause me to wake up. It goes like this.

I go to visit my old school and go to the courtyard and find most of my old friends in a group. We all start talking and then the "girl" screams my name from across. She walks over and then she hugs me. I hug her back and we are there for a few minutes non stop. Then we walk away and have a talk about hows shes been spending it. We sit down on a bench. I hand her a gift cause it is her birthday. She grabs my hand and with her other hand she grabs my ear pulls me over and kisses me on the cheek. Thats were i slip back of the bench and wake up and my body acually reacts to the fall as i wake up.

2007-12-28 08:17:31 · 2 answers · asked by Dennys 1 in Dream Interpretation

I used to have these dreams that I though were real because they were vivid,I had forgotten all about them until last night.I dreamt that I was somewhere I hadn't been in a long time. It was inside a museum and I walked up to my old boss and said "is it still here?" and she had me follow her to a different museum to the highest floor and handed me a key to unlock the door and said, if anyone asks if you are authorized say yes and show them this badge, she handed me my old ID.

I walk into the room and see a large pool of water with stairs going down to a deck that is right on the water. I crawl down and sit on the deck, and wait. The next thing I know I am petting a whale, it is trying to get me to in the water to play and swim.So I do, and I'm just swimming around in a pool with an orca whale.At one point it was "grooming me" i thought it was going to swallow me whole but then instead it just licked the side of my face like a dog licking a companion.
Someone please interpret for me?

2007-12-28 08:12:46 · 2 answers · asked by yog3nfruz 1 in Dream Interpretation

Each time I would have a fun dream about something good about to happen to me, someone or something would wake me up before it would happen. It's a terrible tease because I would wake up totally built up and ready for something that is never going to happen. For example, I've had dreams of myself getting ready to eat an amazing meal, or I would be dreaming of myself getting ready to fool around with a person whom I would get really hot for, but I'd wake up before any thing would happen. I've sort of learned how to control my dreams so it would last longer....but I still can't seem to succeed on reaching the satisfying point.

2007-12-28 08:04:59 · 13 answers · asked by My name is... 3 in Dream Interpretation

2007-12-28 08:02:36 · 12 answers · asked by godbar 2 in Psychology

2007-12-28 07:59:53 · 8 answers · asked by HaNNiBaL 1 in Psychology

If there is anyone in this forum who has gone thru therapy to overcome childhood abuse, please tell me what methods you have learned. I have good health ins. which will pay for 80 %, but at this time can't afford to pay the other 20 %. I was terribly abused verbally by my mother, who criticized me everyday, would give me the silent treatment for days at a time, would sit and glare at me for hours, ridicule me to relatives and friends, who would in turn add to the insults. My brother tells me that when I was 3 and he was 6, she would scream at us to get out of bed on Saturday mornings and tell us to iron the clothes and clean the house because we were lazy no good children, then she would storm out of the house to shop at the thrift stores. If I accidently broke something of hers while cooking or cleaning, I would beg my brother to kill me so that I wouldn't have to face her rage. I have grown up to be a terrified, depressed adult, but now want to have a good life.

2007-12-28 07:58:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Stand up comedians, senator's wives (Vitter), t-shirts (eg radicalrags.com), and most of all, feminist bloggers seem to find the idea of harming a man's penis rather funny. Yet when a woman is sexually mutilated, it is treated very seriously by all but the most aggressive trolls.

Penis cutting jokes don't offend me, but nothing really does (including FGM jokes, if they exist). In fact, I rarely see anyone get upset by Bobbitt jokes or whatever, even though it must be a horrific event.

I'd like personal opinions on the topic as well as your thoughts on society's attitude. Feel free to add dick chopping jokes, if you know any good ones.

2007-12-28 07:35:12 · 21 answers · asked by Cliffie 4 in Gender Studies

2007-12-28 07:09:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

Why can't I find any online materials on reverse psychology???? I need to do a research on reverse psychology vs. confronting ( as far as which one is more effective in changing a negative behavior in a person into a positive behavior). Does anyone know any sites on reverse psychology?

2007-12-28 07:08:42 · 3 answers · asked by Megan C 1 in Psychology

I find life very boring, and I would like to know what others find purposeful in life

2007-12-28 07:05:22 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

These are artifacts that were found on my father-in-laws farm in MO., and, I suspect they were made by the Blackfeet Indians, as this was their land for thousands of years.

2007-12-28 06:55:36 · 9 answers · asked by vovo 6 in Anthropology

I know this has probably been asked before, but I'm curious about how people feel in dreams. For example, you may be unaware that you are dreaming but be conscious in the sense that you are thinking and deciding like you would in your waking life, but still not realize you are dreaming. Or, you may lucid dream and make conscious decisions and realize you are dreaming.

I am almost always conscious during my dreams, and I think and feel about the same, other than reduced physical abilities like running slowly. I also seem to keep my moral values, and even in dreams I think that something is wrong, or that I shouldn't do it, even if I am lucid dreaming. However, somehow I dismiss things like breathing underwater. For example yesterday I convinced myself it was just bad for you, and that it was simply special water. Last night I had a lucid dream, and the way I found out I was dreaming was because I am in high school, but I dreamed I was in middle school.

How about you?

2007-12-28 06:51:22 · 5 answers · asked by Aviation or Bust 3 in Dream Interpretation

Either according to Christianity or Human evolution theories, all human beings first "arrived" at the same time all over the world. But why were some human beings more civilized, or had more of that complex mind than other human beings at a different location?

Why did the human in Erope become more civilized than in Asia and Africa?

Still, why was Egypt stood out as the most civilized nation in its surrounding region? Whereis in Europe, the level of civilization was spread out and more even?

2007-12-28 06:50:02 · 13 answers · asked by sunny 4 in Anthropology

not sure what this means,love to know can you guys help

2007-12-28 06:45:09 · 7 answers · asked by damian 4 in Dream Interpretation

Ever notice that the female Lions do EVERYTHING and the male lion just sits around all day sun bathing?

The funny thing about this is that the male lion can easily destroy a female lion in a fight. Still... the male lion does next to nothing and the female lions hunt and kill.. but nurture as well.

What do you think about this situation? Seems to me like a Couch + Player relationship like in Football.

2007-12-28 06:44:50 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

so im a freshman in high school and it seems that my life right now isnt getting any better. what i once consider to be a highlight in life is now a big disappointment~~high school is horrible! i have a few close friends and i have a great family and life but i still dont know what the problem is. maybe i reminisce about life as a kid and i now reliaze that now my childhood is over and im now ready for adulthood. i just wish I could either turn back time and stay a kid for the rest of my life or fast forward time and live life as an adult in my 20s or 30s. are there any people here that have gone through what im going through and if so...does life get any better after high school?

2007-12-28 06:41:27 · 75 answers · asked by brandon 1 in Psychology

What does it mean when you have dreams that people are going to hurt or kill you... Usuakky in the dream they say they are going to kill me when I least expect it. Or I'll have dreams that people are going to betray me and either hurt or kill me or help someone do that.... I have been having these dreams about two months... My sleep is all messed up now.

2007-12-28 06:35:11 · 3 answers · asked by MDMA NO WAY 4 in Dream Interpretation

Ok. My friend gave me this box for Christmas and it's called a wishbox. Every night you're supposed to make a wish in the box and not tell anyone and it will come true. Do you think this actually works? The only reason why I'm considering it works is because there's a saying "if God brings you to it, he'll bring you through it." And also "everything happens for a reason." Do you think the box works?

2007-12-28 06:31:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

Why are only white, "attractive", and young FEMALES only mentioned in news for their kidnapping/death?
And it's not even proven yet if Holloway died or a MAN killed her.

2007-12-28 05:47:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

I cant explain it.I feel as if there is something wrong. I feel sick when i think about my feelings towards the oppisite sex, somewhat embaressed,
I've lost intrest in life. I used to be genuinly happy but now its a basic show i'm putting on and noone is any the wizer.Which is good becuase i dont want anyone to think i'm sad or depressed becuase noone wants to spend time with someone like that,Do they.
I just keeping going over and over the reasons of why were alive and How soo piontless this all is.
=)
I mean I'm going to die for sure at the end and i just keep imagining myself as that thing in a coffin and it makes me feel sick to think that i wont be breathing or my hear will stop, Since i'm clostaphobic it all seems a bit upsetting to me.
I know i shouldn't and i try to stop myself by placing myself in a fantasy world, but then i quickly come back to earth and look at the reality of things, and if its not that i'm 15 and doing my gcses and my head seems like its going to explode

2007-12-28 05:37:51 · 15 answers · asked by Huggles [mozzafan] 4 in Psychology

Last night I had a strange dream. Actually I remember only the part where I was holding a Cobra by its hood (mouth) to avoid getting bitten and was shouting for help. I woke up before I could get any help, feeling greatly disturbed. I am not particularly fond of snakes and we do see them in our colony during monsoon. I would just go my way, we don't even kill them.

Some say seeing snakes is not a good omen. What could it mean? Anyone???

2007-12-28 05:24:52 · 7 answers · asked by P'quaint! 7 in Dream Interpretation

My husband and I have been married for 6 years. We have 3 children. I found out that my husband and a mutual friend of ours were playing cell phone tag at all hours of the day/night. This girl has never called our house before and from what I knew of her, I didn't think they talked outside of get togethers. I asked him what they talked about and he said she was complaining about "her relationship". Weeks went by and he let it slip that they had slept together before he and I hooked up. He carries his cell phone on him day/night. He doesn't do anything with out. I've told him how frustrating that is, but he's never changed his ways. He has always denied cheating on me.. I just need to know how to find out if there was something going on.. I've dealt with depression since all of this started.

How can you gain trust in your husband when he keeps hiding secrets from you?

2007-12-28 05:21:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Well i had this crazy dream one night this week...it still lingers strong a bit. Well...In the dream, i dunno. I was fighting with this person, like they were real annoying. Then close to end i tryed to close the door but this person kept struggling and fighting to open it...then i realized that person was me that i was fighting...what does this mean?

2007-12-28 04:50:42 · 5 answers · asked by BlackTexan09 3 in Dream Interpretation

When I was five, before my mother tucked me into bed, I would hide under the covers. As I lay there hidden, I used to wonder what I looked like hidden and could you tell that I was hidden underneath simply by looking at the covers. One night, no sooner did I have that thought, I was floating over my bed, looking down at myself. I couldn't tell if I waas hidden so I moved up to the ceiling and to the side of the bed and I remember thinking, "Well, yeah, you can see the whole outline of my body. I'm not really hidden." Through the doorway I could see the living room and my mother getting up from the couch to come tuck me in. The next thing I see is my mother removing the covers from my head and tucking me in.

Has anyone had a similar experience? I've never been able to repeat it.
Did it change you? Any information about this would be welcome.

2007-12-28 04:44:39 · 2 answers · asked by Robert O 7 in Psychology

2007-12-28 04:24:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Best Answer = 10 points

2007-12-28 04:18:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I am a woman..who cannot understand this guy I met recently in my job. We've often flirted before and had a connection..he even told me he was falling for me one day when we chatted..then one day you know kisses etc but not sex (he tried, but Im the type that waits a bit) . Seems like the usual start of something but he didn't contact me next day, or next day, or next day!! I contacted him and suggested meeting up...and he replied...a few days later & its too late as I had left to go back to the state I live in. then he contacted me on and off but never talk about his feelings. now he is calling me to say he will come to see me (I live in another state) and I hear feelings in his voice. WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS MAN'S HEAD? Is he a bit unstable? It seems strange to me. Mutual colleagues really like him. Did he feel rejected when I didnt move as quickly as him physically?

2007-12-28 04:02:39 · 11 answers · asked by trying it 1 in Psychology

2007-12-28 03:50:44 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2007-12-28 03:48:45 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

but left plenty of survivors, would the modern societies of the world revert back to primal "earthy" human behaviors such as subjugation of women, slavery, belief in multiple gods, feudal systems, etc...

Or would we just lose our technology but not our accumulated progress in social and ethical matters. Would it be possible for a technologically primitive society to live by the moral and ethical order of the modern world?

2007-12-28 03:48:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Anthropology