Psychology - May 2007

I have often wondered if all the attention one gets from having beauty, talent or intelligence can spoil ones soul and lead to grandiose delusions about human worth. Sometimes mediocrity can be a blessing because it allows growth of a more accurate self perception, intrinsically, within what you, yourself, values. Is Paris Hilton really happy? Is it really that fun to base your self worth on anything that isn't earned? The rules change so often and do we really pay attention? We reward worthless attractive people for their selfishness. We also reward talented heroin addicts for their brilliant albums. (Wow, we reward people for internal disease BUT THEY appear to be, what, is this success?) Now we have humble, real people walking around, healthy minds and souls. They are happy to avoid the spotlight. Is this a function of healthy behavior? Maybe those who yearn for the limelight (in some cases, not all) like those who end up in power, in control, on top, are ego impaired, unhealthy.

2007-05-19 05:25:18 · 9 answers · asked by DanaZ 3

i don't know what happen to me now. i was supposed to be very happy if people & parents buy me something. my dad bought me a new Sony Ericsson K800i & I'm having huge pressures & depressed when using it. i feel extremely upset if my friends keep buying me stuff such as laptops, clothes, expensive watches & even vehicles.

may i know what's wrong with me at the moment? am i under depression with something?

will depression affect me when doing exams as it will be starting in 2 weeks

2007-05-19 05:08:35 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

In a sense of course, the answer would to be simply as stated: No. The reason for this being that I am an actual gamer and being the realist that I am, I have realized that all the violence in videogames could not have been possible without the violence within society. While Jack Thompson does have a few points in saying that videogames CAN be dangerous, he is completely without reason in saying that videogames need to be banned and all of them cause violence within todays society. So while society is to blame, who is to take a fair share of the blame as well? The answer being this; parents. If a child becomes violent because of a videogame it is not because of the game, but because of the lack of parenting the child has had and the teaching of the difference between reality and fantasy. I grew up playing videogames and I have played all, from the rating to E to M and beyond, I have become far more intellectual because of games, but that is just me, not you. Do any of you agree with me

2007-05-19 05:03:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

People do talk a lot! you know,
though I dont talk that much,
It doesnt bother me since I CAN talk if i have to.
but kinda wish i were talkative,
So I got a question for especially talkative people out there.
What do you enjoy out of talking?
hope you would answer this.

2007-05-19 04:58:29 · 3 answers · asked by ARK 1

I am a very happy person, happy with my life.
I can say in all honesty that I don’t care about what others say or think about me.
Sure, it’s always appreciated if they talk nice about me but if they talk mean or think I'm strange.. I don’t car.
I just do my thing and keep on doing it (without hurting people), no matter what others say or think.
A friend of mine, my best friend, thinks this isn’t really normal, she would like to be this way also but she also thinks it’s strange. But she loves me the way I am.
I don’t mind being normal or not, but we (my friend and I) wonder, what do you think? Is it so strange not to care about what others think about you? Then how come I don't?

2007-05-19 04:55:17 · 7 answers · asked by sweetera 4

2007-05-19 04:03:49 · 12 answers · asked by Bush is My Bitch 1

close to him i got really uncomfortable how can i overcome this

2007-05-19 03:57:26 · 9 answers · asked by Lobster 1

2007-05-19 03:56:49 · 7 answers · asked by mojgan_1347 1

He's a murderer and got into politics due to family connections.

So, how could you feel good about this guy?

Would it have to be that he shows us what NOT to do, and therefore we can respect him as a teacher that way?

2007-05-19 03:13:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

my mom used to say that i am always quiet when i am in high school then when i come home i am always loud any time i did anything wrong she used to say i will go up to your school and let your teachers know what your like ever since i am quiet in school and at home i barely even talk my siblings i feel like i have become a bore with a dry personality i am so used to being quiet at home now and find it difficult to know what to say is it normal to be a different person in school than you are at home has what happened affected me as a person what really pisses me off now is that i feel like i've had to grow up much faster too cause any time i tried to have a bit of fun there was always someone around me telling me to grow up i am angry too that none of this ever happened to my siblings even though they are qiuet in school and loud at home

2007-05-19 03:09:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-19 03:04:05 · 12 answers · asked by spider092361 1

This is a phycological question, and there is only one answer. I am truly interested as to your reply.

2007-05-19 02:59:57 · 13 answers · asked by Lady 5

I keep having this same nightmare once every couple of months. I lie in bed clearly consience of what I feel but I am unable to move. Then there is a strange presence that frightens me but i can see anything. Then i get a loud noise in my head that builds up then suddenly stops. I cant speak when I try and i cant wake myself up properly and I cannot move. Sometimes when it happens I start to breath out uncontrollably till i have absoloutley no air in me. The strangest thing is the weird presence, i cant look over to a certain place without feeling frightened? I wondered if anyone else had anything similar to this.

2007-05-19 02:39:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

After many birth, we get this Human birth. so what is the best way to make this birth more enjoyable, lovable and ever rememberd one. how this can be done ?

2007-05-19 01:04:54 · 18 answers · asked by CKN 1

2007-05-19 00:09:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

What would you say to start of the conversation.

By the way I am the man she is the woman.

2007-05-18 23:56:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 23:01:38 · 14 answers · asked by ubaid 1

2007-05-18 20:25:59 · 5 answers · asked by gorgeous_tine23ph 1

2007-05-18 19:54:17 · 23 answers · asked by ? 7

I'll never cheat, but that disturbs me in a way. So many people cheat in school and in life. Maybe I should join the club.

2007-05-18 19:42:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really don't know what to think about anything or life any more. I get like mad depressed, start laughing at myself, crying, and wanting to die all at the same time, and think that the only thing I can really relate to is Twiztid's music. It is like their is 2 sides to me, one side is like you have a really good life, people who care about you, and should never give up on your dreams, and the other side is like your life is going to crash burn in the near future and you should give up now, no one cares if your alive or dead, you have no friends, you will NEVER understand life until it is too LATE, i feel like no one knows how i am feeling deep inside because if i told you would just say i'm crazy and need professional help. And if I go their they would just look at me like im f*cking retarded. CAN ANYONE HELP.

2007-05-18 18:54:44 · 12 answers · asked by Weirdo 1

If you could erase any one murder from history, which would it be?

2007-05-18 17:20:00 · 9 answers · asked by thankutomyfans 2

Why is it that when a guy is an ******, he thinks it's okay but the SECOND someone gives him attitude or shows him what it feels like he bitches about it? Does anyone understand that? I am pretty guyish, mentally, but that's one thing I don't get. A lot of girls are like that too, but I think they expect it more, guys just think they can do it without any reprecussions.

Guys, why is this? I know some guys aren't like this but the majority of guys I've seen in my life are so shocked when someone shows them a bit of attitude, and shows them what it feels like to be rude or whatever. Any answers?

2007-05-18 16:53:19 · 9 answers · asked by j12 6

Or, would you rather not live at all if you were in this situation?

2007-05-18 16:17:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 15:38:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 15:33:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

was about. I asked the readers of this board to go to either www.moscowtochicago.com or www.lulu.com and to buy there as many books as one can. The reason of this request is the fact that my husband-Wayne D. Pickette (see Google) needs to finish and implement his inventions, which are the only available currently solution simultaneously for global warming problem and fuel prices. He is well known as semi-official pioneer of microprocessors, and he has the solution of the most urgent problem of our time-global warming. It is, of course, the national shame that such person needs to accumulate money for this invention through ways I am using now, but our government has behaved extremely despikable way pertinent to global warming within more than the decade by now. And that is the implication. So, instead of fighting me, better help yourself, buying books on the webs, mentioned above, and get cars, working on any fuel and without polution within the reasonable while of time, like 1 year.

2007-05-18 15:20:04 · 5 answers · asked by author 1

2007-05-18 13:44:43 · 19 answers · asked by ahidaaina 1

"Fear is only in our minds,
but it's taking over all the time..."

The lyrics of Evanescence's new track Sweet Sacrifice pose the following question: How often does one's preconceived notions of what reality is act as a screen that prevents the world from convincing one otherwise? How can we know what's real and what's our imagination? What are you afraid of? Is this fear in your mind or is it real?

2007-05-18 13:44:06 · 106 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its pretty spontaneous when I come up with lies. Sometimes I pause for a moment, think it over, and spit out the truth. I don't do it all the time, only for the most shameful things I've done. Its pretty hard to admit things when people expected better out of you and you let them down. I don't know if I am the only one who does this, but that doesn't matter because I know it's becoming a problem and it just gets me stuck in a deeper whirlpool of lies.

2007-05-18 13:23:40 · 7 answers · asked by JackOfAllTrades 2