Psychology - August 2007

Is it possible that people are using mental illness as an excuse to get away with too many things? For example, the woman that killed her minister husband and claimed ptsd and got off after 67 days of treatment. All someone has to do is to claim they have a mental disorder and all is forgiven. Too many people are claiming to have too many mental disorders. Everyone can't have a mental problem.

2007-08-21 09:36:56 · 13 answers · asked by Buddy 2

things in the first place. I care about self-improvement. I think about life, people, myself etc. Whats wrong with me? Why am not I a normal female?

2007-08-21 09:18:14 · 6 answers · asked by lovergirl 1

Is NLP is somthing about Controlling Subconcious Mind through Hypnosis or it is somthing different.
And is it expensive thing to learn and where.

2007-08-21 09:04:16 · 6 answers · asked by Pawan G 1

well it wasn't because they didn't know enough,


they just knew too much.

2007-08-21 08:48:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-21 08:32:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey.
I started thinking negativly last year and it realy affected me
i m not like this anymore but i still have a social phobia....
somehow i noticed that many teenagers r self-conscious (made me feel so good :D :D )
however if its normal...can just going to the club and meeting new ppl...and mayb after getting embarassed many times ( :D ) i can overcome my fears ?

2007-08-21 08:26:38 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2

That's something I never understood. It seems so dumb. And why would sadists enjoy hurting people, or for that matter masochists put up with that?

2007-08-21 08:25:46 · 5 answers · asked by hb12 7

all my Q run over it time

2007-08-21 08:22:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

an entire family dies in 3weeks time followed by the only survivor being raped within 6 months. the person ends up with severe ptsd and depression. when she is well she finds it impossible to be employed because of her past illness which placed her out of work for 3 years. question. why do wwe accept all other conditions, flu/, cancer broken legs but why is their such a stigma when the mind becomes ill and needs to heal.

2007-08-21 08:09:46 · 3 answers · asked by elliepenelly 3

I have an obsession with calories. I count exactly how many I take in, how many I burn, and even how many calories other people take in. I'm obsessed with working out to burn calories and always burn exactly 350 a day at the gym, and an additional 100 or so from just walking, etc. I ALWAYS read nutrition facts, and for home-made meals, I watch my mom closely and calculate exactly how many calories are in each meal. I hate this habit, and it's disrupting my normal life! (in school, I always dwell on how much I've eaten that day and how much I need to work out to burn it off) I'm 16 (almost 17), 5'3 and 99 pounds, so I'm not like ultra-skinny or anything, i just have a strange obsession!!! Am I OCD??

2007-08-21 07:55:47 · 7 answers · asked by brubabe 5

My psychologist thinks I do not know who i am as a person... How do I go about figuring it out? What characteristics define the person you are?

2007-08-21 07:23:55 · 6 answers · asked by Erica 2

when I hear of people who have died from any unnatural causes, I feel grief and sadness to their loss - but I do not know them.

2007-08-21 07:23:23 · 8 answers · asked by beevillegarden 1

2007-08-21 07:21:24 · 3 answers · asked by krissyfranfran 1

how sometimes is right about things with me (even though i don,t ask her) but other times she gets on my nerves, she will say the reason you acted like this is because you had a bad childhood, not everything can be due to my childhood. she thinks she knows everything and gets on my nerves, why do some people do this

2007-08-21 07:13:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I feel like I'm always thinking that life sucks and nothing is going right and the littlest things make me upset. How can I be a more positive person?

2007-08-21 06:47:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

And are they using research in other fields that affect it like neuro-biology, neuro-linguistics. It seems like the field has to keep up on nearly every other discipline to be viable. That seems to be true of every discipline now with all the discoveries.

2007-08-21 06:43:27 · 2 answers · asked by hb12 7

Does anyone know a website that you can chat with an online counselor of some sort???

2007-08-21 06:36:19 · 2 answers · asked by babeedoll82 1

What is the average? How about different counties. Anything being done being done about it? Or how important is it? Any of these.

2007-08-21 06:35:45 · 4 answers · asked by hb12 7

2007-08-21 06:20:10 · 6 answers · asked by theinsaneprofessor 1

I heard that you cannot stop a habit but must replace it with another one. I have found this to be very true. Starting when I was about 8 years old, I went to the gas station EVERY DAY and got a soda at least once. When I was 14, I replaced sipping soda with smoking. I smoked throughout the day and went to the store every day for a pack of cigarettes. Now that I (finally) quit smoking, I find that I go to get a Starbuck's coffee every day, even though I can't comfortably afford it. Anyone know what my strange series of addictions stems from or how I can overcome it? I'm tired of depending on outside things!

2007-08-21 06:13:15 · 7 answers · asked by The Naughty Librarian 5

I find if I have nothing to worry about I think of useless things that depress me and they have no logical reasoning or foundation. Time passes slowly when you're procrastinating about something. As they say time goes so fast when you're busy but you get so tired.

2007-08-21 05:50:12 · 17 answers · asked by Twister 1

I try my best to be in a good mood everyday and I have a lot of friends (or so it seems), but I want to find out if people truly like me for who I am.

2007-08-21 05:43:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-21 04:46:02 · 8 answers · asked by Royal 4

I live in a very conservative (politically and socially) area. I am rather laid-back and liberal. I am finding it difficult to find a job, make friends and feel comfortable with service professionals (doctors, dentists, etc.) because the business climate is very cut-throat resulting (in my opinion) a living environment that is paranoid and non-trusting. Is there any hope? How does a mild mannered person like myself get along in this type of environment? I keep wanting to be friendly and trust people,, but this seems to be the opposite of how people behave here and how they expect you to behave.
Any suggestions?

2007-08-21 03:56:18 · 22 answers · asked by wittygee 1

There is no specific reason. Just a bad mood? I am happy 99% of the time so I am not good at dealing with bad moods.

2007-08-21 03:56:02 · 19 answers · asked by AJPierzynskis' 4

2007-08-21 03:45:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-21 03:24:00 · 5 answers · asked by eoc1000 2

2007-08-21 03:11:03 · 15 answers · asked by Challah back Girl... 5

death is so sad and we hve to face it.

2007-08-21 03:10:06 · 18 answers · asked by Christie W 4

i don't know anything but my world has turned upside.i shout at my dear ones.i get irritated very quickly and shout at others. i m a short tempered person but things did'nt used to go this way as it is going now.i realise my fault and feel guilty.i don't know what to do. in this way i m losing my freinds and even i my mother would start disliking me.i need some good advice.

2007-08-21 02:39:25 · 19 answers · asked by Angel 3