Psychology - September 2007

i have some homework and i need help can anyone finish of the sentence please and give their opinion please thanksxx

2007-09-20 20:46:12 · 2 answers · asked by natalie w 1

I am doing my homework and it says i am a spiritual person because can anyone answer it for me and give me their opinion please? thanks xx

2007-09-20 20:43:24 · 2 answers · asked by natalie w 1

Are we basing this on historical documentation of their erratic behavior? I have often heard Van Gogh, and Poe referred to as manic depressive/schizophrenic/ect. Albert Einstein as autistic/schizophrenic among numerous other dead greats now being diagnosed. Did we establish these assumptions to bring consolation to those suffering from mental illness, or in our pretentious faith in modern science decide to "label" any popular figure who's behavior did not conform to the standards of their time, and apply it to ours? I'm just curious and a little confused as the criteria for mental illness and specific diagnoses continues to "evolve" daily and remains subjective and inconsistent. Supposedly a "definititive diagnoses"can not be made without a psych eval(and even then...)
I've read that Joan of Arc was a schizophrenic. Jesus Christ 's documented behaviors make the rest look simply eccentric. Who's gonna touch that?

2007-09-20 20:24:20 · 5 answers · asked by sarmirey 1

OK. when u r a kid, u get many lessons on honesty, truth, peace and many other good good things. Do we really take care of those moral values in our lives? Isnt it impractical to give such education to a kid, when he doesnt find that working in real life? Who is truthful now a days? n if truthful, is he successful? if u spk truth all the time u r not at all respected so u have to go for middle path , means manipulation, right? so why should we guide the next generation in wrong way? why not go teach them to be practical and too much manipulative? can we be a lil realistic to our kids?

2007-09-20 19:49:02 · 5 answers · asked by ~Essence~ 2

i have troubles sleeping at night but when i do get tired enough to fall asleep i always hear rythems and beats in my head sometimes its violen sometimes piano sometimes humming most of the time its all 3. i really really like the music i think of i just have absolutly no way of coverting it to be played for real and most of the time i cant remember how it went by the time i wake up... i know this sounds crazy thats why i'm asking if it happens to anyone else

2007-09-20 19:48:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 19:12:38 · 7 answers · asked by star 1

I would like to find out why some times we see a bad dream and cry some time we see a good dream and even wet dream .Why?How does it happen?

2007-09-20 19:10:40 · 1 answers · asked by yamyam 1

A friend has recently revealed to me that she once strangled her father then ran away from home. This was after she had told me that her father is an alcoholic and used to hurt her when he was drunk (both physically and emotionally). This is the main reason she took up martial arts to defend herself from her father. She is a Lesbian and just recently ended a 5 yr relationship with someone who is clinically depressed. It's really sad that she had to go thru this. I want to help her but now she claims she's fallen in love with me and I don't know what to do. I like her but just not in the way she likes me.

2007-09-20 18:34:11 · 1 answers · asked by Human 1

I have an extremely phsycotic Phobia with Waterbugs (BIG ROACHES). What should I do ? I hate the fact that everywhere that I go they exist. I need help. What should I do and where can I go for help. Serious answers only and, prefferred by someone with the same Phobia. Can anyone help? Please!!!!

2007-09-20 17:52:12 · 5 answers · asked by Lisa 2

I am in a rut. I am depressed and feel that I lack choices in my life.

There are a number of things from my past that make me angry (basically, a lot of stuff from my childhood and losing someone I really loved). I spend a lot of my time feeling angry and down on myself.

I want to take control of my life and start viewing things more positively and letting go of the things that are negative and that I can't change. But I simply don't know how. While I'm not pessimistic about other people, I'm very pessimistic about myself and my life. I fear that it's "too late" for me to institute change and to be successful and happy.

What can I do to turn this around? Any books or tips to recommend?

2007-09-20 17:44:47 · 9 answers · asked by quirkyfunnyone 1

There are people that are obsessed with tattling, pointing out infractions of rules (whether these rules be actual judicial laws or just matters of morality or etiquette), persecuting, accusing, disapproving and condemning other people. They are usually also totally uptight prudes that are offended by everything.
What causes someone to be this way or become this way?

2007-09-20 17:29:28 · 3 answers · asked by Fish Stick Jesus 2

I know that at 30 your body switches from young to old. Then what after that? What has been your favorite part of life, childhood, teens, young adult, adult or senior?

2007-09-20 17:26:23 · 14 answers · asked by PlasticTrees 2

"i love him with all my heart" i hear that stuff a lot. why does the heart symbolize love when everything is just mental. "Love" is actually is something that builds up over time when you think about something or someone excessively for a period of time. What does the organ or the symbol have anything to do with this. And love is all mental right? When i love something, i actually feel something in my chest. Is this all mental? like, if you hear love coming from the herat, your brain would probably think of the heart and have an illusion of a feeling coming from the chest or the heart?

2007-09-20 16:43:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am NOT, by any means, a shallow person. I try soooo hard to see people on the inside, their true beauty, yet I STILL judge them by their looks off the bat. But I don't like to be that way at all!!! It drives me insane!!! I have always been a bit insecure, so do you think this adds to my problem? Please, don't take me the wrong way. I know that looks are nothing compared to personality. what can I do???

2007-09-20 15:37:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently got married and I can't stand it if my husband sees a sexy girl on tv. It drives me crazy when we're out and theres a cute girl. It makes me feel so ugly. I never say anything but inside I'm about to explode. I only see him glancing once in a while. And I'm also convinced he has porn hiding somewhere. What can I do to get over this. And I don't want to hear all guys look and all guys watch porn cause I know that's not true. I feel like I'm sabotaging my marriage. I don't want to feel this way.

2007-09-20 15:00:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Right now, i'm a graduate student, and I am attempting to get my degree in Social work. Personality wise, I am a very friendly person, don't have a problem getting along with people, and try to be nice at all times. My classmates have even asked me before if I ever have a bad day... Of course I have bad days, but I try not to let it affect the way I am. Anyway, recently we began doing role play in my classes and one of us will be the social worker, and the other will be the client. During my role play sessions in feedback, my classmates have told me that I am too friendly, and I need to tone it down because this might affect me doing my job. I don't know what to do, because this is just the way I am. And I know I shouldn't take things personally because feedback is just feedback; however, I feel kind of bad about myself because of this. One of my classmates even told me that at his old job doing youth counseling, there was a woman there that was just like me, and that was

2007-09-20 14:50:01 · 4 answers · asked by Class_Act83 1

For example you might have a senior person with the following profile "a very slow moving person, keeps to his self and does not say much but always does his job and always says good morning and opens doors for the ladies. One would think shy some would think mysteriously sexy men would think drab"
(person might be on a witness protection program, or "on the run" in some way)

Might be a dream person for the office psychopath to team up with.

2007-09-20 14:35:39 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wished some very very bad things on him when we got into this heated arguement a while ago and I'm extremely regretful that I did that and just today we got into a very very heated arguement again and I threw my wallet at him because he got me soooooooooo upset. I HAVE A PROBLEM COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS I HAVE LOST NUMEROUS JOBS AND HURT PEOPLE--NO PHYSICALLY THOUGH. I NEVER KILLED ANYBODY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT but I feel that if I don't do something about this and soon I will eventually perish in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am currently working with my counselor and I hope and pray that I will be able to resolve this issue!

2007-09-20 14:19:50 · 2 answers · asked by yulka41 1

Help me out here : (

2007-09-20 14:16:51 · 13 answers · asked by Mary 4

2007-09-20 13:48:03 · 2 answers · asked by STORMY K 3

I broke the arm of the guy I like. We were at colorguard and he turned off the light in the room and he came up behind me and scared me, so I bashed him in the wrist with the flagpole. He says it's okay, but I feel absoloutely terrible about it. What should I do??

2007-09-20 13:26:52 · 5 answers · asked by princessoftheghetto07 4

I just don't understand why there aren't any support groups for self injurers? I only found one website with a Self Mutilators anonymous support ring but it was only in a few select cities..and looked like the site hadn't been updated in a while.

2007-09-20 13:16:44 · 7 answers · asked by anonymouse 2

2007-09-20 13:14:48 · 6 answers · asked by thumpers_311 1

If so, how and why? If not, how and why? Do you have any experiences to back your opinion? If so, please state them. Thank you.

2007-09-20 13:14:12 · 4 answers · asked by fslcaptain737 4

2007-09-20 12:58:50 · 6 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7

2007-09-20 12:57:35 · 6 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7

Last year, i moved out on my own to go to college. I was a transfer student, so i was my junior year of college, i was 20, and i had spent the first two years of college living at home. However, the school i transfered was more of a commuter school, so i had almost no chances to make friends. Basically i spent about six months, on my own, no social life, no family, no girl friend, just by myself all the time.

Since that sucked, i moved back home and am now going to a local university. However, even though i have been back at home, with my family, hanging out with my old friends again, making friends at school and work, i still feel alone. I still feel like i am isolated, which with all of these social interactions.

Before i moved out, i felt like i was also part of a group. In school, at parties, at work, with my friends, i felt liked i belonged and that i was in the middle of everything, now i feel like it is just me and no one else. Any advice?

2007-09-20 12:49:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 12:40:51 · 14 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7

I love my boyrfriend, and recently I'm realizing just how much I love him. Sometimes it makes me want to cry, and I don't know why this is!? I'm so happy with him and he is so good to me, and yet when I think of how much I love him I get this sudden urge to cry. What is wrong with me??

2007-09-20 12:28:25 · 5 answers · asked by mels211 1

2007-09-20 12:24:21 · 12 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7