Psychology - September 2007

Even though i know this is old stuff comming up for me, it still seems to affect my life sometimes worse in certian situations. I am a mother and grandmother. I dont drink, drug or smoke and tend to be very good to others. I seem to attract other people who dont feel good about themselves and only need me. they want to find something wrong with me. few of my good realtionships are based on people who say they love me and that i am a great person, to the contrary i seem to only want the approval of the ones that want to point the finger at me and find any faults i may have, I know i am human but i cant seem to accept i have faults and feel that i am no good and still bad. As a adult if i make any mistakes , especially in the presence of people who say things like , look at you and what you are doing ! I then remember my childhood and how i was always the bad one in the eyes of my family and now an over acheaver in my adult life and it is wearing me down, does anyone understand this

2007-09-14 11:21:20 · 10 answers · asked by V 1

It seems like people feel like everyone is out to get them when they are talking in chat rooms or on message boards. Why are people so hostile towards others on the internet?

2007-09-14 11:12:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whatever can go wrong will go wrong. What happened today? A chance to get it off your chest! 10pts to the poster whose had the worst of all! C'mon, its therapeutic!

(Mine is, I've been sick for 2 weeks and had to get tax documents together at the last minute (YUCK), and then my printer went down, my dog had diarrhea all over the house, then he tried to eat it and then threw up diarrhea vomit on top of it. My oven is broken too, but you won't hear me complaining about THAT!)

I suppose it could be worse. Tell me how bad your day was so I can feel better about mine!! Misery loves comapny!

2007-09-14 11:07:26 · 3 answers · asked by bijou 4

I'm wondering if anyone is actually like me and really wants to know all the details of something. People get annoyed by this but I get equally, if not more, annoyed at their inability to elaborate more. If someone tells me about something I enjoy hearing everything that went on. I WILL ask why because I'm interested. People complain about ppl never being interested but someone is it's like back off. I don't think I'm too over the top, only with family! I'm generally interested in things and this can sometimes appear to be nosy, which I wouldn't say I am. I wouldn't look into things when I feel I shouldn't. I will be okay without them but I just prefer to know everything. Why not?

So, do you like to know all the details?

2007-09-14 11:01:21 · 3 answers · asked by Karl 2

2007-09-14 11:00:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I used to do shop work, I would regularly be asked some of the dumbest questions imaginable.

Top of the list of most often asked was (disregarding the staff uniform and badge, AND the fact that I was loading shelves) 'Do you work here?'

Now that I have had a change of occupation and become a cycle courier, I find that pedestrians are not at all happy with the fact that they have plenty of space on the sidewalk, they'd rather cross the road in heavy moving traffic and generally try to get themselves or someone else killed.

I had one guy today sprinting up the cycle lane. I kindly pointed out to him that his bike seemed to be invisible, and there was a rather large bus up his @ss.

Shortly afterwards, someone else stepped out in front of me. He'd obviously mistaken the red man (stop) with the green man (go). Judging by the look he gave me when I missed him by inches, that was MY fault somehow.

Does anyone else notice this phenomenon?

2007-09-14 10:18:51 · 14 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-09-14 10:06:25 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

nothing to do with looks though.. deeper than that ...

2007-09-14 09:07:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've recently found myself in a difficult situation, that I don't wish to elaborate on, I which i need to make a choice. Unfortunately, while I understand what is morally the correct choice my intellect tells me another path would be the better decision. Both choices conflict with each other. Each choice seems right on it's own but when I think of them both I'm deadlocked.

My question: What should a person do when their morality and intellect conflict? which is the right path?

2007-09-14 08:48:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

the feeling of insignificance and insecurity. believing i will never be good enough for anyone and that i will be alone forever? a lot of the events that have taken place have deeply contributed to me believing this. i feel really worthless.

2007-09-14 08:37:15 · 11 answers · asked by Poet 2

be feeling-less and never have to suffer or need anyone?

or feel both pain and happiness?

2007-09-14 08:31:21 · 6 answers · asked by Poet 2

2007-09-14 08:03:13 · 17 answers · asked by loganiwitts 1

I have been having trouble controling my anger and my way of speaking to my children. I want badly for them to do well in school and socialy. Good behavior, well maners, respectful... these are just a few of the things I try hard to install in them but when the go in a different direction I take in personal. I am wrong when I yell. Practice makes perfect but I am failing at it.
I know people are judgemental and sarcastic by nature but I need real honest, helpful advice and direction

2007-09-14 07:29:52 · 5 answers · asked by Lynn 2

They weren't raised with love, were abandonded or abused, orphaned, but instead of being evil and violent, they are good, and try to help others?

2007-09-14 06:37:48 · 11 answers · asked by Wood Smoke ~ Free2Bme! 6

I ask this before but my question was misunderstood so I am asking it again because I need to know what I can do to make him leave me alone
My ex is trying to control my life.. he has a new gf but he still acts like I am his gf too I have been very clear I would never want him back and it 100% over between us... but he knows I am single and maybe this is why he thinks I still want him back or trying to make fall for him again and still show off his gf to my face all the time... if he sees me talking to someone he gets all upset and acts like he is hurt... and I has done sooooooo much to hurt me while I gave him 100% love and care and never asked anything from him but thanx god I am too strong I can still stand on my own
and I don't talk to him but his gf, him and I work at the same place and whenever he gets the chance he comes around me with his gf and tells her gf to stand away and he ask me how I am? Is it true I have found another job? He acts like he want me to find another job but then next min he acts he is glad we work together and he tries to look at me whenever possible. I can see how it makes his gf upset she looks at me with anger and hate in her eyes I was the first one to work in this company and after I helped him to get a job there cause he was jobless for yrs and now he has brought his gf 2. I don’t see why I should leave a job that pays good salary and it has good potentials

I am also not ready for another relationship... or flirting with other guys to make him jealous I wouldn’t want anyone else feeling’s to get played like main

2007-09-14 06:17:48 · 13 answers · asked by Holy 2

This girl in my class is always talking about somebody and today she decided to say something about me with her ragedy broke down skinny baldheaded *** she get on my nerves!! Ive tried ignoring her SO MUCH and i try not to respond to her, but this is getting out of hand. I REALLY wanna hurt this girl. Im so mad right now that if she was walkin down the street right now i would probably shoot her ugly butt. How can i stop letting this get to me?

2007-09-14 06:04:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The rats could jump to either of two windows with sliding glass barriers, each containing food. The windows were embedded in a wall or partition several inches away. By varying the pattern of open and closed windows, the experimenters saw how well the rats learned increasingly complex patterns. But when they varied the open window randomly, the rats ultimately fixated on one window. Thereafter, if that window was closed all the time, and the other one was open all the time, the rat continued to jump to the same (closed) window. I would like to accurately cite this experiment, but can't find any reference to it online. Can anyone point me to one?

2007-09-14 05:42:50 · 3 answers · asked by nedbj 1

I need a counterargument

2007-09-14 05:07:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i hate/detest these politicians, people in the media etc that say its just laziness....so that means a manic depressive like myself (for 21 years!!) has just been lazy....i think not, i have a happy married family, 4 kids & cope pretty well, but what are your thoughts on my question

2007-09-14 04:59:39 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

kill it immediately or put it out in the garden?

2007-09-14 04:54:12 · 25 answers · asked by We are change 1

Depression for me = having trouble taking a shower and doing anything other than taking care of my children and reading, playing on computer, watching TV, etc. Please serious responses only – I’m not lazy and not making excuses, just wanting to learn how others get through this. Yes, I have had/am having therapy, am sometimes on meds when advised to do so and can afford it…no, nothing has worked long-term so far. So how do you accomplish more when you’re in this kind of spot? Creativity and/or unusual “solutions” much appreciated.

2007-09-14 04:44:34 · 14 answers · asked by Hoosier Mom 5

I was trying to fill out a job application and I just started crying. I've been a homemaker for the last two years. Before that I was a teacher. Now we need the extra money so I'm planning to be a subtitute teacher. I mostly enjoyed teaching. We don't have any children. Why am I dreading working so much? Am I lazy, a coward, or what? Is it normal to burst into tears filling out an application?

2007-09-14 04:41:41 · 12 answers · asked by em T 5

I'm just curious to know if there really are any REAL psychologists that browse the mental health section and try to help people?

2007-09-14 04:26:49 · 7 answers · asked by JD 6

2007-09-14 04:21:02 · 13 answers · asked by not_omniscient_enough 1

2007-09-14 04:20:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-14 04:14:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't understend when my friends complane. I never bored I don't nave time for that I wish I will be bored one day. So what about you?

2007-09-14 04:10:35 · 3 answers · asked by lbelfer 4

or somewhere. I have noticed something. Whenever i go to work in the morning, I get there at 8:45 a.m. There is this guy that drives into the parking lot and and goes to the pay phone to use it. I have noticed that it's always the same exact time every day that I go to work. I am not saying he is watching me. I am just saying what I noticed. He has a good car, and he doesn't look homeless. Why can't he use his own home phone or cellphone that he has to waste gas to use a pay phone.

This guy is Hispanic and I am not suggesting anything by that. What I think is that the guy is using a pay phone to keep something secret, perhaps cheating on his wife, or drug dealing.

Noticed anything strange lately?

2007-09-14 03:48:54 · 9 answers · asked by I'M GONNA GO PLACES 5

I’ve been with my spouse for 8 years. We’ve been through a lot together and want the same things from life. We have two children together. [I’m a girl btw, pay no attention to the avatar.] I married when I was 19, had my first child at 21 and second just 1.5 years ago. I’m now 28. I love my girls and don’t want to tear their lives apart. I love my husband too, and he loves me.

The problem is that I love him in a way that’s not passionate. I don’t feel a strong connection with him anymore. He’s a good friend, and I still find him physically attractive, but I have no sexual desire to be close or intimate. I feel myself pull away and want nothing to do with it. We fight a lot. The root of those fights is arguably my own standoffishness toward him.

I just feel like I want to be free. I don’t want to have to answer to him anymore. Sometimes I think I married too young and had kids too fast and now my life is too far entrenched to get out. And so I despair and am very depressed.

2007-09-14 03:34:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am a very angry person and some times have real trouble controling myself in front of my 2 kids, i also smoke mary jane but i don't think this has any thing to do with it (which i only smoke at night, only during the daytime any more. used to tho). i have always been quite an angry person i also suffer with s.a.d.
any thoughts on how to stop being this way for the sake of my family and others around me?

2007-09-14 03:18:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous