Psychology - September 2007

I was raised to go to school and get a good job - keep acquiring more so I can help my family. I'm addicted to work, sounds stupid but I have to excel at what I do and that prevents me from truly enjoying life. So I'm curious are you chasing your career still and if not, when did you decide that other things were more important.. and HOW did you transition into that new mindset? How did it affect those around you?

2007-09-28 19:05:39 · 4 answers · asked by LA Boston Gal 6

2007-09-28 18:47:12 · 8 answers · asked by Melt D 1

Is it right to get revenge by stalking back the stalker who stalked me before?

2007-09-28 18:46:34 · 5 answers · asked by Friv 4

2007-09-28 18:15:30 · 16 answers · asked by Ashiya 6

it could make a big difference even if it's just a short prayer thanks

2007-09-28 18:04:28 · 10 answers · asked by Compromise it will ya pls? :) 1

I have great family and friends and I should be happy but I just feel down in the dumps alot anyway. How can I try to enjoy life more?

2007-09-28 17:55:04 · 15 answers · asked by shopshortys 2

Sometimes I feel that describes me.

2007-09-28 17:23:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

can travelling a lot really change a person? what if that person is lack of self-confidence, very shy, very quiet, but outdoors kind of person, and is not like to get around with people? can he change into the opposite by only travelling to different countries?

2007-09-28 17:16:41 · 4 answers · asked by jane 2

if my personality was formed and determined by my upbringing and social surroundings. if i learned how to act and to talk from observing others and learning from them. then do i really have a personality? am i really an individual?? or am i just the creation of a diverse society and culture that has produced many like me and continues to do so? if a baby grew up never having seen a person, would it act like one? would it smile when it was pleased or cry when it's sad? or would it stay animalistic and never be a really human? if we grew without society then would we find what we really are?

2007-09-28 17:09:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

please help me.........i need my strength back. i lost my willpower a few months ago and can't keep to stay on track. i am lost and confuse, i honestly hate my life.

2007-09-28 17:03:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I been scared of elephants (yes elephants since i was 8 and saw a show about an elephant going on a rampage at a circus. i used to also think about if a bear or a lion got loose in the town. I used to some times have dreams about theese situations when i was young........The problem is, im an adult now and in the past year i had about 10 dreams about some animal on the loose and me and my family are trying to hide or out run the animal. Its been happening so often latly. I once a month at least. And to be frank,......i wake up with a pounding heart. it still scares me. First i need to know is this normal? And why does it happen so much now? Lastly is there anyway to stop the dreams? I feel so stupid but its so out of control.

2007-09-28 16:09:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

basicaly extreme shyness. I have been like this all my life, literally. I finaly wanna break out of my shell. Plus, I don't want this to cause complications in my relationship. HELP ME!!!(please)

2007-09-28 15:51:43 · 3 answers · asked by Some random chick? 1

2007-09-28 15:40:31 · 8 answers · asked by tigerashes 2

If you are around alot of bad people will you develope some of the same bad characteristics?

2007-09-28 13:55:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well im a suicidal person, always have been. But lately ive been falling under really hard. Im in college again after a year after being kicked out of school for poor grades. Now im in a community college. Ive just been depressed. Theres nothing that will make me happy that i have right now. And everything i want i cant get. My luck is just terrible right now. Im going to school full time and i cant get a job to make money. I need a new car it would make me really happy since my old one barely drives... I need a mazda 3! I need a girlfriend, I need to lose my virginity, I need to grow a lil taller, All these things i feel would make me happy i cant get... So whats the point in living. I would imagine the whole point in living is to get or do things that make you happy right. I cant stop thinking about just ending it all... I dont see any happiness in sight. I spend my whole day confused and tired from trying to mask my depression from the classmates, professors, and family. Ima do it!

2007-09-28 13:52:04 · 10 answers · asked by FlyHighDude 1

As in following you everywhere in the house, except the washroom and talking the whole time. It wears me out.

2007-09-28 13:35:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

In scientific methodology, randomization is used to put people into groups for experiments on human behavior. The underlying assumption: human beings have finite, discretely definable characteristics, and when placed into a larger group, differences between individuals cancel out so that we can confidently take the average of the group and analyze it like it represents a real averaged person. A larger group supposedly creates larger accuracy. However, if this approach ignores that each person's unique qualities affect the specific variable under investigation, our results are skewed to this average person we created through calculations but who doesn't really exist. If these results are skewed then what science tells us about human behavior is also skewed.

2007-09-28 13:26:09 · 6 answers · asked by What I Say 3

Does grief cause you to do things you don't normally do?
My best friend's mom died a few weeks ago, & she's sort of been acting differently. I know she was sexually abused a lot as a child, & she was adopted, & her mom was mentally handicapped. Now, it seems like she's been trying to seduce everyone she can, including me. She's bisexual, BTW. I'm hetero. I told her I'm not like that, & she's been begging everyone in sight to have sex with her, & I'm scared & worried that she might get hurt by guys. I look @ her like a sister, not a sex buddy. @ first when her mom died, she didn't wanna be around anyone, & now, she's trying to have sex with everyone. & everyone is trying to get @ her, too. She's going wild. I still wanna be her friend because if I don't have her as a friend, I don't have anybody. I'm worried about her safety. & last night she tried to pressure me to hav sex with her, & she always tries to fondle me & when I get mad, she laughs. Last night she admitted that her mom's death is causing her to be like this. She feels unloved.

2007-09-28 13:15:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need help, please answer. thank you ^_^

2007-09-28 13:14:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I guess im up late because it's time to myself..something i never get

Do you have educational or business work to do, or are you just not tired?..

2007-09-28 12:41:36 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

i mean without getting angry with them, so you don't get into trouble.
and why is it the most people who i find try to play these mind games with me are ' white brits'? did they invent mind games?

could someone explain? im not a mind games person and hate them.
im from south east france originally and aim to leave britain eventually.
but i want to know how i can handle these mind games, where i feel they attempt to destablize my sense of reality.

i hate THAT people, i really do. i already struggle with bpd as it is, and have life tough...so i dont consider it brave to have these mind games perpatrated towards me.

im 30 now and struggle with trauma and bpd since 16

2007-09-28 12:12:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Guys seldom see me "that way", and I never get asked out to wild parties. While talking to an aquaintance some time ago she said that there is a "purity" to me. I don't have to be a wild woman, but I feel like life is passing me by. What is it about a person that makes people think that a person is too "pure" to ask out to a bar or on a date?

2007-09-28 12:06:23 · 13 answers · asked by AJ 1

I commenced a part time Administrator role in a small company a month ago where my role was to work alongside the Senior Administrator. A week into the job I realised I was working alongside "Thelma & Louise".. two women joined @ the hip who play a wonderful manipulative narcissistic game with myself and the office junior. The business owner is also under their "spell" so it is futile even mentioning how difficult it is to work in this environment. I would appreciate comments on how to deal with this situation as I am finding it increasingly difficult to go to work each day whilst watching them prowl like lionessess watching myself and office junior even though they are continually spouting that they are sooooooo busy.

2007-09-28 10:59:55 · 5 answers · asked by legeebroonette 1

"immediate reinforcement with delayed negative consequences"
what is it means ?> thanKZ

2007-09-28 10:44:07 · 4 answers · asked by SFJ238 1

2007-09-28 10:38:26 · 13 answers · asked by Cecilia M 2

HAVING MY ROCKBAND IS THE DREAM THAT KEEEPS ME ALIVE BUT HOW CAN I GET IT DONE IF I'M LONELY, BY THE WAY I HAVE MY SONGS WRITTEN

2007-09-28 10:31:09 · 2 answers · asked by Nobody4689 5

Stuttering problem shy around women

2007-09-28 09:48:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to me that wherever I go, there are screaming kids and parents who are at their wits end. Most people I can think of have kids because they were "mistakes" or because they are just going with the flow. Don't people think about overpopulation? Or that most marriages are not going to work out. Or really think about their motives for having kids, and what kind of parent they will be? I just feel badly for all these kids who have lousy lives with parents who don't give them boundaries and are put on Ritilan because they want them to shut up and have children as parents, etc.

2007-09-28 09:40:21 · 5 answers · asked by dianna 2

What is normal anyway?

2007-09-28 09:28:48 · 12 answers · asked by Patrick 2

Well, does it? Right now, I'm either really sad or really angry or whatever. My parents say it's just a phase, but I don't feel so...

2007-09-28 08:55:34 · 16 answers · asked by Lyla 3