Psychology - September 2007

religion - is it corrupting us? that death is a pain beyond imagination , and no one would suffer a greater pain in this world is a notion that , perhaps, i should say , is encouraged by religious peoples of the day. i myself am not an athiest , but truth , though inconvertible,seems to be a remedy. so i want a remedy!

2007-09-03 00:10:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

what percentage of people on here now at 11.30 am are unemployed, or off work ill, and will this affect the answers I get, compared with asking the same questions early evening. Ie, will questions being asked at 7pm be more positive. Also would I get a more positive answer, say on a fri night, than a mon morning?

2007-09-02 23:33:23 · 6 answers · asked by gill 4

2007-09-02 23:13:10 · 15 answers · asked by ? 2

I wake up in the AM, and I'm happy, centered and focused. I know what I want and what I'm doing.

After one day out and about (I'm in the NYC area), from all that goes on, traffic, countless of other people, possible weather, and things going on, I feel like it all takes away from me, and at the end of the day I kind of lose a part of myself.

Is this a problem with me, or is there alot of stimuli out there, and I need to learn how to control/manage it.

Many people don't let it phase them. I want to know how to do that!

2007-09-02 22:13:19 · 5 answers · asked by Doo.ri 3

2007-09-02 21:52:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-02 21:38:17 · 5 answers · asked by Alberich 6

we all make choices in life.. some good and some bad.. so which have you made that have had the biggest positive impact on it?

i would have to say the two main choices i have made for myself are to believe in God but to not stuff myself in a specific group of believers.. i don't think i should have to have a label to have faith.. and the second is to be straight edge.. keep my body pure to keep my mind pure..

i'm not into shoving my believes down other people's throats.. but i do like to see what effects other people.. i'm a psychology major i can't help it lol.. so yeah.. how about you guys?

2007-09-02 21:03:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-02 21:01:02 · 8 answers · asked by jahanbakhsh k 1

Part of me just thinks being Evil is cool. Perhaps i'm a bit obsessed with bad-boy culture. But I'm afraid I really will be bad, so far, I have only sins of the flesh. I'm afraid I'll become a thief, or worse a murderer, or even a gangster, or assasin. I remember when I hated all things like this. Working seems so distant and far away, marriage, love, I've just become jaded. How do I go back? Return to innocence.

2007-09-02 21:00:02 · 6 answers · asked by Swampy 3

2007-09-02 20:42:56 · 2 answers · asked by lelenguyen05 3

I tend to find that every once in a while, I display attitudes people might diagnose as mental illness, such as mood swings, delusions of grandeur, depression, among other things. Why is it though that so many people today find mental illness a trendy thing to have? I wonder if some of the people I talk to that claim to suffer from or display mental problems overtly would only seek to maintain some sort of goals, discipline or responsibility for their actions so as to recognize what is important. I tend to find most people that suffer from mental illness really have a self-centered attitude that forms the core of their perceived problems.

In plain words, is mental illness really an adult version of a child acting like a spoiled brat?

I realize sometimes I may feel sad, moody or weird, but in the end, other people are counting on me and that's what really matters. Maybe in well-off countries, the mind plays tricks because we have life easier than others?

2007-09-02 20:41:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

this guy is dating me at specific time.. so i think he is going to be late.. again.. I find this disrespect and quite disssapointed for not being considerate.. I know he will apologize but then it will repeat again in future..

I find people nowadays rarely make it on time for their appointment.. Why is that so? I never make people wait, if i do it was due to unexpected event and i will call them up to inform them.. But most people don;t do the same to me... i wonder why..

I am quite depressed because i suppose i deserve to be taken seriously and not for granted..i cant stand people breaking promise and no time sense.. is this my problem, expect too high? too easily dissapointed or what? what should i do?

Thank you for your sincere opinion here..

2007-09-02 20:39:57 · 10 answers · asked by wishingforpeace 3

Can you tell me of any memory techniques that can enable me to remember things fast?

2007-09-02 20:38:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't want to be a pornography actor.

2007-09-02 20:38:29 · 7 answers · asked by Need T 1

Please explain...

2007-09-02 20:27:11 · 5 answers · asked by sirkusrock 3

Nearly Ned Flanders, my husband is a hard working, honest, faithful man. He is dedicated to our family, free of vices, he spends his non-working time with us. We have an open, loving relationship. He has an addiction to 'hiding' run of the mill porn. He stupidly 'hides' it in his work bag (get fired if found) I don't have any problem with porn. We have our stash that is hidden, inaccessible to our kids. We respect each others right to pleasure ourselves and don't take it personally. I don't mind that he has porn, just that he hides it. I wouldn't mind if he said 'I want this secret stash and I promise to hide it here inaccessible to the kids'. I just hate secrets and I hate when the person I am most intimate with hides/lies about something so stupid. He is not a sex perv, he knows his likes/needs I don't know why he cant talk to me about it. I survived molest and overcome my own intimacy issues. I have threatened to leave, he has seen a dr, it still resurfaces.

2007-09-02 19:44:52 · 6 answers · asked by sickofkira 1

I have trouble communicating with people I don't know (I'm painfully shy). I am uncomfortable with a group of people I don't know, and have trouble taking the initiative of trying to communicate with someone I don't know, as well as keeping up a conversation. I'm fine with friends and people I've got to know, and I'm not sure if I am so introverted naturally... I can remember being fine at age 8 - 9, but I've always had this problem starting from grade 3 - 4 in elementary school up to now. I don't have to many good friends because of it, my best friends are from when I was at a very young age. Now I am more and more frequently and intensely depressed because of my social situation (and some other things). My shyness eased up a bit last year in grade 10, but am now going into grade 11 and will have to face this all over again, and am worried that I will have another relatively socially inert year at school. I'm okay with who I am, but my shyness increasingly keeps getting in the way :(

2007-09-02 18:48:16 · 6 answers · asked by Markos J 1

How to intrepret dreams? Any real psychologists here?

Cheers
Yee Cs

2007-09-02 18:43:59 · 4 answers · asked by jACKSON 2

Whenever I approach a social situation my brain automatically thinks the worst is happening. For example: If I look a girl in the eye and she looks away, I assume I freaked her out with my eye contact. When in reality it could of been ten million other things. Maybe even that I'm so good looking she was intimidated. I realize I have to reprogram my brain to think differently in these situations. What are some good experiments or exercises I could use in real life situations? Something I'm gonna try is to make a conscious effort to make eye contact with as many people as I can and hold it until they look away. That way I will get the rush of locking eyes, forcing myself to control the situation (instead of looking away like I do now), and getting used to people breaking off eye contact and realizing it's just normal and it's not something to overanalyse. My lack of good eye contact really effects my confidence and I need to do something about it. Any suggestion for me would be great!

2007-09-02 18:32:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Normally i am the super quiet guy that cant talk to people but after a few drinks i can be the friendliest person on earth, talk to anyone, dance all night at weddings.. but then when i sober up im back to the reserved person that has no fun... how can i be a little more like the drunk me without the liquor.. i cant seem to fix this...

2007-09-02 18:26:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The chemical, PEA. How do you get it to release in someone else?

2007-09-02 18:24:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now I truly know that Honesty will get you nowhere. Playing fair will only give the other person the upper hand.

It's fcuked up but that's what I feel. Hard working people are always put down by cheats.

To each his own.

2007-09-02 18:18:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My problem is that i am very lazy and hence have become overweight. I am not lazy because of my weight, i know that, because once i am on my feet and out of the house i am on the go and i am active!
But when i am at home or comfortable in my room then i just cant get myself to go outside for a walk or to complete some daily chores. I now think that i probably love my room and my comfort way too much and probably thats why i am lazy.

I want to loose weight and when i get sudden motivation from some friend or movie that i watch then i start going for a walk but somehow i cant continue my routine of walks..i stop after 1 or 2 weeks and get back to my old habit of lying around at home. I dont know why. It must be a mental block or soemthing i am not aware of and that is affecting me and my health alot.
Can anyone help?

2007-09-02 18:13:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anon_girl 2

me and my flatmate are really good friends, we care so much about each other, we hang out togther all the time, we sleep togther so i guess we are actually more then friends, we kiss and hug and hold hands and act just like a couple!!!! but i dont want him to be my boyfriend so i have told him that and thats fine with him. i love having someone caring and loving me but it scares me how much he likes me. im afraid that i dont like him as much as he likes me. im not really attracted to him and he is not my type and i always look at other guys and want other guys.... so what do i do?? i cant stop whats happening between me and my flatmate.... im confused about what i want!! i never want to lose him as a friend though. and i never want him or me to move out of the flat. i wish i could understand myself.... what do you think?? just ready this situation... what comes to your mind? honestly..........

2007-09-02 18:11:11 · 4 answers · asked by lily 2

can anyone relate to me any experience with telepathy? a personal one or something. i need it for my psychology research paper.
thanks.

2007-09-02 18:10:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whenever someone gives me a long sincere compliment I seem to get sad. I get regular comments on a daily basis which I'm sure most people do but when people say something really nice and take the time to tell me it makes me really really sad. Why? It it normal?


Example: Someone wrote me a letter saying that I was smart, sweet, beautiful, very cute and told me to never let anyone put me down...

2007-09-02 18:09:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know this sounds weird, but when I think how I will feel when I fall in love, I feel these VERY intense feelings of euphoria, like everything will always be right and perfect. My chest feels tight (in a good feeling way) and I feel weightless; the feeling feels so right I can feel my soul intertwining with his.

Yet every time I have fallen in love, I haven't experienced anything even close. It feels like..reality. Like you feel good and have butterflies and your very in love, but its so much more down to earth. Is it possible to feel a feeling that isn't real?

This has nothing to do with infatuation, I can assure you. I know what infatuation is, I know relationships have problems, don't take this the wrong way it is only about that particular feeling. All i want to know is why even after finding the man I want to be with forever, I have never felt the feeling that resides only in my imagination.

2007-09-02 18:01:48 · 6 answers · asked by Starling, my Darling 2

does crying really makes you feel good after all the pain?
can sum1 tell me why?

2007-09-02 17:55:54 · 4 answers · asked by jimilie 1

Throughout my life I've been very shy / a loner. I feel almost addicted to being alone. But, lately I'm feeling conflicted about it. I can accomplish a lot more on my own, but, I'm going through my whole life knowing very few people and it is actually painful to talk (even though I have a fine vocabulary)...
I just feel that my connection to people is slipping away....I do activities that one can do alone. I almost don't know how to relate to people. It is very hard not to offend others or them you as soon as you start opening your mouth and thinking. All you can talk about is the weather or something factual. If you read some of this -- thank you for taking a shot....

2007-09-02 17:37:55 · 7 answers · asked by exp 1

i tend to be a little selfish sometimes..
even though i dont want to be, i just am. ):

and i even did volunteer work recently (added up to 20hrs)!

2007-09-02 17:32:41 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous