Psychology - December 2007

Most everyone has heard that a troubled young man recently shot some people, killing them, and then turned the gun on himself.

Everyone wants to know what signs they may have missed in him that could have been worked with to prevent all of this. Can mental health "experts" be blamed for their claims that they know everything, yet they fail to catch the supposed signs ahead of time 100 percent of the time?

This again shows the inability of mental health "professionals" to deliver on what they shout so loud to all the world about that they know is so real and treatable. They have had more than 100 years to prove themselves as a science, yet they hurt more people or fail to protect those whom they are charged with protecting. Can they realistically call themselves a science?

Are they capable of performing in their chosen line of work? Should the mental health field be shut down and completely examined in depth like the "patients" they examine themselves? Rebuilt in some way?

2007-12-06 17:38:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-06 17:10:49 · 13 answers · asked by Apprentice Ghost 3

Everything i am saying really happenned. awhile when i was 8 or something(15 now) it was late at night, my mom with the measels was in bed, house is completely dark, dad and older brother gone, so just me and my younger sister are at home. so this is what happened....we have a piano and i swear that my sister and i heard it playing and no it was not from some radio ro tv. i was gonna go but i was scared so i didnt...my sister and i just waited and sooner or later my dad and brother came home and it stopped. thats it but my family except my sister thinks its some joke....
what are your stories or opinions?

2007-12-06 17:08:19 · 5 answers · asked by _o6 1

Last christmas I had a boyfriend and he succumbed to cancer in august... he was the only one that understood me. Councilors don't really help me at all..it would be nice if someone could actually relate or have any advice on how to live a lonely life happily

2007-12-06 16:48:33 · 5 answers · asked by Soraya 1

2007-12-06 16:41:17 · 2 answers · asked by baby_girl_clover 1

2007-12-06 16:22:01 · 4 answers · asked by seventy seven 2

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2007-12-06 15:38:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know, those naturally bony girls.

Why do many of them (NOT all of them) seem more driven, competitive, less touchy-feely than other people? Sometimes they can seem kind of mean, but they're Type A people who know what they want.

Does anyone else notice that, and if so, why might that be? Could body types be LOOSELY correlated with personality?

Kind of like Jaslene from America's Next Top Model, but everyone I knew who was that skinny seemed to have "that" personality.

2007-12-06 14:59:44 · 15 answers · asked by . 2

2007-12-06 14:45:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-06 14:00:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-06 13:12:31 · 18 answers · asked by ♥BEX♥ 7

While driving I getr irritated when a man driver stares at me rather than concentrating in his driving. I find it rude and ill-mannered

2007-12-06 13:07:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm beyond depressed doubt any one has reached my level of it,no good points in my life i can not be bothered to go to see any one about my problems im to stuben and laid back to do anything about it (off line) my self talk is pretty negative but i sometimes throw in the positive out looks on life to stop me doing something id regret..have a bad self image on my self not a clue what others see me as at all as so many people lie to you just to make you feel ok,i think im ugly a lot of the time but sometimes i don't its weird, i can not make friends with any one they seem interested in me when we first meet but then they notice i don't talk a lot and seem depressed and miserable..then they tend to leave me alone, i can not express my self for the life of me, i do not know what my interests are i have none im that depressed i lost it all.. my memory is bad but good, for instance some one asks what music do you like i couldn't say cause i forgot what types i like but i know when im alone :s

2007-12-06 12:38:38 · 15 answers · asked by Matty S 2

I start my day with happy positive thoughts,
but by 10:00AM
I have hit barriers, and I fall into frustrated thoughts and its all down hill from there. I try hard to bring myself back to a happy state. but that takes up so much energy that I stay down.

2007-12-06 11:52:08 · 21 answers · asked by Stingray 7

I feel like my coworkers (whom we spend a lot of time with and have known eachother for 5 years) don't really know me. I want to know what they REALLY think but can answer anonymously.

2007-12-06 11:35:23 · 4 answers · asked by benzzrep4u2 1

2007-12-06 11:35:08 · 24 answers · asked by ♥BEX♥ 7

What is the name of a character trait for always wanting to be moral?

2007-12-06 11:30:44 · 2 answers · asked by Julie 4

hi all,
my ex and i broke up because he was always working and he never had time for me. we broke up about 2 years ago. after we broke up he would always keep in touch till this day. he calls me like every 3-4 weeks to see how i am doing? also, when he calls he wants to hang out and everytime i hang out with him we end up kissing (no sex) just kissing,,,so its not a booty call...im trying to figure him out..what does he want from?? does this make any sense at all?? cause im so confused as to why he hooks up with me when we hang out but we r not together...ive been dating other guys after him and i know that hes been dating other girls after me...i need help trying to figure this out??? im gonna ask him whats on his mind, but before i do this i just want everyones opinion...im curious

2007-12-06 11:00:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-06 10:47:36 · 10 answers · asked by Tiger Girl 1

Or what would be the psycholocigal disagnosis for a person who seemed to dispaly no signs of a consouis. Meaning no guilt, care for anything other than themselves ect.

2007-12-06 10:13:41 · 4 answers · asked by Kyttn 2

i've so overwhelmed with school and life in general.

i don't know what to do anymore!

my mom doesn't uderstand, neither do my friends.

i'm just so tired. not just physically but mentally as well, my grades are slipping and i'm an A student.

our schools so big i have no friends in any of my classes....it looks like i'm walking around with no friends.

everyone probably thinks i'm some sort of freak

but i just want to go to the hospital for like a month, i'm so sick of life and i really don't know what to do anymore...anyone have any ideas?

i just feel like puking up my intestines when i get home, i sometime have thoughts of suicide (even though i would never do that...) just going to the hospital would be good enough for me.....

i just don't know what to do anymore...

help!

2007-12-06 09:48:17 · 8 answers · asked by pink.love 1

2007-12-06 09:40:08 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

This teenager will not work, go to school, clean up after himself or his dog, will not take care of the dog, will do nothing but sit around smoking pot and drinking. He is faced with eviction from his residence in one month. But still no motivation. What is going on here? It seems to be worse that just laziness. Does anyone have any answers here?

2007-12-06 09:28:51 · 9 answers · asked by Ann J 1

I'm 14 years old and i did the tickle.com IQ test.
It said i have an IQ of 127.
What does that mean?
Am i smart?
Whats the worst/best possible?
Will my IQ get better over time?

Thanks for taking the time to read, thanks even more to whoever answers!

2007-12-06 08:59:06 · 21 answers · asked by O.B. 4

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2007-12-06 08:44:38 · 9 answers · asked by vim4you2 5

2007-12-06 08:44:13 · 28 answers · asked by Rita 6

Some commentators are saying that those without Internet access are seriously deprived of a basic medium of communication. Will they be left behind in an information society? Does society have an obligation to ensure that everyone can have access?

2007-12-06 08:11:27 · 2 answers · asked by Linda k 1

Like a personal computer add-on, like implanted into the brain, so you can download and be smarter?

2007-12-06 08:06:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

my friends always say that I'm cold and that I don't have feelings.
I can't understand why. they always tell me about their problems asking me for solutions. and come to me to cry.
I always try to understand their feelings and help them finding a rational solutions to their problems.I am always there for them in hard times but they never show any gratitude instead they always say I have no feelings.
I always try to be considerate and never said they were wrong to feel a certain way. but sometimes I think they take very bad decisions because they are very emotional and later they always admit that.
I don't like to cry and I don't talk about my feelings. is that why they say I am cold or is it something else?
if there was something wrong with me what should I do?
plz help

2007-12-06 07:24:21 · 8 answers · asked by lovely girl 2

2007-12-06 07:15:17 · 8 answers · asked by Blicka B 1