Psychology - December 2007

A few years ago I would say that I had a major obsession with everything "Buffy" I never missed an episode new and reruns, spent hours taping them, before buying them. Instead of using money I was given to go to school I waked to school stoping along the way to purchase Buffy comic books. I purchased every book that was written about Buffy, and my notebooks were submerged in Buffy stickers. I just could not live without Buffy. To make a long story short. Today my home has absolutly no sign of Buffy. I gave away all of the books, and threw out everything else. My question is do you think it is possible to outgrow and addiction if so can a person outgrow smoking, or pornography.

2007-12-26 13:53:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Through the last few years I've discovered that my Dad has a rather unique relationship with his mother and it's really weird. He'll make excuses for her when she does something wrong, he'll go to her house if he has something that needs sowing on his clothes (rather than going to a tailor), and he seeks her approval for everything. It's weird and freaky and I don't know what to do about it. What should I do?

2007-12-26 13:47:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-26 13:32:50 · 7 answers · asked by Pretty 2

I just read about an experiment done with 10 mice.
5 mice listened to classical music for 10 days.
5 mice listened to rock music for 10 days.

After the 10 days, the two sets of mice had to do the exact same maze. The classical mice completed the maze in a minute and a half(!!), and the rock mice completed it in half an hour (!!)
Also, the study couldn't be continued because all the rock mice killed each other!!!!(None of the classical mice did)
Isn't that amazing?!
I'm going to start listening to classical music!!
So anyway the question is, what is it in classical music that has such an impact on the brain?

2007-12-26 13:02:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

my mind feels heavy all the time and all sorts of negative thoughts occupy my mind. I dont know how to deal with it?

Thanks.

2007-12-26 12:58:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wanna be a social therapist how do you become one and what do you have to know?

2007-12-26 12:55:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Psychological manipulation or physical abuse? I can see how being hit would be very traumatic, but wouldn't a parent or sibling who head trips them and gives them distorted views about the most normal things in life be worse?

Thank you for your input.

2007-12-26 12:55:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why?

2007-12-26 12:27:03 · 27 answers · asked by Susie2 4

Of course they do if both partners want it too. I'm here now to share my great experience with you all that have problems with your partner and tell you all how we survive with just a sincere and hinest communication. I want you all know there is NO doubt to survive your problems if your heart is in your OWN control. Here is my GOLDEN KEY letter that I wrote to my guy and shared all my feelings, good or bad and I just got GREAT and UNBLIEVABLE result out of it. I know many of you are worried and upset but remember COMMUNICATION IS A GOLDEN KEY but sometimes we don't know how, so here is what I did and we both agreed to do it once in a while, because we shoild know that our partners is not a mind reader and has to know how we feel ...so the letter is below..Wish you all the best and merry christmas friends

2007-12-26 12:26:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

since he's been incarcerated, it's been about 11 months,
what should I and what should I NOT write him

2007-12-26 12:18:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-26 12:14:30 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

my mom always wants us to look like the perfect family (when in reality shes a phsychopath). we all have to be pretty and skinny and perfect and smart....im so sick of it!!
i broke my nose playing basketball a week ago....she asked the doctor if, while i had nose surgery, he could go ahead and give me a nosejob...i dont even have that big of a nose!! im only FOURTEEN!! BARELY!!
she so nicely pointed out to me yesterday that im the same size in jeans as my twenty year old sister and i shouldnt be (its only a size one for goodness sake!) she thinks just because my brother is 200 pounds i will be!
she bought me all two small clothes for christmas and i know she did it on purpose.
i cant even live in the same house with her anymore...she literally sickens me.because of her both of my sisters have had nosejobs.she makes everyone feel bad about themselves when all she does all day is sit on her butt. i cant do it anymore!! what do i do? this is during her downtime between breakdowns...

2007-12-26 12:11:49 · 11 answers · asked by karen 5

can you please give a good answer

2007-12-26 12:07:39 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Right now i feel like comiting a murder what will make me calm down i tried video games but i`m still mad

2007-12-26 12:04:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

im tired of getting hurt....thats all.....im tired of loving someone and them not loving me back...anywhere from a guy to my mentally ill mother...i cant do it anymore....advice??

2007-12-26 11:59:04 · 9 answers · asked by karen 5

Hello. I'm asking this question because I'm concerned for my well being and health. Here's the deal. I can become very irritated or depressed randomly, (Well, not randomly. Things usually provoke it, memories and such.) It seems as if my mood changes so easily so fast. I occasionally have suicidal thoughts. I'm generally unhappy with my life and where it is. I think that school is a waste of time because I don't learn anything there I don't already know. At the end of the day I become very delirious. Everything seems surreal. These are the only things that stick out. Do I have a disorder? Are there ways to counter these feelings? Being surrounded by friends seems to do it (excluding the surreal and delirious thing). Thanks in advance.
- Billy Ocean

2007-12-26 11:53:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

agree or disagree and why? I agree. you can pick the winners and losers from any gr8 grad photo, any highschool year book ect. I know im cynical, but its true. people dont change (often).

2007-12-26 11:45:12 · 10 answers · asked by llllllllllllllllll 3

if they were or if it was happening ?

in society its not generally accepted to get angry or aggressive so what are some other ways ?

i have borderline personality disorder to...but also ive met alot of antagonizing, patronizing people through life...the type, when your backs turned or your not around....they laugh and make jokes about you.

theres honestly been times when ive wanted to slap a person hard in the face and call them stupid, idiotic moron......but then, i get in trouble.

so i have to remain cunning and use guile but its hard when people are naturally provocating and insulting.

what is your opinion and how would you deal with such situations ?

especially when your not around to defend yourself

2007-12-26 11:20:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hadnt contacted an ex friend for months and then sent him a Merry Xmas text even though my buddy said 'don't'

I got nothing back

It's not like I have been bothering him i hadnt text'd him for a very long time but I got a woosh of Xmas spirit and text him anyway

Feel like a fool I realize this is not that serious (ie one text after a month or two) but when I received nothing back I just sit here and wonder what a fool he thinks I am.

I am fixated on it

He was a friend I met several months ago I fell for him and we parted company because he didnt feel the same. I am a little obsessed with him. I am in counseling but even my therapist is getting a bit bored and exasperated with it!!! LOL

I am have written 'LOL' but i dont really feel like lol-ing.

2007-12-26 10:55:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-26 10:54:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Most people would rather be certain they're miserable than risk being happy." by Robert Anthony

2007-12-26 10:28:42 · 10 answers · asked by justasking 5

whats the difference between a psychologist and a psychrastis? i know one can prescribe meds and one cant...which ones which?? whats the difference?

2007-12-26 10:28:15 · 5 answers · asked by =/ 1

2007-12-26 10:05:15 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-12-26 09:31:21 · 8 answers · asked by Sean the great 1

Our country is near India and very congervastive. I had never a girl friend though I am 28 now. I am confused wither our country's women have sexual desire or not because they do not show sexual interest to anybody. I assume may be 10% of them have sexual desire, 80% are neutral and 10% are sex hater. For this reason I feel depressed if I mary a girl here, wither she properly allow me to do sex or not. Beside from many days I feel no sexual desire towards normal women. I only arrouse by thinking about porn actress. They are open minded. They can allow their husbands to do any sexual act. As the are broad minded, they don't blame anybody for having any flaws. They can accept peaople as the are. In present, I think that only porn actress can properly satisfy my sexual desire and if I do not get a porn actress as my wife,my life will be meaningless. As all porn actress live in usa, europe etc, I feel very depressed as it seems impossiblle for me to get a porn actress as my life partner.

2007-12-26 09:01:12 · 14 answers · asked by Bluelover 2

I live in frigid madison, wisconsin, and I wnat to live somewhere else. I hate the cold, I hate that i've never lived anywhere else. I like Madison, it superb city. If you are anywhere near hte upper midwest, hopefully in the sumertime, you must visit. But i hate the cold, and i want a change. I'm am planing to graduate college in May, with a major in Psychology and Spanish and a minor in French.
I have considered going to grad school for a ph.d possibly in Psychology... or in my other interest Philosophy. But everyone says its best to work a bit first so you are really sure before you start grad school. I would love to go work down in Texas. preferrably Austin. I want to get out of my parents house, come May or June and have some place to go, preferrably a job lined up. Do you think it can be done?

2007-12-26 08:41:53 · 8 answers · asked by the Bruja is back 5

Do you like your job? More importantly, is a decent paycheck the sole reson you have the job you've got? Or do you work wherever you work because you actually like it? Are people really meant to work like slaves five days a week only to truly enjoy themselves and relax on the weekends? Is this as good as it gets? (If so, this sucks!)

2007-12-26 08:38:28 · 14 answers · asked by . 6

well take educated risks at least to feel alive i think you should!
found this blog that i just shared with a few people today and after reading 4 times a lot seems to be true!
http://unlazyme.blogspot.com/2007/08/9-ways-to-feel-alive.html
so what was the last educated risk you took and what made it risky!
mine was a while back climed up a ridge. my partner just did it but i was super scared that's the risk part! but I did it
BOY DID I FEEL SO ALIVE! hence why i'm glad i found this blog posting!

2007-12-26 08:35:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a first year student in college and I have failed all of my classes for the first semester. I do not have any health problems nor has anything tragic happened in my family. My only excuse for failing out is laziness and procrastination. After failing out, my life has been hell and I really regret this. I now have the chance to appeal to the school to allow me back in but I really don't know what to say. Could somebody please help me?

2007-12-26 06:58:34 · 2 answers · asked by blazeman1111 1

I have 2 sisters (I am a girl..dont mind the avatar) and it seems that they are jealous of me. It is a terrible terrible feeling. I often wondered why they used to exclude me from outings and generally their chat and then a while ago, my mother told me that they are crazy jealous of me. The reasons seem to be that I have a really good job, but it is so unfair as I studied really hard to get this position while neither of them bothered so much. They wanted a social life..boyfriends and all that and I put that on the back shelf to get well qualified. How can I deal with this? Has anyone out there ever experienced this? All I know is that if they do well at anyhthing I am happy for them, I am a caring person but they dont seem to be happy for me when I do well. Why are some people so jealous even of their own siblings? ps it is even infantile..we are not children..we are all over 30 so it is even more hurtful that this carries into adulthood.

2007-12-26 06:32:05 · 9 answers · asked by this is it 1