manipulating skills?

Question

2 people I know have degrees in pyschology and are very good at manipulating people into their way of thinking. Meanwhile they both appear to be quite paranoid and insecure about their own life. Can the study of pyschology actualy damage people into over analysing everything?

Answer 1

Hello,

(ANS) The answer here is definitely YES! in my opinion. I trained as a counselor & psychotherapist and I found it extremely important to keep my professional work mode completely separate from my private life or domestic mode.

There is a very real danger of constantly analyzing other people, it can easily become a habit or an obsess. However, anything can be used as a defense, or as a method to create a distance from experiencing real feelings. However, constant analysis can also very easily be used as a form of psychological defense, as a means of always being in control of self or others or of wanting to control the situation i.e. control freakery or being over controlling.

Qtn: Can the study of pyschology actualy damage people into over analysing everything?

ANS: Most definitely!!

This is precisely why the training to be a good therapist requires the trainee to be a client as well as a therapist giving the session. As a therapist you must be intimately familiar with both being in control and of letting go. A therapist in training must have a very deep knowledge of ALL human emotions from the most subtle to the most gross. As well as intellectually understanding the drives and motives of self & others.

Ivan

(Ex member energy stream).

Answer 2

Well let me see.. some years back I recall hearing in the news about a child commiting suicide and according to people they suspected something was up. The father, who was a recognized psychologist and the mother a licensed psychiatrist never saw it coming. They were to involved in trying to understand the human mind and themselves that they failed to see what is right in front of their noses.

I think it's a career where people want to be able to know they have better control of their mind, emotion and thus want to manipulate others in beleiving others to think that only they have the answers. Sometimes you just need a good shoulder to cry on or a good friend to listen to you and see outside the box.

Answer 3

Interesting and good observation . When the manipulated come to their own senses, what happens to the manipulator? When the subject manipulated is younger or does not have enough education as yet,? I am not surprised, that they have difficulty coping,with their own family life. They may be helpful to their patients, to help solve or overcome a difficulty . The family one lives with, is left there to look for other solutions that may develop, and depend on them, for constant analysis. Psychology is not an exact science, while it contains may answers,and is helpful in many areas it is not the answer to all our problems. The Mind is the new frontier of study, there is still much to be learned . Happy new Year to you and yours

Answer 4

I studied psychology in college. My desire to help people was soon overcome by their ability to speak.....some people are just beyond help! I wanted to enter this field not because I suffered, but because I knew people who had. And at the time I did not know how I could help them. The presentation of an alternate thought process is not manipulation, but rather assistance in the thought process. Because if you are seeking the help of a trained psychologist, that is what you need mostly. I am sure some people are naturally manipulative, but they could be in any field and be good or even better than others at what they do. So, good luck learning to spot them!

Answer 5

What? I'm not paranoid! AHH!! (lol) Yeah, I wouldda had my degree in psychology, only I changed my major in enough time. The thing is, you learn so much about thinking patterns, behaviors, etc, you don't want to "be like those crazy paranoid ^&*er's" So, everything you say and do starts getting analyzed, just to be sure you're normal. Anywhoo, everyone I know tells me I'm so good at manipulating people I have no clue when I'm even doing it. Which, makes me think I should run for office :)
But hey, you're a step ahead of them both since you are aware of their thinking pattern's. (don't let them know you know) So yeah, to answer your question, yes.
(ignorance is bliss)

Answer 6

Each individuals brain and mind has its own limitations and boundaries, sdimilar to the engine of a car. The bigger the engine, the higher the cc & bhp, the less the engine labours to perform. Thus it is with humans. The naturally bright have congnisive minds, large brain matter and a natural aptitude.

Whilst others are doomed to burn the midnight oil, swotting by the sweat of their brow, spending youth in the pursuit of the meaning of life before life has actually began.

As for manipulation, applied to gain social or business success it is referred to as interpersonal skills. When used with the unscrupulous intention to deceive and mislead then it is called mainpulation in the negative and derogatory sense.

Llife can serioualy damage your health.

Be Wise.

Answer 7

I think they already analyze things, that is probably why they choose their field...

Over - analyzing is just a way those who have no interest in human behaviors describe it so they reconcile the fact they never need to self-reflect and improve their behaviors..

I do believe most people in the hleping professions truly want to help - and not just 'maniuplate'... Would you question a medical doctor telling you to eat right?

Perhaps those in the study of the mind fields simply present their way of thinking to others in the nest way they know how -- so those around them can figure things out by themselves...

Answer 8

Psychologists are some of the most weird people around. Not so much the subject but the sort people who'd spend 3 years of there life being told by other people what & how the rest of us people think

Answer 9

the study of psychology per se won't warp your approach to life. however, many people with personal problems are attracted to this field in their search to find answers to why they are who they are.

it's all about thinking with your feelings instead of your logical brain, and for some people, despite their intelligence and degrees, the needed changes don't take place ever in their lifetime. sad, but true. a person can change when they really want to.

as for manipulation, it takes two tango. the more vulnerable you are emotionally, the more easily you are manipulated.

hope this helps

Answer 10

Usually that person is already manipulative and has emotional problems. Instead of fixing their own problems, they study psychology so they can damage their clients.