Since when did the world exist to guarantee your feeling of safety? When I was a child – which now begins to seem like it was further in the past than it actually was, so different has the world become … Continue reading →
I’ve written about this before, but I want to mention it again, because if any of you have children or grandchildren or great-grandchildren in the school system, you need to be alert and aware of the fact that the current … Continue reading →
A double bind is a social science term for “heads I win, tails you lose.” It goes like this: A double bind is a dilemma in communication in which an individual (or group) receives two or more conflicting messages, with … Continue reading →
This is one of those articles that Pocket seems to think I would be interested in, and they weren’t mistaken. It compares psychoanalysis to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for treating emotional problems. It’s not a bad article at all, but … Continue reading →
There are a lot of problems with the Kavanaugh accuser’s story, including the fact that she may be deliberately lying for political reasons. But even if she’s not purposely lying, there are many problems connected with the phenomenon of memory … Continue reading →
For quite a wile, psychiatric hospitalizations have been on the decline. New drugs are responsible for a lot of this; what used to be untreatable is now often controllable. In addition, there is Szaszian PC mental-illness-is-a-myth thinking, which began to … Continue reading →
This is terrible: A gunman and three female hostages were found dead at a military veterans home in Northern California on Friday evening, officials said, a grim end to a standoff that lasted nearly eight hours. Shortly before 6 p.m., … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of delighted buzz on the right about a new video of Jordan Peterson being interviewed by a British journalist named Cathy Newman. The gist of that buzz is that he demolished her in spectacular fashion—in the … Continue reading →
This tidbit about Cruz (from commenter “Orson”) is certainly interesting, and it explains a lot: According to Sean Hannity, Cruz has eidetic aural memory. He remembers everything he hears ”“ and thus, at the debate, segmented his complaints with perfect … Continue reading →
The suicide of Robin Williams has started a lengthy discussion of depression, with those who’ve suffered from it trying to describe its depths, and why depression could drive a man like Williams to do what he did. Depression is an … Continue reading →
Or perhaps your friends might be?: At heart, Hare’s test is simple: a list of 20 criteria, each given a score of 0 (if it doesn’t apply to the person), 1 (if it partially applies) or 2 (if it fully … Continue reading →
It will only make things worse. And they’re likely to get mad at you in the process. I’ll bet all you non-worriers have done it to the worriers in your life: told them the equivalent of “Just stop it. It … Continue reading →