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When a psych student goes to a counselor for help:

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:53:51 +1100

Her: So why are you here today?
Me: I'm pretty sure I'm going through a stage of depersonalization... or derealization, but I feel that depersonalization fits my symptoms better.
Her: -nods and smiles-
Me: ...yeah. Because they both sound like they could describe how I'm feeling--I feel disconnected with my life right now, like nothing I do is effecting me personally.
Her: You mean you feel depressed?
Me: ...no... if I felt depressed, I'd have said that. I feel disconnected, and apathetic. And most of the descriptions for depersonalization seem to aptly fit what I'm going through right now, and it makes sense since depersonalization is a common defense mechanism for anxiety, which I've suffered from for about two years now--
Her: OH, so what you're saying is that you feel anxious about life right now...
Me: No. What? No. I USED to feel anxious, and now I just feel apathetic. And I don't feel connected to life--how could I feel anxious about life if I don't care about it?
Her: So what you're saying is you feel DISconnected from life.
Me: ...Yes. That is what I've been saying.
Her: And that makes you depressed?
Me: -leaves-

fuckyeahexistentialism: We are, each of us, largely responsible...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:50:20 +1100

fuckyeahexistentialism:

We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.

learnaboutsensitivity: Let me introduce Carl Jung (if you...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:28:20 +1100

learnaboutsensitivity:

Let me introduce Carl Jung (if you haven’t heard about him already). Carl Jung was a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist (1875 – 1961), he was also one of Sigmund Freuds students and friends and he was both INFJ and HSP. He actually was the one who first made reasearches about personality traits and he was also the one who first wrote about “innate sensitiveness” (= HSP).

What fascinates me about this man, (because I’m obviously obsessed with him) is that he was so sensitive and still managed to get so far in life. He was almost in a psychotic state when he broke free from Sigmund Freud and still managed to get himself together. That for me, is just so amazing!

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GILLES BALMET

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GILLES BALMET

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"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves."

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:09:06 +1100

““Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.””

- Carl Jung (via westernmystery)

inwhite: The Wall Street Journal - ‘WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:18:05 +1100

inwhite:

The Wall Street Journal - ‘WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE TEENAGE MIND?’

Some serious food for thought here. The issue of the unique upside-down quality pervasive in our generation’s youth is one that interests me personally. Not only I, but the concerned and often equally perplexed adults of the ages have wondered the same thing- what the hell is going on with teens these days? My boy Socrates mused,

“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”

It may be true that today’s teens share the same qualities that Socrates and your grandmother complained about, but I definitely believe that the nature of the teen of the Digital Age is a lot weirder and quite different. The realm has changed; at what other point in time has there been such a concept as sexting? Or the hundreds of other products of the new millennium that have come to define the 2012 adolescent?

These factors are what make an age-old issue all the more fascinating. Here is a fresh take on it with a psychological underpinning.

“The crucial new idea is that there are two different neural and psychological systems that interact to turn children into adults… Recent studies in the neuroscientist B.J. Casey’s lab at Cornell University suggest that adolescents aren’t reckless because they underestimate risks, but because they overestimate rewards—or, rather, find rewards more rewarding than adults do. The reward centers of the adolescent brain are much more active than those of either children or adults… What teenagers want most of all are social rewards, especially the respect of their peers…

In contemporary life, the relationship between these two systems has changed dramatically. Puberty arrives earlier, and the motivational system kicks in earlier too…

There do seem to be many young adults who are enormously smart and knowledgeable but directionless, who are enthusiastic and exuberant but unable to commit to a particular kind of work or a particular love until well into their 20s or 30s. And there is the graver case of children who are faced with the uncompromising reality of the drive for sex, power and respect, without the expertise and impulse control it takes to ward off unwanted pregnancy or violence.”

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pictorialstack: Can You Read This?

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:33 +1100

pictorialstack:

Can You Read This?

"Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:27:06 +1100

“Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?
Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?”

- (via crookedindifference)

siracusa44: Sigmund Freud & Carl Jung Action Figures

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:43:05 +1100

siracusa44:

Sigmund Freud & Carl Jung Action Figures

apsychoblog: Behind Rome’s walls

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:35:06 +1100

apsychoblog:

Behind Rome’s walls

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afterthesmoke: #media control

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afterthesmoke:

#media control

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