Psychology
My Thoughts On Psychology.
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More Bits And Pieces
Memories, gambling, role play games and blogging are the subjects of this entry. Just more bits and pieces from my life.
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Memories Part Three
Memories of my time as a 15-year-old runaway continue to come back and I am having trouble coping with the distress each new memory brings.
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Memories Part Two
Memories of my time as a fifteen year old runaway continue to return to me and a much different picture of the world is emerging for me from them.
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Mistaken Memories
Memories can be repressed or altered but I never thought any of mine had been. This week I discovered I have repressed details and altered facts in my memories of at least one of my experiences as a youngster.
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The Present In My Present
The here and now can often hold a small, insignificant, gift that can make me really happy if I let it.
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The Psychology Of Big Brother
I have come to the conclusion that Australia's version of the reality show "Big Brother" is a modern equivalent of the old social psychology scenario created in the well known Stanford Prison Experiment.
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Three Paths To Murder
The gunman who killed a man and wounded two other people (see entry titled “The Angel Is A Coward“) gave himself up to police and is reported to now be under suicide watch. He may be suicidal because he is sorry for what he has done but I doubt it. I suspect he is feeling suicidal because no matter how tough he gets things still don’t go the way he wants them to. The media reports his gang, Hell’s Angel’s, turned their backs on him to protect themselves from becoming the target of a social witch-hunt. He was a new recruit and they did not feel he was worthy of…
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Name That Feeling
I had another uncomfortable night last night but I was not fighting the thoughts that usually result in me going gambling I was fighting the feelings.
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Believe Your Bank Balance
I've been fighting the urge to gamble tonight and it has led to me coming up with a new slogan that I hope will help me beat my gambling addiction.
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Marriage Is A Threesome
There are three living beings in every marriage as I discovered when mine ended. The death of a marriage can cause unimaginable pain even if both partners no longer love each other.