Constructive Living, by David K. Reynolds
Request: A useful book for people looking to get out of depression, anxiety, neurotic conditions. Some overlap with Doc’s teachings.
Psychology
the meaning of life is spiritual work
Part of the meaning of life series
Love & Will, by Rollo May
May shows how we can attain a deeper consciousness --amazon.com
TED talk: "How to stop screwing yourself over"
Mel Robbins explains how turning off our brain's autopilot and demolishing our comfort zones is key to a rewarding life --TED.com
Personality Disorders in Modern Life, by Theodore Millon
"Personalities are like impressionistic paintings. At a distance, each person is 'all of a piece'; up close, each is a bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives."
buyer's remorse
a feeling of regret experienced after making a purchase, typically one regarded as unnecessary or extravagant --request
conscience
"an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior" -- Google dictionary
let it be easy (attitude)
Sometimes we get "locked into" an attitude or mental posture that makes / believes things harder than they have to be. We can snap out of that with this decision.
Objective Personality (typing)
Variant on the Jungian model, but with more parameters. "We use the scientific method to define and track personality on a spectrum of 512 types." -- their website
suppression
"the conscious process of pushing unwanted, anxiety-provoking thoughts, memories, emotions, fantasies and desires out of awareness" -- scientificamerican.com
Robert Epstein (professor)
In a 2017 article, Epstein criticized efforts by companies such as Google and Facebook to suppress fake news through algorithms, noting "the dangers in allowing big technology companies to decide which news stories are legitimate" --wikipedia
intrusive thought
"an unwelcome, involuntary thought, image, or unpleasant idea that may become an obsession, is upsetting or distressing, and can feel difficult to manage or eliminate" -- wikipedia
time sense
"an ability to feel the lapse of time and to estimate and compare intervals especially of short duration" -- merriam-webster.com
self-help
"the activity of providing what you need for yourself and others with similar experiences or difficulties without going to an official organization" -- Cambridge dictionary
Dunning–Kruger effect (psychology)
cognitive bias whereby people with low ability, expertise, or experience regarding a certain type of a task or area of knowledge tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge --wikipedia