Psychology

statement: if a thought is important, it'll persist

Request: Sometimes when I'm meditating, I'll have a thought or idea that I really want to remember/write-down. Recently, I've just been letting them go, on the basis of the prompt. Sometimes I'll forget things that seem really important at the time. Is there any Truth to the persistence idea?

false humility

"In a society that glamorizes humility, the enactment of humility becomes more important than a true embodiment of it" -- psychologytoday.com

depression results from energy suppression in the thymus and heart

Request: It seems to me that depression seems to be lack of love for others and/or self. Then I came across this statement in a paper today...

Queen Bee syndrome

These women often take on “masculine” traits and distance themselves from other women in the workplace in order to succeed. They may also view or treat subordinates more critically if they are female, and refuse to help other women rise up the ranks as a form of self-preservation -- wikipedia.

reverse paranoia: pronoia

the phenomenon can be seen as a valuable asset, which you’re really fortunate to possess. But it can also be viewed as an affliction, with the potential to cause you much pain and sorrow -- psychologytoday.

statement: the world is understandable

Request: At what point does this statement told true?

shadow work

Priority request: “Working with your unconscious mind to uncover the parts of yourself that you repress and hide from yourself” — betterup.com

reverse psychology

This technique relies on the psychological phenomenon of reactance, in which a person has a negative emotional reaction to being persuaded, and thus chooses the option which is being advocated against -- wikipedia

looking forward to dying

Priority request: Considering that we know death is nothing to fear and actually has no reality, is it an experience that we can look forward to, whenever it may come?

Plato’s tripartite theory of the soul

Plato divided the soul into three parts: the logistikon (reason), the thymoeides (spirit, which houses anger, as well as other emotions), and the epithymetikon (appetite or desire, which houses the desire for physical pleasures) -- wikipedia

Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale

Request: Used it for an academic research project. Everyone was testing high for self-esteem. Is it an effective measure of collecting self-esteem?

The Belief Code, by Bradley Nelson

Priority request: a brand new therapeutic system, and a way for us to get to the heart of what we're really believing about ourselves and the world, and which is actually driving our behaviour and determining our results in life.

anima and animus (Jungian archetypes)

Priority request: the male/female (opposite sex) aspect of the psyche that appears in dreams and guides the conscious self into union with the Self. In this way, it could be said to be similar to God Immanent.

Billy Milligan

In October 1977, he was arrested for three rapes... [in] his defense, psychologists diagnosed Milligan with dissociative identity disorder. His lawyers pleaded insanity, claiming that two of his alternate personalities committed the crimes without Milligan being aware of it -- wikipedia

self-definition

A stage of growth between Courage and Trust.