Psychology

Luminosity.com (brain training)

After 10 weeks, Lumosity users improved more than the control group on our assessments of working memory, short term memory, processing speed, problem solving, fluid reasoning, and overall cognitive function --luminosity.com

psychedelic assisted psychotherapy

Request: Efficacy of this treatment option for PTSD, depression, anxiety, etc.

T/F: dogs can sense a psychopath

Dogs have unique and heightened senses that may help us identify good and bad people. Moreover, Dogs can even reveal a psychopath upon meeting one! --animalscene.ph

Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT)

a type of psychodynamic therapy designed to treat borderline personality. The process of mentalizing, or the capacity to understand how actions are influenced by mental states, is the focus --goodtherapy.org

tall poppy syndrome

a cultural phenomenon in which people hold back, criticise or sabotage those who have or are believed to have achieved notable success in one or more aspects of life, particularly intellectual or cultural wealth; "cutting down the tall poppy" -- wikipedia

depersonalization-derealization disorder

feeling as if they are an outside observer of their own thoughts or body, and often report feeling a loss of control over their thoughts or actions... Individuals experiencing derealization may report perceiving the world around them as foggy, dreamlike/surreal, or visually distorted --wikipedia

Answer to Job, by C.G. Jung

Considered one of Jung's most controversial works, Answer to Job also stands as Jung's most extensive commentary on a biblical text --amazon.com

feeling cut off, disconnected from society

When you don't feel like you're really there, but your body is there. Or actuality doesn't seem real.

The Wisdom of Psychopaths, by Kevin Dutton

What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success

generalized anxiety disorder

characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities... overly concerned about everyday matters such as health, finances, death, family, relationship concerns, or work difficulties --wikipedia

Psychitecture / designing the mind

self-improvement on a deeper level, based on the science of neuroplasticity and findings within cognitive, affective, and behavioral science --designingthemind.org

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine

Arguing that mature masculinity is not abusive or domineering, but generative, creative, and empowering of the self and others, Moore and Gillette provide a Jungian introduction to the psychological foundations of a mature, authentic, and revitalized masculinity --publisher

run amok

Amok originated from the Malay word meng-âmuk, which when roughly defined means "to make a furious and desperate charge" --wikipedia

Munchausen's syndrome

a rare psychological and behavioural condition in which somebody fabricates or induces symptoms of illness in themselves --nhsinform.scot

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.