Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited, by Sam Vaknin
Request: Tips and advice as well as the most complete clinical background.
Psychology
William James
Request: was an American philosopher, psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States - wikipedia. In Great Books of the Western World (TvF) his works are calibrated at 490.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
"combines the enormous power of eye movements to allow voluntary changes in the client’s mind with well-established therapies like Gestalt, Psychodynamic Therapy and Guided Imagery"
Re-evaluation counseling (modality)
Participants listen to one another in turn and help one other to "discharge" the "hurts" from past experiences. RC theorizes that discharge, which is indicated by processes including crying, laughing, shaking and yawning, will heal a person from emotional trauma -- wikipedia.
statement: a bully only understands force
"bullies are control junkies who only back down if they perceive the other person as being stronger than they are" -- goodtherapy.org
parasocial relationship
Priority request. "A unidirectional, imaginary relationship between a media user and a media personality. Fans imagine they have a close connection to the personality even though the personality has never met them" -- helpfulprofessor.com
Mandela effect
a phenomenon where a large segment of the population misremembers a significant event or shares a memory of an event that did not actually occur -- techtarget.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?
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?