Psychology

codependency

Priority request: Children who are raised to believe that their feelings aren't significant learn to live through other people's emotions, leading to codependent behavior... Some estimates suggest that over 90 percent of the American population demonstrates codependent behavior.

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.

The Heroine's Journey, by Maureen Murdock

Priority request: "Drawing on cultural myths and fairy tales, ancient symbols and goddesses, and the dreams of contemporary women, Murdock illustrates the need for—and the reality of—feminine values in Western culture" -- amazon

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

Priority request: combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy by identifying maladaptive patterns of thinking, emotional responses, or behaviors and replacing them with more desirable patterns.

suppression of anger vs. expression of anger

Priority request: We know it’s better to let go. But in general is it better to express or suppress?

aversion to having a job

Request: Is not wanting to work for money inherently negative? I think a lot of people would rather have all the time for themselves.