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The Undeniable Power of Suggestion
How exactly is the Human Psyche effected by the trivial "power of suggestion?" When a thought or seed is planted into the human mind, the psyche responsively triggers a lingering product of that thought. For example, urban legends have been circula...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : C. Bailey-Lloyd
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Achieving an Ambidextrous Mindset
History lends us an ideal of ambidexterity: Leonardo da Vinci, Harry Truman and James Garfield were all known to be physically ambidextrous, but to what does that translate? In modern times, ambidexterity isn't a hot topic, but in fact, we are all ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : C. Bailey-Lloyd
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Rediscovering the Mind
From the viewpoint of a modern microbiologist, we hear the call for integration and common sense in sciences that are all too often devising separate stakes and battlements to pontificate from, on high. The 'experts' thus proving their ignorance be...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Robert Baird
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Cult De-Programming?
The following good work from a person engaged in trying to free people from cultish programming is far better than most. It demonstrates the person is aware of mind control techniques employed in influencing people. Having said that I will now try ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Robert Baird
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Animal Cruelty: The Key to Serial Minds
What makes a common person a Serial Killer? According to research, serial killers exhibit what is known as the 'Triad of Warning Signs in Childhood.'1
Indicators include:
* Firestarting, invariably just for the thrill of destroying things
* Cruelty...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : C. Bailey-Lloyd
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A Look at The Brain
The endless, immeasurable brain. It does seem like more we discover about it, the more mystery we create.
Perhaps the most intriguing of all is the child's brain. In certain ways, children are the most brilliant people in the world. They have the a...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Ryan Joseph
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Gay Men Psychology
Gay men are said to be usually third or further born from the same mother. You might wish to check it out sometime. I am first born therefore less likely to become gay; also both my parents and all grandparents first born as well. What is your birt...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lance Winslow
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We are in the End Days; Oh, Really Now?
Some think the world is coming to an end, they cite signs in the Revelations and current world events. The world is not going to end, in all the written history and much of course which maybe somewhat a modified version of what actually happened no...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lance Winslow
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Kleptomaniac Confessions
Ever felt urged to steal a piece of bubblegum from the grocery store and given in? Then you are likely training to become either a kleptomaniac or an addictive compulsive thief. Do not despair – you’re not alone. Not a threat. And there is a way ou...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Angelique Van Engelen
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Solution Focus Process: Solution Talk vs. Problem Talk Pt 2
It is crucial that interviewing with helpee progress toward solutions. In addition to Exceptions and Miracle questions, Coping and Scaling questions are also useful and effective methods of moving helpees from problem talk to solution talk.
Questio...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Saundra L. Washington
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Solution Focus Process: Solution Talk vs. Problem Talk Pt I
Solution Talk vs. Problem Talk
Problem talk, of course, is talk about the problem. Solution Focus direct communications to talk about solutions. It does not try to overcome resistance to change, but rather, find where the change is already occurrin...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Saundra L. Washington
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Key Solution Focus Interviewing Skills
There are several key Solution Focus interviewing skills that are indispensable in moving individuals from problem focus to solution focus.
Exploration
Exploring the meaning helpee is giving to words, situation, experience. Solution Focus helper p...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Saundra L. Washington
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What’s the Problem: Introducing Solution Focus Pt 2
Again, many of us think we listen, yet we don't always "attend" to the person who is speaking to us. We are too busy doing other things! We are not being 100% attentive. The following attributes of good listening are suggestive of the skills needed...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Saundra L. Washington
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What’s the Problem: Introducing Solution Focus Pt 1
Solution Focus is the brain child of Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer. This positive approach to problem resolution is rooted in the tradition of Milton Erickson’s brief therapy. It assumes that small modifications in the individual’s cognitive...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Saundra L. Washington
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Who is a Malignant Narcissist?
QUESTION Number 1 - Who is a Narcissist?
Dear Dr. Vaknin,
I read the excerpts you placed on your web site with great interest.
I wanted to ask:
Isn't your definition of malignant narcissism too wide? Having read it, I think that it fits my neighbou...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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On Dis-ease
We are all terminally ill. It is a matter of time before we all die. Aging and death remain almost as mysterious as ever. We feel awed and uncomfortable when we contemplate these twin afflictions. Indeed, the very word denoting illness contains its...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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The Cultural Narcissist - Lasch In An Age Of Diminishing Expectations
"The new narcissist is haunted not by guilt but by anxiety. He seeks not to inflict his own certainties on others but to find a meaning in life. Liberated from the superstitions of the past, he doubts even the reality of his own existence. Superfic...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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The Iron Mask - The Common Sources of Personality Disorders
Do all personality disorders have a common psychodynamic source?
To what stage of personal development can we attribute this common source?
Can the paths leading from that common source to each of these disorders be charted?
Will positive answers t...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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Metaphors of the Mind (Part I)
The brain (and, by implication, the Mind) has been compared to the latest technological innovation in every generation. The computer metaphor is now in vogue. Computer hardware metaphors were replaced by software metaphors and, lately, by (neuronal...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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Metaphors of the Mind (Part II)
Storytelling has been with us since the days of campfire and besieging wild animals. It served a number of important functions: amelioration of fears, communication of vital information (regarding survival tactics and the characteristics of animals...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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Morality As A Mental State
INTRODUCTION
Moral values, rules, principles, and judgements are often thought of as beliefs or as true beliefs. Those who hold them to be true beliefs also annex to them a warrant or a justification (from the "real world"). Yet, it is far more rea...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) At a Glance
Most narcissists (75%) are men.
NPD is one of a "family" of personality disorders (formerly known as "Cluster B").
Other members: Borderline PD, Antisocial PD and Histrionic PD.
NPD is often diagnosed with other mental health disorders ("co-morbidi...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder Tips
FIVE DON'T DO'S
How to Avoid the Wrath of the Narcissist
Never disagree with the narcissist or contradict him
Never offer him any intimacy
Look awed by whatever attribute matters to him (for instance: by his professional achievements or by his goo...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
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Four Cognitive Skills for Successful Learning
The word "cognition" is defined as "the act of knowing" or "knowledge." Cognitive skills therefore refer to those skills that make it possible for us to know.
It should be noted that there is nothing that any human being knows, or can do, that he h...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Susan du Plessis
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Artificial Intelligence - What Have We Learned Through Natural Ignorance?
During the late '80s and early '90s, I had the opportunity to work with expert systems in real-time production environments. I found artificial intelligence, or AI, to be thoroughly intriguing. I even went so far as to write an expert system pack...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Edward Toupin
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