Social Science

HUMOR: Most people are completely unaware when they’re in such poor mental condition that the need to see a psychiatrist. Well, gee, if you break a leg, catch a disease, erupt in boils or find your fingernails falling out, you…
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Cynophobia or more commonly known as a fear of dogs is a phobia that a few people suffer from. As with all phobias the fear of dogs is hard to overcome and as with all fears you have to try…
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Really, there are four little beasts: Alcoholism, depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. It’s a chicken and egg situation. If you suffer hangovers after drinking, are you becoming more and more depressed? Quite possibly you are, so you drink some more…
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The most difficult challenge to assessing whether a loved one needs the help of a psychiatrist is to try to see them objectively. To have developed a relationship of love with this person, generally a family member or friend, you…
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If you have a fear of dogs, or cynophobia as this is also known as, you are not alone. Many people experience great anxiety when they come in contact with dogs, or even see photographs of them. It is thought…
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We say that everybody is different, but when it comes to live it’s a quite different story, isn’t it? For example, choices, behaviors and interpretation of same events can be conflicting in the same family. Why is so? Carl Gustav…
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Insanity and intelligence having a possible connection is too good a topic for me to pass up. Insanity is a legal term and in court rooms it means the person does not know the difference between right and wrong. He…
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Think back to the last time you had a bad thought.  The person who cut you off in traffic, a rebuke from your boss, your child being bullied at school (or worse still, you get the dreaded call that your…
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Psychoanalysts are a specialized group that receive training well beyond their doctoral degrees, and that makes them an expensive group of professionals. The “couch”, is still used today, and has its purpose and significance in the relational dynamics that develop…
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There are so many people who try to colour hypnosis and meditation with the hues of esoteric art. Unless they can make it one of Life’s Great Mysteries, then no-one will believe in it. Further, the more arcane and complex…
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