According to Freud, the id, superego and ego are the parts that make up a person’s personality. The id represents the deep, inaccessible part. The main drive of the id is immediate gratification and it is without values, ethics or…
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Apples and Oranges Have you ever tried to choose which fruit you like best, which you think is the greatest, an Apple or an Orange? I know! tough job huh, that’s because they are both great in completely different ways…
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The answer to this must be “yes” for every person, unless they are blessed with saintliness. Though I admit I have liked more people on first meeting than disliked, nevertheless, this does happen. The immediacy of such a dislike stems…
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We need a new poster child for mental illness. It is obvious the old one is not working. Maybe it should be a working mother, a neighbour, your best friend or a co-worker. It might even be you. If we…
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NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING In the early 1970’s John Grinder, a Linguist, and Richard Bandler, an Information Scientist, set about discovering the secrets of effective people. Could their behavior be duplicated? Could the brain copy a healthy pattern of behavior that would…
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Three Pictures Concerning Death Come Spring There was a very large branch just outside her window. And on that branch sat a beautiful bird that sang a most lovely song every morning. She found herself looking forward to the song…
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Before I answer the problem of whether or not mental illness exists, let us look a little at the history of mental illness/Asylums. You can see for yourself quite clearly how those afflicted with this condition where treated over the…
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What does it mean to cope with criticism? To me, coping is not about dismissing criticism as dismissal is refusal to study the value of the criticism. Dismiss if and only if the source is unreliable or in fact is…
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Getting hot under the collar Do our tempers flare when the temperature rises? Here are some reports on the effects of weather on human behaviour. When the weather turns hot, tempers start to flare, and violent crime rates go up….
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Scientifically, to a certain extent romantic love could be called an addiction. According to the brain regions and chemicals involved, and the behaviour it invokes for the first year and a half – romantic love is primarily a drive with…
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