Social Science

“Sticks and stones can only cut my skin and break my bones, but words can hurt me to the very core of my being.” You may not remember it said that way when you were in grade school, but that’s…
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Words can slap. The emotional bruise you left on me tonight may not be as visible as a cast or a welt, but it’s certainly just as painful. A stinging choice of words targeted the insecure areas of my being…
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Emotions are recognized nowadays as having an important role to play in our reasoning, rational or irrational. Studying consciousness in an attempt to develop systematic models and conscious machines puts us face to face with this fact: emotions play a…
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“Attachment is the capacity to form and maintain healthy emotional relationships. An attachment bond has unique properties. The capacity to create these special relationships begins in early childhood”. (Perry, 2001) The beginning stages of forming any relationship in life, begins…
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Is society taking the wrong approach regarding depression? That is an ambiguous and confusing question and needs some clarification. Is the question implying that society has a dismissive and/or impatient stance toward depression and issues surrounding mental health in general?…
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People who are happiest often seem to possess a positive attitude and focus on life. It seems there is a definitive correlation between attitude and happiness, and the way life is viewed plays a big part in a person’s ability…
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Many people often ask me ‘why do we have dreams?’ and ‘what is their purpose?’ and after becoming extremely interested in the human mind and doing lots of studying I can confirm, in basic terms, that a dream is a…
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We all have a right to be who we are! I am endowed with an immensely deep and resonant voice and have thus , fortunately, escaped the effeminate squeaks so common among southern African men.However, at times it seems rather…
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Nietzche has said, “Even great spirits have only their five fingers breadth of experience – just beyond it their thinking ceases and their endless empty space and stupidity begins.” If there’s one thing that is common among every human on…
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There are many reasons why people dwell in the past, some of them good, and others less favorable. We may go over the past in order to learn from mistakes, and take the knowledge gained into the future. In this way…
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