September 2010
126 posts
Obama: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom Is Over' →
From the Oval Office, where President George W. Bush first announced the invasion that would come to define his time in office, Obama said bluntly: “Our most urgent task is to restore our economy.”
August 2010
78 posts
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Drug use isn’t the problem – Addiction and the...
This is the MOST important piece of information I have posted. Most people with substance abuse problems in this country (about 15 million) are pure alcoholics. Want a guess at the second biggest group? The marijuana dependent group is about 5 million strong. The rest of the drugs pick up only a few millions in total. Decriminalization (NOT legalization) could be the answer. I’ve been ...
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“Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he...”
– Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787
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Anyone or any thing that does not bring you alive...
(via heartmindspirit)
Jesus: One of the greatest psychotherapists →
scipsy:
This morning I read this article. I truly have nothing against Jesus but these are not serious speculations. To say that Jesus was the “greatest psychotherapist”, that his miracles were psychosomatic cures, and others of this things, is ridicolous. I know is summer and journals have nothing to write, but this article refers to three books on this argument. I don’t know what Jesus was...
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“I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain;...”
– Sylvia Plath (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)
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38 questions for your next dinner party by Luke...
If you want to start some stimulating conversation at your next gathering of friends or dinner party, break out these questions and as a group answer them outloud. Someone with an open mind needs to be the mediator and call people out on their bullshit answers though, because trust me, the bs is going to be thick once this game starts. This game will force you and your friends to think...
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“I must learn more about these people-try to understand them, put myself in their...”
– Sylvia Plath
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The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin →
Want to read The Origin of Species? Here it is, ONLINE!
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The Only Child: Debunking the Myths (Time) →
Only children, along with firstborns and people who have only one sibling, score higher in measures of intelligence and achievement.
No one, Falbo says, has published research that can demonstrate any truth behind the stereotype of the only child as lonely, selfish and maladjusted. (She has spoken those three words so many times in the past 35 years that they run together as one:...
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Good Dad, Good Coping Skills Later (Psych Central) →
psychotherapy:
Men who have fond childhood memories of their dads have better coping skills when dealing with stress as an adult, according to new research.
A good relationship with Mom helps reduces psychological distress, too, but the relationship with Dad seems key in a man’s ability to cope with everyday hassles such as traffic and financial pressure, says Melanie Mallers, PhD, an assistant...
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“Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a...”
– Sylvia Plath (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)
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“I like people too much or not at all. I’ve got to go down deep, to fall...”
– Sylvia Plath (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)
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“Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers,...”
– Sylvia Plath
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“Don’t offer a neurotic happiness - he’ll never take it. ...”
– ~Terri Guillemets
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“The neurotic doesn’t know how to cope with his emotional bills; some he...”
– ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960
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“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get...”
– ~Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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David Bowie - Modern Love But I try, I try Never...
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Thoughts on Religion, shared with me tonight by an...
In the world we live in today, especially in Texas, people are about as accepting of atheists as they are sex offenders moving in next door.:) For me personally, the people that I’ve talked to about my (lack of) belief hasn’t gone as well as I would like, and has driven a wedge between us moving forward. Because of that, I choose generally not to talk about religion with family...
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head over heels // tears for fears
funny how time...
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tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
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Nothing From Nothing- Billy Preston
gotta have...
im lazy
chances of me following a link & voting for you on a Tuesday are slim to none.
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Bell Bottom Blues
Missing someone
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New Radicals - Get what you give.
Music to get...
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“It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams. ”
– Don DeLillo (Americana)
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“If you reveal everything, bare every feeling, ask for understanding, you lose...”
– Don DeLillo (Point Omega)
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“I’ve got death inside me. It’s just a question of whether or not I...”
– — Don DeLillo (White Noise)
Being an adult child of parental suicide, from such a young age this is a question you carry with you, always.
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David Foster Wallace, an explanation of Suicide....
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump...
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“You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”
– Theodor Geisel
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“My whole life I’ve been a fraud. I’m not exaggerating. Pretty much all I’ve ever...”
– David Foster Wallace, “Good Old Neon” (via sometimesagreatnotion)
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Happyness Is: Ignoring Your Emotional Brain? →
Ignoring Your Emotional Brain
According to Dr. Daniel Amen, author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, we do not have to believe everything that our brain tells us. Sometimes, you can fight your negative thoughts through self-reasoning. During a seminar, Dr. Amen suggests the following things to say to yourself when you have a negative thought:
1. “Is this thought true or false?...
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Principles of Emotion:
Emotional needs express themselves one way or another
Anger is an expression of need
Our feelings and needs are not wrong or bad
Emotions are the gateway to vitality and feeling alive
We can address emotional issues and still save our true face
Immediate reactions to problem often disguise deeper feelings
We must clarify individual needs before solving problems with others
We need to...
