Black and white thinking (also known as “all-or-nothing thinking”) describes the tendency to think in extremes. Good or bad. Pretty or ugly. Success or failure. But this way of thinking often leads to mental and emotional problems. Thinking in black and white is the tendency to look at things in extremes. Someone is fat or thin. We are failures or winners. A person …
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The role of the victim… “Why always me?” “What have I done to deserve this?” “Everyone’s after me!” The role of victim is like a drug. It’s quickly addictive, gives a brief “feeling of wellbeing” and ruins your whole life. Am I a victim? The short answer is yes you are! If you are asking yourself …
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Bipolar Disorder (BD) is one of the most important and debilitating mental health conditions. Typically, individuals with BD alternate between periods of depression and mood elevation, also known as manic episodes. During the depressive phase they experience different degrees of sadness, loss of pleasure, decreased energy, appetite changes, and even at times thoughts of death and suicide, while the opposite happens during …
A recent paper in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences collects evidence that mental disorders as diverse as ADHD, bipolar disorder, autism, and schizophrenia can actually aid group survival in traditional societies. Mental Illness and Group Survival Think about termites in a colony. They look and behave quite differently (think fighters versus breeders), but their differences make the colony thrive. In many …
The neurologist and psychiatrist Paul Julius Möbius attracted noteworthy public attention with numerous provocative theses with his book “On the physiological nonsense of women”, published in 1900. In it, he attests to women, to put it mildly, basically having lower cognitive abilities than men. It is proven that “parts of the brain that are extremely …
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As parents, we often want to shield our children from the harsh realities of life. But if you don’t learn these brutal truths, you probably won’t succeed. Success is a result of the kind of person you become; if you want to achieve truly extraordinary goals, you need to understand how the world really works. …
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The world is now on standby. But even in these conditions, it is necessary to make decisions and make plans — both personal and larger. How to do this in order to minimize the risk of error? Here are the rules to follow. You are not objective, so keep this in mind The first rule of …
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Do we know how to recognize when our obedience to authority is the result of a conscious choice or manipulation? In the 1960s, the American psychologist Stanley Milgram tried to answer this question with a controversial experiment. The Milgram experiment is a social psychology experiment conducted for the first time in 1961 by the psychologist from whom …
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“The Victim is not really as helpless as they feel. The Rescuer doesn’t really help, and the Persecutor doesn’t really have a valid claim.”~Claude Steiner In 1968, the transactional psychologist Stephen Karpman published an article describing a model of human relationships later called the Karpman Triangle. It includes three roles: The Persecutor The victim The Rescuer …
There has been a change in your friend. You have noticed he looks emaciated and exhausted. As a result, he is canceling more and more joint ventures. Even the things he used to enjoy to a significant extent, such as photography, no longer interest him at all. His withdrawal is becoming more and more pronounced. He may be expressing …
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