Suicide: Read This First. If you are feeling suicidal now, please stop long enough to read this. It will only take about five minutes. I do not want to talk you out of your bad feelings. I am not a therapist or other mental health professional - only someone who knows what it is like to be in pain. I don't know who you are, or why you are reading this page. I only know that for the moment, you're reading it, and that is good. I have known a lot of people who have wanted to kill themselves, so I have some small idea of what you might be feeling. Well, you're still reading, and that's very good. Start by considering this statement: Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain. That's all it's about.
Don't accept it if someone tells you, "That's not enough to be suicidal about. " When pain exceeds pain-coping resources, suicidal feelings are the result. Now I want to share with you five things to think about... Well, it's been a few minutes and you're still with me. THE DARK SITE OF PSYCHIATRY. In this page you'll find links to articles and critical documents on biological-psychiatry. Biological-psychiatry's official theory describes psychological or personal problems as having a biological origin caused by genetic or chemical 'imbalances' to be corrected by drugs and other interventions like Electro-Convulsive Therapy [ECT] or insulin shock.
These widely used but controversial methods in official medicine have been for many years amply invalidated, showing clearly that they are absolutely unscientific, that they tend to alienate patient's rights, are unable to solve the problems presented, are dangerous for one's health, and are submissive to pharmaceutical companies. 10 Ways To Be Happy, On Purpose. “He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness” ~Chinese Proverb I was at a Women’s Leadership Conference about a year ago and had an “ah-ha moment”. We were all introducing ourselves and asked to share a few things to help with the process. One question left me baffled and ultimately changed my life; “What do you do to make yourself happy?”.
At the time I honestly didn’t know. I had a great job, friends, and family. I was independent, young, healthy, and yet I couldn’t figure out what made me happy. I vowed that day that I would be happy on purpose because I was tired of waiting for happiness to happen. It’s not been an easy road, but it’s been the most fulfilling adventure I’ve ever been on and I feel that I should now share what I’ve learned with others. 1. “Today you are you, that is truer than true. How many times have we heard “no one will love you until you learn to love yourself” or “nobody knows you the way you do”? 2. “Open your eyes and look within. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Top Ten Psychology Studies. Ten studies that have changed psychology and the way we see humanity. After being told about these psychology studies, generations of psychology students have wandered out into the world seeing themselves and other people in a new light. In this series of posts I look at ten studies that have changed psychology and the way we see humanity: “What do babies understand about the world and how can you possibly find out, given that babies are not so hot on answering complex questions about their perceptual abilities?”
“It’s not just Miller who was persecuted by this number though, it’s all of us. What this magical number represents – 7 plus or minus 2 – is the number of items we can hold in our short-term memory.” “It seems incredible that a successful form of psychological therapy could be based on telling people their thoughts are mistaken. And yet that is partly how cognitive therapy works.”
“Imagine it’s the 1960s and you’re a first year psychology student at the University of Minnesota. Have You Ever Been Scammed? Perhaps you’ve lost some loose change on the street hunting the lady while trying to beat the ‘three-card trick’? This is the one where three cards are moved one over the other and you have to find a particular card. It appears easy when you watch someone else winning but, when you step up to have a go at the makeshift table, you keep losing. The card should be where you think it is, but it’s not. So you lose a bit of cash. I like card tricks, although the mechanical explanations of their workings are usually disappointing. The interest for me in card tricks, and in magic generally, is the psychology. Sheep theory The three-card trick relies on what is variously known in psychology as ‘emergent norm theory’ or ‘crowd psychology’ or what I like to call ‘sheep theory’. Baaaaaaaaaa! If I had to explain only one thing to someone who knew nothing about psychology, it would be ‘sheep theory’.
One classic example of sheep theory is Stanley Milgram’s famous electro-shock obedience experiment. Detecting Lies: Top 3 Myths, Top 5 Proven Factors. Lies are extremely difficult to detect. Research shows the average person barely does any better than chance. Part of the reason may be there’s so much misinformation about how to detect lies floating around. Years of work in psychology, including research from real police interviews conducted by Aldert Vrij and colleagues, provides guidance on which nonverbal signals do and which don’t signal lying (Vrij, 2006).
First we’ve got to dump the misconceptions: People don’t actually fidget and look away when they’re lying. How do these misconceptions come about? So, with those misconceptions dealt with, what can psychology research tell us about how to detect lies? Individual differences are key. Next time you’re tempted to assume your partner would never lie to you but the nervous-looking person in the office probably does, stop and think again. » This post is part of a series on nonverbal behaviour.
References – Click here to toggle visibility Vrij, A. (2006). Alien-Hand-Syndrome. Brains Develop Slower in Children with ADHD - Symptoms - ADHD. 6 Weird Things That Influence Bad Behavior More Than Laws. Diligent readers of Cracked already know that our brains can be tricked by just about anything: manipulated images, our birth order and shiny things. But we can also be tricked into being generous, good people by our surroundings.
Of course, it goes the other way, too. Your morality at any given moment can be influenced by ... Obviously, we are more honest when someone (or a security camera) is watching us, but studies have actually shown that if any depiction of an eye is in view, even if it is cartoonish or nonhuman, it makes people less likely to cheat or to behave immorally. Put the bong down until the article is over. In one experiment, all a professor had to do to drastically influence the actions of her colleagues was change the clip art on a piece of paper. They did the test in a teachers lounge, where the staff enjoyed a coffee/tea station that ran on the honor system. Just to be sure it wasn't a coincidence, the next week the eye was replaced with a flower.
Always watching you. The Analysis of mind, by Bertrand Russell. Body Language - guide to reading body language signals in management, training, courtship, flirting and other communications and relationships. Home » writing/communicating » body language how to read body language signs and gestures - non-verbal communications - male and female, for work, social, dating, and mating relationships Body Language - technically known as kinesics (pronounced 'kineesicks') - is a significant aspect of modern communications and relationships.
Body Language is therefore very relevant to management and leadership, and to all aspects of work and business where communications can be seen and physically observed among people. Body language is also very relevant to relationships outside of work, for example in dating and mating, and in families and parenting. Communication includes listening. In terms of observable body language, non-verbal (non-spoken) signals are being exchanged whether these signals are accompanied by spoken words or not. Body language goes both ways: Your own body language reveals your feelings and meanings to others. (N.B. Body language index introduction and basics body language definitions.