Irresistibly drawn to Mr or Ms wrong?
October 4, 2014 Comments Off on Irresistibly drawn to Mr or Ms wrong?

Psychology Today

All of us are attracted to a certain type that stops us dead in our tracks, be it a physical type, an emotional type, or a personality type. Let’s say that there is a “spectrum of attraction,” from 1 to 10; the people at the far end aren’t physically or romantically attracted to us at all, but those at the upper end are icons-they’re compellingly attractive, leaving us weak in the knees and triggering both our longing and our insecurity.
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Empathy — minus reason?
October 3, 2014 1 Comment on Empathy — minus reason?

The Week

“Empathy is about standing in someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes,” writes author and prominent business-world thinker Daniel Pink. “Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.”

A lovely thought. But new research suggests it isn’t always true.

A paper just published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin provides evidence that feelings of empathy toward a distressed person can inspire aggressive behaviour.
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The frightening power of the parenthood religion
October 2, 2014 Comments Off on The frightening power of the parenthood religion

QZ –

Sometime between when we were children and when we had children of our own, parenthood became a religion in America. As with many religions, complete unthinking devotion is required from its practitioners. Nothing in life is allowed to be more important than our children, and we must never speak a disloyal word about our relationships with our offspring. Children always come first. We accept this premise so reflexively today that we forget that it was not always so.
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Ever wonder why the world of adults is not overrun with addicts?
September 30, 2014 Comments Off on Ever wonder why the world of adults is not overrun with addicts?

Substance

But although I got treatment, I quit at around the age when, according to large epidemiological studies, most people who have diagnosable addiction problems do so-without treatment. The early to mid-20s is also the period when the prefrontal cortex-the part of the brain responsible for good judgment and self-restraint-finally reaches maturity.

According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, addiction is “a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry.”
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Why young couples are NOT getting married…
September 27, 2014 Comments Off on Why young couples are NOT getting married…

Salon

The Pew data also puts into greater relief (for like the millionth time) the long-popular (and long-wrong) conservative idea that marriage is a “cure” for poverty. People aren’t poor because they’re not married, they’re not getting married, in many cases, because they’re economically vulnerable. And gutting the already thoroughly gutted social welfare system only makes things worse. As Stephanie Coontz, a historian of marriage who teaches at Evergreen College, has already pointed out, shrinking the social welfare system and pushing marriage might make Rick Santorum feel pretty good, but it doesn’t do much to help people get out of poverty:
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Think you know bro culture? Think again…
September 23, 2014 3 Comments on Think you know bro culture? Think again…

Dr. Nerd Love

Let’s be honest: dating can be scary. You’re deliberately making yourself vulnerable to another person. When you get rejected, it can feel as though you are being judged on your entire existence. Many men, especially those who are socially inexperienced or just plain awkward, see each rejection as unfair or unnecessarily cruel; they believe that they should be given a chance to prove their desirability. Others feel that the universe has stacked the deck against them; only certain men are able to get women and this is inherently not fair.
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Understanding date rape drugs.
September 20, 2014 5 Comments on Understanding date rape drugs.

Women’s Health

The three most common date rape drugs are:

Rohypnol (roh-HIP-nol). Rohypnol is the trade name for flunitrazepam (FLOO-neye-TRAZ-uh-pam). Abuse of two similar drugs appears to have replaced Rohypnol abuse in some parts of the United States. These are: clonazepam (marketed as Klonopin in the U.S.and Rivotril in Mexico) and alprazolam (marketed as Xanax).

GHB, which is short for gamma hydroxybutyric (GAM-muh heye-DROX-ee-BYOO-tur-ihk) acid.

Ketamine (KEET-uh-meen)
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Do you know what to ask a narcissist?
September 18, 2014 Comments Off on Do you know what to ask a narcissist?

Psychology Today

But researchers have recently found that, if you just want an overall view of narcissism, you can replace that 40-question inventory with one question: “How narcissistic are you?”

The key insight is that people who are narcissists aren’t embarrassed by it, so they don’t hold back on saying so. People who are not narcissistic would feel ashamed to be seen as such, so they rate themselves low on the scale.

“People who are narcissists are almost proud of the fact.
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Why do we hold back from those we love?
September 17, 2014 Comments Off on Why do we hold back from those we love?

Psych Central

Many people have the ambition to prevent bad things from happening. This is their definition of control. For controllers, life is grim and pessimistic. Controllers have an unnecessarily difficult time in coping with the disappointments of everyday life. They blame themselves for failing to prevent them as if that were their responsibility. These sufferers have a particularly difficult time in managing their emotional responses. Suzanne is a case in point.
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On second thought, maybe we should add Lithium to the drinking water…
September 15, 2014 Comments Off on On second thought, maybe we should add Lithium to the drinking water…

NY Times –

A recent review of epidemiological studies of lithium in drinking water reported that 9 out of 11 studies found an association between higher levels of lithium in local water and “beneficial clinical, behavioural, legal and medical outcomes.”

Trying to make sense of their results, the authors of the Japanese study speculated that lithium exposure, even in these tiny amounts, might actually be neuroprotective or even enhance the growth of neurons. Other studies have supported their speculation; lithium appears to promote the health, growth and resilience of neurons, reducing stress-induced damage.
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Session Notes

Irresistibly drawn to Mr or Ms wrong?

Empathy — minus reason?

The frightening power of the parenthood religion

Ever wonder why the world of adults is not overrun with addicts?

Why young couples are NOT getting married…

Think you know bro culture? Think again…

Understanding date rape drugs.

Do you know what to ask a narcissist?

Why do we hold back from those we love?

On second thought, maybe we should add Lithium to the drinking water…

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