Social Science

The pen is mightier than the sword. Verbal abuse is sometimes as damaging as mental abuse is an interesting statement. It would appear to me that verbal abuse goes hand-in-hand with mental abuse. The truth of the matter is that…
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Freud was born in Moravia(now czech republic) in 1856.Beliefs in central europe were quiet different to Freuds.Beliefs included that sexual activity was evil and lead to sickness and death.Masturbation was seen as an evil act and that it was linked…
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Geniuses have a genius for unzipping the rituals that society associates with change – eating (they spill tomato sauce on the floor as they absent-mindedly traverse the kitchen), relationships (they typically remain obsessed with their life-long work at the expense…
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Engaging in repetitive or ritualistic behavior from time to time may be common occurrence, but for people with obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD), it is a nonstop merry-go-round ride, quite like playing a broken record, round and round, over and over again….
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“Nobody understands me.” It’s a phrase that has been spoken by the world’s youth for generations, and these days the “movement” it most obviously supports is known as “emo.” For probably as long as there have been humans, certain groups…
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Oneirology is the study of dreams. In the second century A.D., a Greek named Artemidorus wrote a book called Oneirocritica. It was one of the earliest dream books ever written. It means “The Interpretation of Dreams.” In 1900, in honor…
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Nature or Nurture? A question that has been asked very frequently in recent decades. On one side of the argument some people believe that a person’s mentality comes from their genetic make-up. On the other hand, some believe that a…
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 Seeing this title makes mild mannered intellectual types go ballistic.  Suggesting that you can shop your blues away is so damaging on so many levels.  We typically are shopping for something that makes us feel good about ourselves.  We do…
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Most of the time stress seems to get in the way of our pursuit of happiness. So each day we must not be quick to react to stressful situations because if the stress takes away from your pursuit of happiness,…
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There are some techniques that can be used to relieve the blues without medication. The blues we refer to here are the flagging spirits that last for a few days – not more than a week or two. Beyond that,…
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