‘Emotions’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life, Page 2

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An Eight Year Old’s Philosophical Problem

Last updated 9th February 2009

We assume that other’s experience is the same as ours — but what if it isn’t?

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Understanding the Predatory Aggressive, Part 2

Last updated 1st December 2008

Disordered characters, especially predators, don’t really want us to know who they really are. They tell us what they think we want to hear so that we will think them more like us.

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Neurosis vs. Character Disorder: The Role of Feelings

Last updated 9th October 2008

One of the ways that folks become embroiled in abusive or exploitive relationships is by falling prey to concerns about the way their character-disordered partner is feeling. They almost never consider that the brandishing of anger might be a tactic that character-disturbed individuals use to manipulate and control others, as opposed to a genuine feeling.

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Depression and Anxiety Across Cultures

Last updated 14th March 2008

While depression and anxiety are often considered to be “diseases” of the affluent, new studies find them to be just as common in poorer countries. Can a Western model of interpreting and treating mental distress be applied to other cultures?

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Self Harm: Hurting Yourself to Help Yourself

Last updated 5th February 2008

The issue of self-harm is gaining a higher profile, in the UK at least, but it still remains to some extent a hidden and misunderstood problem, as evidenced by the stereotype of a teenage girl cutting her arms in a dark bedroom.

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