Tag: psychology

  • Hocus Pocus

    A Magical formula used in conjuring, 1630s, earlier Hocas Pocas, common name of a magician or juggler (1620s); a sham-Latin invocation used by jugglers, perhaps based on a perversion of the sacramental blessing from the Mass, Hoc est corpus meum “This is my body.” The first to make this speculation on its origin apparently was…

  • Attachment Styles and some comment on mental health diagnosis

    link.medium.com/U5KISSiN4vb —– Cool little brief about attachment styles. I would  change only one phrase: it is not a diagnosis. People might be diagnosed with an attachment disorder, but the explanatory trope here is about styles of interpersonal attachment. They are ways to help people understand what they are involved with, what they are doing, to…

  • :: Graham Harman’s Response to a (Mild) Critic :: and comment

    I was asked to write a response to Sheldon Richmond’s (rather mild) critique of Architecture and Objects. That response has been published HERE. Response to a (Mild) Critic —— My comment: First, I don’t really need to defend Graham Harman’s OOO against the growing idea-writers that place him as a New Materialist. On one hand,…

  • Can brain anatomy and function account for psychiatric conditions? – A New Vision for Mental Health

    Can brain anatomy and function account for psychiatric conditions? – A New Vision for Mental Health — Read on www.newvisionformentalhealth.com/2022/09/26/can-brain-anatomy-and-function-account-for-psychiatric-conditions/ —-Here she is going a little deeper… So good ! 👽 x

  • RIDE THE TIGER | The Genetics of Mental Illness | PBS

    http://www.pbs.org/ride-the-tiger/home/ RIDE THE TIGER Genetics plays a pivotal role in diagnosing mental illnesses. Scientists now believe many … RIDE THE TIGER | The Genetics of Mental Illness | PBS — Nice. and my Comment. When it comes to mental illnesses, we are scared. I don’t think there’s anything more generally frightening than having a mental…

  • Rp Reading Jung on Alchemy

    At some point while I was writing The Friendship of Mortals, the first book of the Herbert West Series, I realized that alchemy had intruded into the… Reading Jung on Alchemy

  • Theory of Mind

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind “In psychology, theory of mind refers to the capacity to understand other people by ascribing mental states to them (that is, surmising what is happening in their mind). These states may be different from one’s own states and include beliefs, desires, intentions, emotions, and thoughts…” * I believe I may have made a post…

  • Paper: Possibility of Change in Homosexual Orientation A study of research supportive of Change Allowing Therapies | Dr. Ann E Gillies

    Possibility of Change in Homosexual Orientation A study of research supportive of Change Allowing Therapies — Read on www.academia.edu/50333715/Possibility_of_Change_in_Homosexual_Orientation_A_study_of_research_supportive_of_Change_Allowing_Therapies — Of course, I do not believe nor advocate that any sex or gender practice or identity should be considered pathological. I believe exactly the opposite in principle. However, we should be open minded enough to…

  • On Exploring Emotional Intelligence from a Linguistic Perspective

    Exploring Emotional Intelligence from a Linguistic Perspective — Read on www.academia.edu/53579692/Exploring_Emotional_Intelligence_from_a_Linguistic_Perspective —– I disagree with this author‘s particular use of supporting examples because they detract from his point about emotional intelligence, but as well, linguistics involvement with mental well being. * What are we trying to accomplish? This has to be the first question involved…

  • Unexpected synchronous object semantics

    Be Your Own Rock Everyday Listen …… Sometimes I feel that I am being drawn forward. And other times I am just making my Way, doing what I do because that’s what I’m doing. Presently I am going through a phase of the latter. I am not sure that I ever construct meaning intentionally. I…