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Popularity
The desire to be popular comes from the same psychological place as the desire to be famous. Both...
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Punishing Misbehavior as a Pretext for Sadistic Impulses
When people have unwanted thoughts and impulses that feel unacceptable, the psychological solution is to repress them, banishing...
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Why Punishment Doesn’t Work
Punishment is by far the most common training method, used by parents, educators, and governments all over the...
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Silver Lining
Imagine a middle aged guy who has a heart attack and almost dies. Most of us will qualify...
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Ignoring a Problem
Ignoring a problem isn’t going to make things any better and obviously you know that. But psychoanalytically speaking...
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Always Having To Be Right
Forget for a second about how exasperating and exhausting it is to deal with a romantic partner who...
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Learning How To Say No
If you feel like you are constantly being pressured into doing things for people even though you don’t...
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Meditation and Awareness
Those who see the Way are like someone holding a torch who enters a dark room, dispelling the...
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Abuse and Isolation
One of the ways to figure out if you are in an abusive relationship is to consider whether...
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Drinking Alone
A lot of amateur ‘psychologists’ will tell you that drinking alone is a clear sign of addiction and...
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