Existential Psychology
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Michael Schreiner | April 9, 2015
Deprivation Of Needs
When confronted with states of deprivation where before there was satiation, like say where money is suddenly tight...
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Michael Schreiner | April 9, 2015
Take Burnout Seriously
There is a classic series of sci-fi books called ‘The Wheel of Time’ where the One Power, a...
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Michael Schreiner | April 8, 2015
Hostility And Suffering
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into...
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Michael Schreiner | March 25, 2015
Eccentricity Versus Insanity
The line between eccentricity and insanity might be razor thin but from our existential point of view it’s...
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Michael Schreiner | March 18, 2015
Death Anxiety
Death anxiety is exactly what it sounds like, anxiety about death. We don’t like to talk about death...
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Michael Schreiner | March 17, 2015
How To Cure Boredom
People who get bored all the time are likely to have what Erich Fromm called a receptive orientation...
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Michael Schreiner | March 16, 2015
Being Made To Feel Worthless
There are lots of signs that point to an abusive relationship. The one we want to talk about...
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Michael Schreiner | March 13, 2015
Hopelessness Is Internal
There is a widespread fallacy that hopelessness has to do with external variables, that if this or that...
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Michael Schreiner | March 12, 2015
Dread
“The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East. A sleepless malice. The eye of the enemy is...
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Michael Schreiner | March 12, 2015
Take Responsibility For Your Life
A lot of mental health professionals are complicit in projection. In trying to inhabit the role of non-judgmental,...