Psychoanalysis
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Michael Schreiner | July 8, 2015
Collectors
From the psychoanalytic point of view collecting can be explained as a mechanism of control, a way to...
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Michael Schreiner | June 29, 2015
Coping With Upcoming Life Transitions
The prospect of moving from the familiar to the unfamiliar, which is what all life transitions entail, produces...
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Michael Schreiner | June 25, 2015
Penis Envy
Freud’s concept of penis envy is a glaring example of the patriarchal attitude that infested all of his...
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Michael Schreiner | June 23, 2015
The Need For Validation
The need for validation is one of the most powerful motivating forces in human life. It’s not always...
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Michael Schreiner | June 18, 2015
Walls Are Closing In
“In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.” – Erich Fromm Being...
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Michael Schreiner | June 12, 2015
Detached Personality And Groups
People with detached personality abhor groups and actively avoid membership in them. The rationalization for this avoidance will...
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Michael Schreiner | June 9, 2015
Id Versus Super Ego
For Freud the Id was the representative of all the instinctive, elemental forces of human nature. Their satisfaction...
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Michael Schreiner | June 9, 2015
Detached Personality And Interpersonal Conflict
If you’ve read our other articles on emotional detachment it probably won’t surprise you to hear that people...
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Michael Schreiner | June 2, 2015
Projection Of Positive Qualities
We usually think of projection as the psychic act of unloading undesirable qualities onto a scapegoat. People, structures,...
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Michael Schreiner | May 15, 2015
Hope And The Afterlife
Some think that it’s either believe in an afterlife and remain hopeful or cease believing in an afterlife...