Psychoanalysis
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Michael Schreiner | July 9, 2014
Blaming The Victim
Psychologically speaking, sadists find themselves between a rock and a hard place because they abhor weakness yet are...
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Michael Schreiner | July 8, 2014
Change The Practice Of Your Life
For all the good that psychoanalysis has done in widening the sphere of understanding of the human condition,...
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Michael Schreiner | July 7, 2014
Bullying As A Protective Mechanism
When we see bullies in action we have a hard time viewing them as anything but villains. That...
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Michael Schreiner | July 2, 2014
Passive Aggressive
We were waiting for a spot to open up in a busy parking lot at the beach when...
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Michael Schreiner | June 30, 2014
Increasing Self-Confidence
If your self-confidence is pretty low, then paradoxically you probably spend an inordinate amount of time repressing your...
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Michael Schreiner | June 24, 2014
Deciding You Do Not Care About Something
If you are in the process of deciding you do not care about something, you need to think...
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Michael Schreiner | June 20, 2014
Quick to Point Out Problems, Quick to Apologize, and Quick to Forgive
The idea of the perfect relationship is a myth. Actually the ones that look perfect on the surface...
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Michael Schreiner | June 19, 2014
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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Michael Schreiner | June 18, 2014
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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Michael Schreiner | June 17, 2014
Meditation and Awareness
Those who see the Way are like someone holding a torch who enters a dark room, dispelling the...