All posts tagged "control"
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Michael Schreiner | November 18, 2016
What To Do With A Sense Of Impending Doom
The results of the election have left many with a sense of impending doom. Humanity finds itself at...
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Michael Schreiner | November 10, 2016
Helplessness And Anxiety
Most of us operate under the assumption that we exercise control over our lives, over our destinies. We...
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Michael Schreiner | November 7, 2016
Control And The Unexpected
The more control you exercise over happenings the less room you leave for the unexpected, for the spontaneous....
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Michael Schreiner | October 18, 2016
Anxiety And Control
When people come to feel helpless in the face of life conditions they perceive as hostile the psychic...
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Michael Schreiner | September 25, 2016
Question Your Labels
The problem with being labeled, even when the label in question is culturally desirable, is that your available...
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Michael Schreiner | September 10, 2016
Freedom And External Attempts To Control Behavior
Most of us don’t appreciate attempts to control our thoughts, feelings, or behaviors but when we become aware...
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Michael Schreiner | June 14, 2016
Exerting Control
If you really start to think about the expression ‘you catch more flies with honey’ it becomes clear...
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Michael Schreiner | October 13, 2015
Domination
All attempts at domination are actually, from our existential point of view, attempts at self-perpetuation. Every one of...
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Michael Schreiner | October 5, 2015
Abuse Is A Power Word
Abuse is a power word. If you’re a victim of abuse your abuser definitely doesn’t want you uttering...
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Michael Schreiner | September 16, 2015
Slackers
From the perspective of many authority figures slackers are lazy good for nothings, aimless, talentless, unmotivated losers who...