All posts tagged "isolation"
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Michael Schreiner | September 18, 2015
Narcissism And Existential Isolation
One of the most common hindrances to healthy human relationships can be boiled down to narcissism. It’s the...
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Michael Schreiner | April 28, 2015
Fear Of Being Alone
“But learn one thing, impress it upon your mind which is still so malleable: man has a horror...
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Michael Schreiner | March 9, 2015
Misanthropes
It’s our contention that misanthropes aren’t born, they’re made, that their misanthropy is not actually a dislike for...
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Michael Schreiner | June 19, 2014
Popularity
The desire to be popular comes from the same psychological place as the desire to be famous. Both...
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Michael Schreiner | June 17, 2014
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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Michael Schreiner | June 2, 2014
Do Not Grieve Alone
When you lose someone important to you, the invisible cord tying you to this person snaps. The more...
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Michael Schreiner | April 23, 2014
Overcoming Loneliness
At the superficial level the solution for overcoming loneliness is surrounding yourself with people. We know this doesn’t...
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Michael Schreiner | April 17, 2014
Pathology of Normalcy
Erich Fromm called it the ‘pathology of normalcy’, a clever term to encapsulate the idea that trying to...
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Michael Schreiner | April 4, 2014
Relatedness
“The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the...
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Michael Schreiner | November 21, 2013
Ostracism
It’s better to express your authentic thoughts and feelings and be excluded than to minimize these thoughts and...