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Articles with tag: Psychology

Freud and Jung and Their Secret Affairs

Khalid Sohail   Jun 16, 2008   interacts: 136

Of all of Freud’s admirers and critics, the most complex, complicated and troubled relationship was of Carl Jung. He started as an admirer and ended as a critic.

Logotherapy: Humanism In Psychiatry

Mutaal Mooquin   May 21, 2008   interacts: 44

The heart has reasons that reason does not know ... A reflection on Victor Frankl’s “The Unheard Cry for Meaning”

The Psychology of Mothering

Khalid Sohail   Apr 13, 2008   interacts: 287

It is interesting that as our culture is changing and many women are reluctant to take on motherly duties, more men are becoming motherly and nurturing.

Men's Liberation...Better Late Than Never

Khalid Sohail   Feb 1, 2008   interacts: 47

It is ironic that those men who become caring towards their wives are sometimes called sissy, wimp and 'zan mureed'

Fundamentalism and Violence

Khalid Sohail   Dec 10, 2007   interacts: 123

Human beings are conditioned by their families and communities and violent cultures produce violent people.

Neuro Politics

Tallat Abid   Sep 17, 2007   interacts: 9

When self-talk is not monitored cautiously it can lead to drastic effects on one’s personality, mentality and psychology.

Better Living through Chemistry

Ali Hashmi   Jun 28, 2007   interacts: 12

What would you give for a pill that made you happy or thin or helped erase the pain of losing a loved one?

The Agony of Remembrance

Ali Hashmi   Jun 13, 2007   interacts: 7

It may sound like a clich but being thankful for what you have right now is the only antidote to the longing for the good old days.

The Power of Positive Thinking

Ali Hashmi   Apr 11, 2007   interacts: 7

After almost thirteen years working at a large multinational engineering firm, he had attended a workshop conducted by a consulting firm. He was so impressed (and probably so tired of the corporate treadmill) that he immediately began learning more, event

Fruits of Western Civilisation

Afaq Ali   Dec 11, 2006   interacts: 13

The first psychiatrist he saw, at age 7, decided after a 20-minute visit that the boy was suffering from depression.

A Humanistic Approach Towards Mental Illness

Khalid Sohail   Dec 8, 2006   interacts: 51

We need to see a day when people with mental illness can live respectfully and peacefully and do not fear to be persecuted and penalized because of their emotional problems.

Serial Killers...The Dark Side of Humanity

Khalid Sohail   Sep 12, 2006   interacts: 63

I discovered the sad reality that the incidence of serial killers and mass murderers has been gradually increasing worldwide in the last few decades. I was further intrigued to find out that America has the highest rate of serial killers per capita.

Devrai: Story of a Schizophrenic

Hiren K Bose   Oct 18, 2005   interacts: 27

You’re married living in a small Indian town, have a school-going child, and besides are burdened with an elder brother who is a patient of schizophrenia.

Sanity

Xoheb Sheikh   Feb 7, 2005   interacts: 15

I was taken aback. The paintings… the craft, the harmony, the beauty in them. And they were made by an abnormal girl?

Innovative Life

Ahsan Hussain   Jan 19, 2005   interacts: 2

This year, as an alternative to unrealistic and reproachful resolutions, consider following these 'Ten Steps to Emotional Health in 2005.'

SoulMate

Umair Mohsin   Jan 14, 2005   interacts: 27

There’s something about finding a soulmate. You just know what the other person is. You never have to explain yourself or even tell another about you. You just know.

Of Eros and Erosion

Jamal Rana   Sep 8, 2004   interacts: 14

Jelaluddine Rumi, the 13th century Muslim poet and mystic wrote, “Love is reckless, risks everything and asks for nothing, having died to self interest”.

I Belong

Sharmeen Saleem   Mar 17, 2004   interacts: 19

I have seen the other side of my world; the darker truth and I have been hidden away from. I am a part of two worlds but limited to one.

Schizophrenic

arunima sengupta   Nov 19, 2003   interacts: 6

In a few hours she would go home and get back to being Shruti Agarwal, loving daughter, niece, oldest grandchild of the Agarwal family again. Why was it so tiring, this double life?

Driving SAG for a Rockies Rider

Harimau Iyer   Nov 14, 2003   interacts: 10

It is a thin line that divides impulsiveness from obstinacy and a thinner line that divides cussed obstinacy from sheer downright craziness

i see red

manay na   Nov 2, 2003   interacts: 4

reverberates around, bouncing off walls, windows, boundaries: echoing inside a dungeon

Acidity - Novellete Part III (final)

Nadeem F Paracha   Oct 31, 2003   interacts: 54

A novelette zigzagging along an addict’s (heroinchie’s) pathological observations of the bleak and absurd comedy of 21st century’s social and political neurosis

Acidity - Novellete Part II

Nadeem F Paracha   Oct 6, 2003   interacts: 20

A novelette zigzagging along an addict’s (heroinchie’s) pathological observations of the bleak and absurd comedy of 21st century’s social and political neurosis

Acidity - Novellete Part I

Nadeem F Paracha   Sep 29, 2003   interacts: 19

A novelette zigzagging along an addict’s (heroinchie’s) pathological observations of the bleak and absurd comedy of 21st century’s social and political neurosis

Desi Fate

Ras Siddiqui   Nov 30, 2000   interacts: 21

Why is it that all Indians are so smart and well behaved?

The Confusion and the Foggy View

Sohail Rabbani   Mar 2, 1998   interacts: 6

This process of humility is not just an individual phenomenon, but also a collective one. As we continue to learn, we increasingly realize that we know less about the universe and ourselves than we previously imagined.

Where in the Brain is the Mind

Saad Shafqat   Feb 14, 1998   interacts: 14

The author, who has a background in neuroscience, tries to grapplewith the question of what makes us aware of our own existence.

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