psychology
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Everybody probably knows about Post Secret. If not, now you do. Today saw the first “Blog Secret” day, organized by Nilsa.
Secrets are interesting. We want to know when somebody is keeping one.
I read a few Blog [...]
Angry Man
Monday, November 10th, 2008It was a pretty good weekend, yet here on Monday I’m an angry man.
I think I’m angry because I’m being asked to be responsible for things that aren’t my problem.
I can’t just say “tough luck, that’s your problem” because none of the circumstances allow for that as a reasonable answer.
I’m involved, but can’t be [...]
Reconstruction
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008We never stop changing, do we? And still…we think that we’re somehow stable. We imagine there to be some “core” that makes up our personality, that defines us as an individual.
Off Balance
I don’t believe that, any more. At one time, I thought: “Yeah, I’m Matt. There’s something that makes me into [...]
Vulnerable
Monday, October 13th, 2008Last week, I had a bad fever and was really sick. As I lay in bed, I started to think about how vulnerable I was in both specific and general terms.
Being alone, I didn’t really have any way to get help unless I was willing to wake somebody up or call 911. [...]
I am the boiled frog.
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008There’s this myth about the boiled frog.
In the myth, a frog that is dropped directly into a pan of hot water will jump out. It realizes that the water is too hot so reacts appropriately.
The myth continues, saying that a frog put in a pan of room temperature water will stay there, [...]