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It’s Not Too Late!
The last developmental stage of life (described by developmental psychologist, Erik Erikson) is “integrity versus despair.” According to this view, one may either feel generally good about the life they lived or look back with deep regret and remorse for a variety of reasons. Of course, like most things, in practice this is not so…
Read MoreThe Difference Between Repression and Supression
When something is supressed, this is done with conscious deliberation. For example, I feel angry at a person and am afraid that if I continue to feel angry that I will express it. So, I choose to purposely suppress the anger. I push it down, so to speak. I try to distract myself from the…
Read MoreInsomnia? You May Be An Entrepreneur!
Bad sleep has been linked with entrepreneurship. Insomnia may lead to ADHD type symptoms which in turn may drive entrepreneurial behaviors. From Gunia, Gish, & Mensmann (2020) in the Journal “Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice.
Read MoreEmpirical Support for Parapsychological Phenomena
In a 2018 review (Cardena, E.) of meta-analytic studies published in American Psychologist (Vol. 73, No. 5) the researcher concluded there was proof for effects of parapsychological phenomenon beyond what would be attributable to chance. And that an effect greater than chance was evident across different varieties of parapsychological phenomena.
Read MoreThe Lesson of Dr. Frankenstein
Taking Control
It is easy to think of taking control as if it’s an obvious steering wheel you just need to grab. Instead, control is more like a small item that is easily lost. We are left not knowing where it is. Control can be hard to find because there are so many other factors and forces…
Read MorePredictability
Something happening a certain way once does not mean it will happen that same way the next time.
Read MoreMore Cheez-It Blasphemy! Cheez-It Puff’d.
As if haunted by the banshee of Kellog, soon after my last post about a Cheez-It variant I learned about a new abomination. “CHEEZ-IT PUFF’D.” It also qualifies as a mutilation. Because these barely resemble Cheez-Its at all. They are square versions of those cheese puffs that are like tubular styrofoam and practically melt in…
Read MoreCheez-It Extra Cheesy is Gross!
For ages Cheez-It was a product of Sunshine Bakery and Cheez-It crackers were a predictable and reliable commodity. Once bought by the Kellog conglomeration, the once venerable Cheez-It fell victim to the infinite permutation disease for which Oreo cookies has been a poster child. One of the variants is Extra Cheesy. I had to try…
Read MoreDisturbing Message in “The Joker” (2019) and “Unhinged” (2020)
Both The Joker (2019) and Unhinged (2020) contain an alarming message that the stress and alienation a person feels in contemporary society justifies violently lashing out at strangers. Indeed, life is not fair and many of us get dealt a bad hand. However, the idea that this legitimizes what is essentially terrorism is a dangerous notion that…
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