Tag: psychology
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How Girls Learn Emotional Reciprocity (and Why Boys Don't)
From that same Metafilter discussion: “Adolescent female friendships are LEGENDARILY difficult and drama-prone. And they are! Being an adolescent girl and navigating the emotional landscape of female friendship is hella hard! It’s not just media hype to sell Mean Girls narratives! But I think the narrative the media wants to attach to it is “girls […]
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Dating an Emotional Charlatan
From a Metafilter discussion about modern dating and emotional labor: “A few years ago, one of my friends began dating an accomplished lawyer who made good money. He was charming and generous. He 100% seemed like he had his shit together and could keep up with her. He cooked for her occasionally and his home […]
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Chinese Seniors and Life After Deng Xiaoping
“In two decades you go from being excited about your first Panasonic radio to cynically comparing the benefits of an Audi vs. a BMW.”
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Why Being an Adult Is Hard
“You realize that you don’t have a narrative, there is no path or plan, things aren’t always linear, and you’re nobody’s hero. ”
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Personal Integrity as Mental Illness
“Acts of personal integrity are seen as suspicious veiled acts of self-interest at best, and signs of mental illness at worst.”
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Short Circuiting Anger
“Is this going to really matter in the near future? Will expressing anger fix the situation?”
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Domestic Abuse Survivor Tells a Future Victim What Happens Next
“Once he is the sole breadwinner I can garun-fucking-tee that you won’t be seeing friends or family without him, and only when he’s okay with it.”
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An Ex-Mormon on Cutting and Self-Abuse
“The flowing blood was a testament to me, it meant I could overcome my struggles with pain.”
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A 58-Year-Old Retiree Looks Back in Regret
“PLEASE push yourself and test yourself and let yourself be every great thing that you can be.”
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Mass Shootings and Madness
“Over and over again the “mental health issues” being described (outside of Loughner and his ilk) seem to be someone angry about their treatment by the outside world and having difficulty fitting in. Cho shot up Virginia Tech for precisely these reasons. I think the focus on mental health issues beats the hell out of another […]