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I know that modern psychology would have the tendency to diagnose psychotic breaks as on one of the bipolar/schizophreniform spectrums. However, Freud saw psychosis as the ego rejecting ideas not compatible with itself. And Jung thought psychosis was ridden with mythical archetypes and themes...

I want to apply to do an MA in a prestigious uni in the States. I had the guy who does philosophy admissions on the phone a couple of times, we chatted and laughed a bit. I just don't feel qualified. I am getting all worked up and can hardly sleep thinking about this school. I can't even...

Things like bipolar, disorders that are classified, even MBTI... while there may be something to them, does anyone else think they are dangerous? People are so susceptible. Ian Hacking has a word for it, where people diagnosed with certain mental disorders start to take on those qualities even...

The social competition hypothesis holds that depression is a natural mechanism in reaction to rejection of attempts to gain status or rejection of, let's say reproductive endeavors. It is an adaptive function that is nature's way of telling you you will get no where with your current behavior...

This problem is mostly related to INTPness, but it magnified by three million because of my (horrible) environment. Everytime I get a bad grade (because the French are bastards and some never grade over a C+, which makes me the unlucky foreigner who can hardly pass) I get stuck in this cycle...

I am s sheepish in this part of the forum. Not my domaine. But, I was wondering what kinds of experiments they do to determine what quarks do from a causal perspective. That is to say, although they cannot be observed directly, they can do experiments that create certain phenomena and give...

So, this might not be the best question, but I have been wondering about dreams. Why should we take them seriously? What is the subconcious? Is it strictly related to instinct? People seem to analyse their dreams as if they were some sort of transcendental view into how things are...

Hi, I'm new here, so excuse me for barging in. But, a trait many of you share, I have a huge time procrastinating. I mean, I have to write a paper, and once I figured out the basic idea, I stopped caring about it and haven't gotten around to fine tuning it, or even writing it ! I did one...