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POPSThe Tyranny of Niceness Related to passive-aggression as a cultural descriptor rather than an individual pathology. Fear of authority, chronic anger, bitterness, and the masochistic self-disempowerment of submission (see Fromm).
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POPSOne in Four Struggle with Anger Anger is related to anxiety is related to fear. Anger is hostile, aggressive, destructive in word and deed. It is a sign of our cultural values, our moral values and our spiritual values. People are frightened.
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POPSUntangling Depression A good article on the complexities and difficulties unvolved in discussing depression and seeking to bring relief. I just want to say personally that I believe medication is right for some people, but other people will find relief in other ways. Many will need a combination of medicayion and pther approaches. And to restate what a dreadful condition real depression is.
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POPSDepression can be Good for You There is serious depression that needs help. There are poverty, abuse, bad circumstance that need addressing. But for most of us, a bit of depression, the article suggests, is a catalyst for refelction, change and growth
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POPSAnti-Depressants Little Use That the SSRI drugs such as paraoxetene, citalopram, the well known 'Prozac; drugs do help a small number of severely illi people should not disguise the fact that they do little for the majority, that the word 'depression' is thrown around liberally to cover general unhappiness, misery and spiritual crisis. There is tons of evidence that the current ideological fetish of reducing the human being to a network of chemical interactions is itself a sign of deep cultural malaise
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POPSanti depressents and placebos 60% are helped with real pills, 40% with the placebos- and that is spectacular?????? LOL but with the REST of the studies its even worse. come on people get off these pills!
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POPSGiving to Others Makes You Happier There are different types of giving, of charity. The ones that involve a cheque book, conspicuous public good works etc are different from the ones that are private, unwitnessed and may involve personal sacrifice, hardship, a mature love etc.
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POPSWojtek Wawszczyk - "Headless" Content: Why it happens that you lose your head, how hard it is to get a substitute, and of what importance your heart is to regain your head. - - - - - - Wojtek Wawszczyk: director, designer, writer, character animator, animation supervisor; education: the Polish National Film School in Lodz, Poland, and the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. - - - - - - See also Wawszczyk's short film "Pingwin" (Penguin) . - - - - - - Can't see anything? Then you might be visiting my ClipCast. Click "see Classic View" or this link , and the unvisible will be visible. :)