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"I think this comment by occhiblu is one of the best I've read about the psychology of de-cluttering:On kind of a meta note: To some extent, I think de-cluttering involves recognizing that regret is part of life, and being OK with that. Yes, I've..." [
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An hour ago
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"Does Pollan have any qualifications for AgSec? This reminds me of when people stupidly wanted Jon Stewart to run for President just 'cause they like the guy.
It isn't really enough just to have an understanding of the problem. And it isn't..." [
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12 hours ago
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"I really like Pynchon, and have read all his books. I would say that if you liked Lot 49 over V then you are less likely to like Gravity's Rainbow. GR is more like V than it is like 49. If you don't like Pynchon's particular brand of elliptical..." [
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6 days ago
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"The only point of sadness is the gay marriage ban in California
Not just a point of sadness, but an ironic comment on the election as a whole. The majority of African American voters in CA voted for the ban. The same folks who were voting for..." [
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10 days ago
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"Therapy works well and quickly for most people who go into it wanting to change. The evidence for this is more than compelling, it's completely settled. The same evidence suggests that all types of therapy work about equally well. The conservative..." [
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favorited 32 times, recently by Stacey, firevoice, onoclea
2 weeks ago
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"I think it helps to make the numbers smaller.
There are ten people on the island, one blue eyed, the rest brown. quonsar says it's nice to see another blue-eyed person. Bluey kills himself the next day because he can see nine brownies.
ten..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"Cape Fear & Cape Fear
2001 & Sunshine
The Rear Window & Proof
MASH & Full Metal Jacket
Real Life & Memento
His Girl Friday & Pride & Prejudice
Friday & The Corner
The Barbershop & Joe's BedSty..." [
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Last month
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"I think you should pursue it. The doubts that you raise are all standard doubts, both to the profession and to most professions. Your concerns about personality and temperament are similarly not unique to you.
I know a lot of therapists, and am..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by chicainthecity, t2urner
Last month
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"told me that BPD is the most difficult to treat, and that many psychotherapists will not work with that population, it's just too difficult and too heartbreaking and too often unsuccessful. They demand an entirely different form of psychotherapy than..." [
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"I'm a social work psychotherapist.
I think therapy is great. It's a proven, effective way to help people get better from mental problems. It's great to help people for a living, to know that in the majority of cases what you do matters and does..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by t2urner
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"selfnoise-
OT, but...
have you taken a look at Reading Rilke by William Gass. He does a very similar thing with translations of Rilke, provides his own translations, and writes a very cogent book on Rilke and on the art of translation.
A..." [
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2 months ago
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"This is probably going to be a tough slog for you if you're childhood is as you describe.
I have no diagnostic conjectures to offer about your girlfriend, but I will say that the difficulty with Borderline Personality Disorder and the people who..." [
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2 months ago
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"Yeah, it is as much of a shithole as The Wire makes it out to be.
The other thread is useful as an overview of what's changed and how much nicer certain areas have gotten, but Baltimore has very very high rates of poverty and drug sales and abuse...." [
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2 months ago
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"You have an incomplete (at best) understanding of the state of outcome research in psychotherapy. If you're interested, you should read Bruce Wampold (The Great Psychotherapy Debate) or Michael Lambert. Both demonstrate that, in fact, in addition..." [
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2 months ago
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"Your question glosses over one of the major differences between Freud and Jung: Freud understood symbolism to be personal and generated from within the person and their life story, while Jung understood symbols to be more universal. The power of..." [
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2 months ago
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"While it doesn't answer your question directly, this pdf at the Journal of Economic Perspectives has a ton of interesting statistics about marriage and divorce trends.
This factsheet, while religiously based, cites it's "facts" from what..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by halogen
2 months ago
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"Oh, loquacious, how little we know ye.
(Well, except for how you put it all out there.)" [
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2 months ago
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"There are two separate questions here. Do Freud's individual interpretations hold up? And, does psychoanalysis work as a cure for mental illness?
The answer to the first is yes and no. Many of the things he wrote read as stretches, many of the..." [
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2 months ago
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"Well, there's a lot out there, a lot of it is really good, some is really horrible.
The place to start is Freud. Freud obviously presents a more foundational moment, rather than a synthesis, but I think that many of his most interesting..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
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"Well, it depends a bit, but The Plot to Destroy America by Philip Roth has Charles Lindberg elected a fascist and anti-Semitic president of the USA. Lindberg was, in fact, both an anti-Semite and a fascist. He lead a group called America First,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gjc
3 months ago
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"Jesus. Seriously, you need to rethink your entire approach to this.
The examples you finally get around to providing are directed at specific men, in specific circumstances, and even then most hardly rise to the level of vitriol. (I confess I..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by weebil, dyoneo, jtron, scody, languagehat, nasreddin, rtha
3 months ago
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"Oh, baloney. I'm not about to go through the profiles of each person who's posted in this thread, but I'd bet at least 75% of them aren't using their real names, or even a form of their real names, and that at least a third don't have contact..." [
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3 months ago
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"Sauteed/roasted corn kernels, lime juice, cilantro, and chile makes a delicious salad. No fancy anything required--quite mediocre corn is just fine in it. The carmelized corn kernels make the salad quite sweet...." [
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3 months ago
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"I just wanted to address a few things that have come up in this thread since I last commented, hopefully in the spirit of making it easier for you to make a decision about what to do.
Medications help a lot of people with depression and anxiety..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ringo
3 months ago
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"Yeah, I've always liked his short stories quite well. His anti-Semitism, not so much." [
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3 months ago
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"I feel like we're having the same argument here. CPAPs "work" in the sense that if you get patient compliance they will have a good outcome. CPAPs do not "work" in the sense that patient non-compliance is rife.
I agree (I also..." [
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3 months ago
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"Offices and stuff. It's much less romantic than you seem to hope." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by OwlBoy
4 months ago
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"there is not a good study that shows that fat people eat more than thin people.
serazin--I find your position disturbing and problematic. You seem to be replacing a justified frustration at the difficulty with losing weight and maintaining weight..." [
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4 months ago
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"Look, I'm a psychotherapist and a big fan of people finding help for mental health problems wherever they can. That means if meds work, use meds; if psychotherapy works, use psychotherapy. The reason I can confidently say that is because there is..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by monsterhero
4 months ago
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"docpops: I am always curious about the trajectory from big to massive, from obese to "super-obese" as it is known now. That is, does one truly not notice the change, even without a scale, from 225 to 275 or something similar? Because when..." [
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4 months ago
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"I'm not sure I understand your question. Laurel is a suburb of DC and Baltimore, and you have transportation. There's so much to do DC and Baltimore that you could be busy in either place for the rest of your life. There are also a ton of great..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pollomacho
4 months ago
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""But the outcome was not what they expected."
They've been playing too much wiffleball and not paying enough attention to local news: this outcome was entirely predictable...." [
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4 months ago
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"I have to say, as a psychotherapist treating indigent, heroin-addicted patients who pay $0 per hour, I'd be willing to test my ideals against some of these $600/hour folks...." [
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4 months ago
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"I've heard that both mammograms and PAP tests are mostly unnecessary - that there hasn't really been much evidence showing that early diagnosis helps. Is this true? I have also heard that since nuns don't get cervical cancer, lesbians don't need PAPs..." [
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4 months ago
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"I'm thrown off by the lack of a black background." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
4 months ago
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"Good post.
parmanparman, this is just as appropriately discussed here as most other things that make the front page. You have special knowledge in this area, and you seem to have an abiding feeling that these conversations require more care..." [
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4 months ago
