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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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October 2, 2008 2:50 PM
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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 by chicainthecity on
September 29, 2008 5:54 PM
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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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September 28, 2008 7:20 AM
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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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September 22, 2008 4:53 PM
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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 by t2urner on
September 22, 2008 4:49 PM
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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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favorited by Iridic on
September 15, 2008 4:56 PM
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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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September 12, 2008 2:27 AM
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favorited by pracowity on September 11, 2008 10:51 AM
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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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favorited by carbide on
September 7, 2008 3:38 PM
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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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favorited by nihraguk on
September 4, 2008 3:46 AM
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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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favorited by Wolof on
September 2, 2008 10:16 PM
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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 by halogen on
August 29, 2008 9:52 PM
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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 by firevoice on
August 26, 2008 1:22 AM
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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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favorited by loquacious on
August 22, 2008 4:36 AM
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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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favorited by nooneyouknow on
August 18, 2008 12:44 PM
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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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favorited by nicolin on
August 18, 2008 8:18 AM
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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 by chicainthecity on
August 11, 2008 5:26 PM
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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 by gjc on
August 10, 2008 7:14 PM
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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 by weebil on
August 6, 2008 1:54 PM
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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 by dyoneo on
August 6, 2008 12:36 PM
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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 by jtron on
August 6, 2008 11:34 AM
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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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favorited by dirtdirt on
August 6, 2008 9:29 AM
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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 by scody on
August 6, 2008 8:24 AM
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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 by languagehat on
August 6, 2008 7:15 AM
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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 by nasreddin on
August 6, 2008 6:53 AM
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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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August 6, 2008 6:53 AM
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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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favorited by sculpin on
August 5, 2008 9:31 PM
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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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August 4, 2008 11:44 AM
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"Related: Foliar feeding" [
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favorited by jamjam on
August 4, 2008 9:01 AM
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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 by Ringo on
July 28, 2008 6:47 AM
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"Yeah, I've always liked his short stories quite well. His anti-Semitism, not so much." [
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favorited by bonaldi on
July 23, 2008 12:23 PM
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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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July 19, 2008 10:54 PM
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"Offices and stuff. It's much less romantic than you seem to hope." [
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favorited by OwlBoy on
July 17, 2008 10:25 PM
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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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favorited by BrotherCaine on
July 16, 2008 12:10 AM
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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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favorited by ch1x0r on
July 15, 2008 8:10 PM
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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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favorited by ch1x0r on
July 15, 2008 8:03 PM
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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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favorited by BrotherCaine on
July 15, 2008 5:17 PM
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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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favorited by fuzz on
July 15, 2008 4:59 PM
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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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July 15, 2008 4:42 PM
