Ω … Dings

Thu, 29. July 2010

Psychomechanik

Merkwürdig, wie oft Menschen die lieben, von denen sie benutzt und verletzt werden, und diejenigen, die ihnen verbunden sind und bei ihnen stehen, geringschätzen.

Wed, 28. July 2010

Leiden, Psychotherapie und Zivilisiertheit

As someone once said (oh right, Buddha), life is suffering, and since the dawn of civilization human beings have fermented, distilled, and smoked whatever they could get their hands on in an effort to tinker with flawed consciousness, and psychiatry, like pain management, is an attempt to undertake this in a way that is, yes, civilized.

Sat, 24. July 2010

Adam Smith und Buddha für Achtsamkeit bei Stress

In summary for all people, it’s all geared toward getting a 3rd person perspective on your 1st person experience which is what we mean by impartial spectator, a term I borrowed from Adam Smith, which is what we mean by mindful awareness, a term I borrowed from Buddha.

Armut

When we’re poor, Karelis argues, our economic worldview is shaped by deprivation, and we see the world around us not in terms of goods to be consumed but as problems to be alleviated. This is where the bee stings come in: A person with one bee sting is highly motivated to get it treated. But a person with multiple bee stings does not have much incentive to get one sting treated, because the others will still throb. The more of a painful or undesirable thing one has (i.e. the poorer one is) the less likely one is to do anything about any one problem. Poverty is less a matter of having few goods than having lots of problems.

Thu, 22. July 2010

Oxytocin fördert nicht nur positive, empathische Emotionen sondern auch negative, anti-soziale Emotionen wie Neid und Schadenfreude. (Simone Shamay-Tsoory (University of Haifa), Journal of Biological Psychiatry 2009).

Zu Oxytocin und Aggression habe ich neulich berichtet.

Außerdem könnte Oxytocin Symptome der Schizophrenie lindern, wie der New Scientist berichtet.

Thu, 15. July 2010

Tango und Fußball

Sun, 11. July 2010

Eltern

“You are not such a unique, creative, intelligent or even interesting person that the kid benefits from constant exposure to you. When you have something to offer, maximize and concentrate that time, and then get the hell out of the way.

This advice is quite practical. Parents often don’t know what to do with their kids, so they overwhelm them with their attention instead. What no parent realizes is that the vast majority of that overinvolved time is spent irritated. Add it up yourself. Nagging, bored, looking at your mobile. The obvious message is that you’re not satisfied.

That’s the template you’ve offered him.

I don’t know if helicopter parenting will turn the kid into a wimp as many claim, but I do know that it will make the kid hate you.” (The last psychiatrist)

Thu, 8. July 2010

Platten

Wir gucken gerade auf 3sat diesen tollen Film von der ausgestiegenen IT-Frau. Das Kind fragt: “Konnte man früher alle Platten umdrehen?” Da war sie nun also tatsächlich, diese Frage.

Wed, 7. July 2010