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SocietyALL the world's problems in one single word:
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I think it's good to explain inefficiency if only because it is misunderstood as a source of many problems. It's a very beneficial concept to understand and is more far-reaching than most wo... |
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SocietyALL the world's problems in one single word:
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If you're ignorant, then yeah, you will cause inefficiency but does ignorance encapsulate more of the world's problems within that word than inefficiency?
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Human Nature & EmotionOptimism VS happiness
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I think humans are inherently optimistic and it is only the repression of pain that prevents optimism from naturally uplifting us. By that rational, I believe that if a human goes through pain and acc... |
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Negative...
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...what's this guy made of?
Someone pointed out that having a more optimistic outlook on negativity was a form of repression.
I disagree.
Most people take in negativity and the find ways to r... |
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Can we escape our pre-conditioning?
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"At the subconscious level, the process and content are out of direct reach of the conscious mind. The subconscious thus thinks and acts independently.
One of Freud's key findings was tha... |
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Negative...
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Agree wholeheartedly with Decius. Repression is not a way out. It's just hiding. And waiting to be found. I speak from personal experience because repression once ruined me when I was stupid and... |
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Can we escape our pre-conditioning?
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and in answer to your question, yes, you can actually "loose" your "memmory" by choice. It's called repression.
However repression is a conscious act of will and therefore... |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
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however you can't know something and then conciously forget it.
Actually you can, have you never heard of memory repression? |
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Can we escape our pre-conditioning?
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i wouldn't think that is a very easy thing to do by conscious choice Decius, surely any sort of forgetting or amnesia is an unconsciously induced thing. Repression is usually caused by the uncons... |
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Habits & BehaviorRepression?
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How do you know if you've accepted something and moved on or if you're still repressing something? There are some things I feel apathetic about, but used to feel strongly over before, so I... |
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Gender PsychologyWomen - to be the only one and their lack of freedom
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The idea of being the most important person in my partner's life... why does this exist? I was about to write that I logically see that every relationship will eventually require the partners wit... |
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Religion & HumanityReligion: where would we be without it...
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Throughout history religion has been the cause of many wars, genocides, repression and segregation.
Would the world be a more peaceful place now without it?
would we have just found something else t... |
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More guys than girls on these forums...why?
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God, you obviously have not been to high school in a while. Being "gay" is one of the most socially accepted things around there now. Really, its becoming a fad to the point where actual gay... |
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Negative...
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Welcome to CC Girlbot, I think I am going to like talking to you!
I disagree Decius, I think repression is a choice one makes that allows them to continue on.
That is how I deal with things,... |
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IslamWhat's Wrong With Islams Leaders?
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I've read through this thread and found it very interesting, especially after I've been exploring the teachings of Islam and Islam's "extremist" element. Muslims in the Middle... |
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ChristianityChristianity is dead, now what ?
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Decius!
I agree with you 100% on every point.
1) We will only survive through co-operation
2) Co-operation is achieved through empathy and compassion
3) Freedoms must be universal, segregation... |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
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Excuse me . . . I want to go back to find what the topic of Discussion is, wouldn't want to get to far off topic.
Oh, Suppression or Repression of trauma is fairly common & well doc. medical... |
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More guys than girls on these forums...why?
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God, you obviously have not been to high school in a while. Being "gay" is one of the most socially accepted things around there now. Really, its becoming a fad to the point where actual gay... |
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Poetry*Smiles with in Solitude*
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I'm tethered to the unknown, afraid to move forward. So many mistakes witnessed I'm not sure I want to continue. The anger and deceit it all lingers on, as the pain of our fathers torments u... |
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Negative...
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Decius
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"You try to claim to explain how it "magically dissolves" or is expressed in a "non-destructive" manner, yet you still have no context with which to find a... |
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HomosexualityGay Marraige, For or Against?
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marraige throughout history has been the joining of man and woman.
And the persecution and repression of homosexuals has been around for some time now too? Is this what validates something?
Marr... |
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Emotions & FeelingsEmotional freedom technique - A Method of Repression, Not Freedom.
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Emotional freedom technique (EFT) is a technique developed by alternative medicine practitioners, whereby negative emotions and feelings are supposedly relieved by following certain steps that involve... |
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Do we live a 'lie of character'?
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Do we live a 'lie of character'?
Those who know say that Kierkegaard (circa 1840) was a psychoanalyst without fear of being laughed at because he knew that the scoffers are uninformed. Few sapiens... |
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ChristianityChristianity is dead, now what ?
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1)We will only survive through co-operation
2) Co-operation is achieved through empathy and compassion
3) Freedoms must be universal, segregation must be eliminated
Agreed, wouldn't that be a wo... |
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ChristianityCatholics vs Christians
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I find the question interesting because Catholics are Christians, one of the first Christian groups, along with the Eastern Rite and Greek Orthodox. Christianity was separated by distance in the first... |
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