Some lists explaining how I view the world, and mocking the social control notion of psychology.
June 7, 2004
Active-Negative Personality: How the personality of greatness even with its pitfalls should be celebrated.
Alienation: From a psychitaric term to a societal problem needing treatment.
Believe: When you believe you can do great things.
Canned Reality: A discussion of video games, and television, and their effects on society.
Dealing with Depression: A look beyond medicine for truth.
Exploring and Questioning Madness: Andrew questions what it means to be 'mad' or insane, and how such a categorization both benefits and hurts society.
Feeling Good: What it means to have feelings as humans.
Flashbacks: A look at memories that get stirred up and force us to see today in yesterday's light.
Individual Making Friends: The importance of giving part of the self up to be a good friend.
Judith Kaye's Life Lessons: Some words of wisdom from the NYS Chief Justice.
Legitimate Feelings: How mass-society forces us to have certain kinds of feelings.
Man and His Political Acts: Radical behaviorialism and the class based vote.
Narcissism: Be a self advocate, but remember humanity.
Narrow Minded: We need to think beyond our narrow perspectives.
New Toy Feeling: What it feels like for an adult to get a new toy to play with...
Not My Choosing: So much of our lives are not under our control.
On 'Loners' and the Solitary Life Style: Why so called loners and those who choose to live a solitary life-style are not disfunctional or evil.
Our Own Worst Enemy: Personal reflection on what it means to be an individual and my experience of the world around me.
Passionate Words: Short poem about passion versus anger.
Pyromania: Some thoughts on the love of fire and arsonists.
Redefining Ourselves Beyond Labels: Too often we deny ourselves flexibility by binding ourselves to labels.
Revenge Never Works: One upping another person will never make things better, only worst.
Schizophrenia and Society: A look at how we define this social construct.
Smile a Little Smile: Our faces reveal a lot about how we see our world.
Social Context of Writing: Why our own words seem so foreign over time.
Social Control Breaksdown: Why society can't always protect itself from the individual.
Sublimation: A Way to Truth and Freedom: Reasons why we should try to appease our unsocial desires instead of repressing them.
The 'R.D. Laing Problem': Andrew looks at phenomenology, our notion of experience, and how we see each other and ourselves.
Thoughts on Autism: Autism is a difficult communications disorder.
Understanding Behavior: How the interaction of environment, experience, and the autonomous individual define interaction.
What Does Courage Mean Today?: A look at the contemporary meaning of courage in a society that shuns it.
What Does Hate Mean Today?: Some thoughts on hate and political action.
What is a Nervous Breakdown?: How such psychological stresses can be transforming experiences.
Why Go to Psychotherapy?: Psychotherapy help you find yourself as an individual.
After many too serious essays on myself and social control, I've decided to write a little bit more lighthearted list. Reading through this list will hopefully make you understand more about me and the way I think and act.
Doing what they do to be nothing more then something they invest in
You are free to disagree with any or all these points, as it's a matter of perspective. I do not know if they are correct or not, I only know it's how I see the world. Maybe you think that these things are crazy (maybe we should embrace consumerism—I don't know!), but that's your perspective. Live and let live as they say.
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