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2008-10-04T07:16:05Z

What's new?

What's got you up at night?

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Regenerating Johnny

2008-10-04T02:42:29Z

_______ . _________ the seed has been dropped!

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Adult

2008-08-08T00:55:32Z

Dear Herr Freud,

As I grow older, the notion that I should become an adult and act mature is creeping up on me - but I've never quite figured out what Maturity entails exactly. Do you have any insightful thoughts on the matter?

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Siggy meets true love...

2008-07-09T15:10:24Z

Yes, girls & boys... it's possible to find true love right here on Tribe! Don't give up hope. If it can happen for me, it can happen for you too -- read the latest message in my box:

Date Tue, June 17, 2008 - 1:50 AM
Subject julietbb74@yahoo.co.uk
Message julietbb74@yahoo.co.uk
Dearest,
In fact, I am very happy to write you at this time when two of us are looking for a soulmate. My name is Juliet. Please Write to me with this email; julietbb74@yahoo.co.uk.
I believe that this likeness that I came knocking at the door of your heart , that you open for me to enter. I will be very grateful if we can establish this relationship. I will be stoping so far till I hear from you. Is me, Juliet.
Please try to use this email add julietbb74@yahoo.co.uk to send me mail so that
I can send you my picture .

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neurosis & fetish

2008-05-29T06:52:44Z

What was freuds stance on neurosis & fetish......did he feel there was a connection?

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Hello, happy longggggggggg weekend all

2008-05-29T03:13:34Z

What's happening here?

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Click & Clack

2008-04-26T23:49:52Z

Who listens to NPR's Car Talk w/ brothers Click & Clack? (I'll tell you the rest later)

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Vegetables

2008-04-24T12:51:02Z

I'm currently going through some pretty head strangling things.. so I thought I would share it here and see if you all could help me make sense of it.. but first.. vegetables

I was going to a community college to put away my prerequisites as it was tons cheaper than a college..and raising two young children. I had a sociology course and a sick 6 year old daughter who couldnt go to day care , but I couldnt miss my class. So I asked the professor if I could bring her with me as long as she was quiet. She had a fever and was pretty sleepy so I took a blanket and pillow and set her up under my table most of the class didnt even know she was there as she was sleeping when they came in. The class was ending in 5 minutes his discussion was coming to a close... Then he said "I want you to think about this question and we will discuss it next week.." What would your response be if you were told a family member was a vegetable?"
Shuffling of papers begins and from under the table comes a small voice " I'd eat her" "Especially if she was broccoli!!" The whole class busted a gut..

Ok I was told this last week that my 4 month old grandson has PW Prader-Willi syndrome.. a missing gene issue and while he isnt going to be a vegetable he is going to have a difficult life.. How do I prepare ? How should I react? I might also let you know I have PTSD and sometimes I have to address things like this a little differently than others. I feel like I need to fully understand whats going on and prepare myself for an appropriate response. .. and Im just not finding any answers ..

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How to manage your depression

2008-04-24T10:40:06Z

http://graphjam.com/2008/04/19/funny-graphs-rems-recommended-method-of-depression/

(apropos, dear doktor - I seem to be developing an addiction to thrifting. I wasn't going to go to the volleyball club's jumble sale this morning and kept really busy for an hour or two, but then I jumped into the car anyway, got slightly lost in a teeny tiny village, caused the GPS to have a nervous breakdown because the bridge she insisted I cross was under construction (we named her Cecile, by the way, the GPS), parked too far away, and still managed to come home with about 20 assorted plant pots, E. Annie Proulx's Accordeon Crimes, a book on origami, a lunchbox, lots of small picture frames, Spanish daisies, a blue tartan trolley http://tinyurl.com/4xmxrb , a wooden box, and chalk.

Only what worries me most is that I forgot a bag containing some cotton fabric, and now I wish I hadn't. And there was a winerack I would have liked, but there was no way I was going to be able to carry it to the car)

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Bad dreams lately, darn it

2008-04-19T13:07:43Z

Last week's dream, I saw my father dead in a coffin. I also felt his ghost lift my left arm into the air, over my head, and carry me up the stairs. (He is currently alive.)

Last night's dream, I experienced my husband (currently separated for a year now) try to kill me by smothering me with blankets in my bed. I managed to be crafty and get out of it. I was putting on my shoes preparing to leave and asked, were you really trying to kill me? He said yes. I had one shoe on and he was tilting the chair I was sitting in and then put his foot, white sneaker on, close to my throat and said I could step on your throat here and kill you. My mind raced, leave the other shoe, grab your keys and purse, and run down the stairs and away - GO! I awoke!

Sigh!

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A bullet in the right arm

2008-04-09T20:07:44Z

Yep, that was a big part of my dream from Monday night.
It didn't hurt. There was not any blood either.
The movement of the dream was that no one could really steer me, or take me in the right direction to get help.
I was thinking as we walked around, I have a medical card in my purse, we should go to the emergency room of my health care provider.

Dream #2
Something about a big house, isolated, close by the big busy city, yet in a quiet contained loop.
There was even a dirt road there.
I recall seeing lights on in the house. I also recall noting a vending machine for drinks in front of it.

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2008?

2008-04-08T18:56:27Z

How is so far?
Dreams coming true and all?
Planning?
Overcoming challenges?

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Psychoanalyst Finger Puppets

2008-04-08T08:16:01Z

Go nuts with this wacky pack of puppets! You ll get Freud (the father of psychoanalysis), his daughter Anna Freud (a noted child therapist in Britain), Carl Jung (king of the collective unconscious ) and a red chaise lounge so the shrinks can take turns shrinking each other. You and your friends can debate psychological theory, reenact the friendship and breakup of Freud and Jung, and just turn psychoanalytical theory on its head! The box converts to a puppet theater. Made in China.

http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId=12060

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Doctor?

2008-04-05T17:48:17Z

Are you still there? Are you busy with your research or with a troubled patient?

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Just caught a fun little movie

2008-02-20T15:38:08Z

entitled "Unconscious" (2004). Rated R, 1 hr. 40 mins. (Spanish with English subtitles)

The synopsis reads:

When Freudian psychiatrist Leon vanishes, his pregnant wife, Alma and her brother-in-law Salvador try to uncover the mystery behind his disappearance in this intelligent comedy. Set in Barcelona, Spain in 1913, the film follows Alma and Salvador as they find clues in Leon's accounts for four "hysterical" female patients and then track down the subjects in an attempt to locate the missing doctor.

Recommended!

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Dreamy

2008-01-29T22:54:53Z

I had my second dream in a week where I share a romantic kiss.
I could feel it.
The excitement.
The anticipation...
The swirling head, tenderness, sweetness, gentleness.
Knowing how special.

The 1st dream was with one of my bosses who has not been respecting me lately and little mean to me.
Reality: Later that day he and I were at a luncheon with other colleagues and he was nice to me, cracking jokes.

My dream this morning was with someone who has caught my eye. Well more like caught my "man attention". It has been a long time since I have had a romantic feeling inside. The dream was pleasant.

Dreams are funny things.
They enact the tale of what we will not or can not deal with during waking hours.
They shed light on yearnings or other paths one can travel.
Can you take a vaction to dreamland and be there for a week, day and night?
The experience of dreamland, ahhhhhhhhh.
Always something new, fresh, relateable in some sense.
Visuals, sounds, memories, future, fantasy, emotive, drama, reenactments, recognizable people we encounter in our lives, strangers, famous people, different pairings of our waking life, connections.
The subconscious mind is so booming!

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Siggy's Cultural Picks...

2008-01-18T02:14:18Z

MOVIELAND -- go see "The Science of Sleep". The director of 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' gives us a trippy meditation on reality vs. fantasy. Close your eyes, open you heart! (And for you fans of Serge, his daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, turns out a nice performance here.)

MUSICLAND -- let's see... lately, I've been listening to Ben Kweller (Sha Sha); Brian Eno's Airport Music; Mercedes Sosa (Atahualpa's songs) -- very beautiful; Greece (curtesy of Putumayo); Brazilian Girls (a NYC band with one girl, and she's not Brazilian!); I'm also lusting after a medieval music CD (very sinful of me) featuring Armenian music of old....

Otherwise, I've gone out for walks (warm weather lately), and seen some beautiful yellow leaves illuminated by the strange lights of twilight....

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Shot a Man in Reno

2008-01-16T02:19:11Z

Last night I had a dream that Johnny Cash shot me. It was a very vivid dream, and it took place in a dorm that I used to live in. Johnny was pissed off at me for buying an outdated version of one of his albums. I escaped repeatedly, but he didn't chase me, and I kept coming back to the area I knew he was in. The shot that hit me was little more than a flesh wound. At one point, I cooked myself lunch but before I could eat it, Johnny appeared on the mezzanine. I again took flight. He took my grilled cheese sandwich.

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It's oh so quiet...

2008-01-15T13:03:14Z

... which is surprising. I was given to believe that the festive season is fraught with festering neurosissies coming to the boil and we'd all be in need of authoritative analysis and clear counsel. So, are you all just really skilled at gliding serenely through the festive season, or did you go away and hid somewhere - like me?

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Happy Christmas, Merry New Year!

2007-12-25T02:27:30Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ0U7b9r7xE

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Talk therapy

2007-12-25T02:24:12Z

Now this is what I'm talkin' about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVzJj9Bio5g

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Click & Clack at AltWheels

2007-12-20T03:41:15Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5fnqUscG7k

"While filming at AltWheels we ran into Click & Clack, the Tappet brothers: hosts of NPR's Car Talk. We asked them how they were enjoying the show, and whether they were prepared to deal with all the new technology coming down the pike."

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lots of dream threads lately...

2007-11-30T19:47:01Z

... and I like it!
it's so interesting reading what everyone has shared here.

well, I had a very strange dream last night, so I will share it too!

trying to remember the details...

I was on all kinds of adventures, but the underlying theme of all the smaller dreams within the dream was that I was trying to get out of having this medical test done. they wanted to knock me out, poke holes in my veins, and see how quickly I would bleed. freaky, right? and no one could give me a good answer as to why this test was necessary, and all the answers I was getting were very fishy, so yeah, I was trying to avoid it.

there was also this oil painting that held answers to a totally separate mystery, something about a bombing that had taken place years before... and the people in the painting were alive (in an imprinted capture-of-time way, not like they were really alive),.. and there was this old barn that was haunted,.. and a theatre,.. and a homeless shelter that, from the outside, was just a big hole in the ground,.. and a doctor who was really an author of all these books,.. and for some reason the hill in front of my old highschool was important (the road was full of potholes and ditches),.. and an odd little cottage where all these people were gathering,.. and all of that was somehow related to me trying to avoid having my blood drawn.

ummmm..... maybe I'm sharing too much here?

I dunno, it's just weird because it's been a while since I've remembered a dream like this...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-29T15:27:45Z

Hey Doctor. I hope you and all the members of this Tribe have a great Thanksgiving.

I'm heading out of town to visit my mother.

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Dear doctor what's your take on...

2007-11-27T23:57:24Z

change?

There is change that the universe picks you up and puts you down in a different place.

There is "premeditated change"
(I just made up a good term)

There is change that we know we have to do but we fight ourselves to do it.

Dear wise owl doctor, break us off some sage words to help us through change.

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Name Change Ideas?

2007-11-19T18:37:29Z

Well, Doctor, I'm in a little bit of a pickle.

When I took my name, Ariadne, it was when I was reading Greek mythology. I wanted to name myself after a female character from there.

The problem is, a lot of Greek heroines get the short end of the stick. Ariadne was the only character who seemed to not die tragically or was betrayed by the hero. Ok, in the myth she does get abandoned by Thesus after she did so much to help him get through that damn labarynth, but she does end up with Dionysus in the end.

Here's the thing: I'm starting to wonder if the old saying about names having power is true. I've been having a lot of problems with people using me for their own purpose and then ditching me. And then I read an article about magical names that warns to choose your name carefully because it *becomes* you. So, my question is this: anyone have any ideas for a new name?

-Ariadne

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I remembered a dream! Finally....

2007-11-11T20:39:15Z

Dear herr doktor,

I finally managed to retain the details of a dream. Here goes: I dreamt I was attending a typical Dutch birthday, which looks something like this: http://hpbimg.ronspruit.net/clubhuis%20De%20Havik%205,%20Havikzijde%20a.jpg

I generally don't like attending these birthdays because you're stuck on a chair balancing a cup of coffee and a piece of cake, while the woman on your left is telling you about her Gestalt therapy (without actually knowing what it is), and the man on your right with the odd facial hair is talking about potatoes. Anyway, in this dream it slowly dawned on me that everyone there was the parent of a Dutch singer, of drivel like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaKN7RENgS4

I got up and went to the kitchen table, where a small child was eating a chocolate-drenched pancake which had been cut up into bite-size pieces. The small child offered me a bite, which I accepted. Then I woke up.

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I had a dream...

2007-11-11T11:05:01Z

Many people
Mostly occurred outside on a new planet
The planet had a society - buildings, homes, gardens, areas...
No people/aliens/habitants, seemed to be around
Us humans were taking over, starting to live in the seemingly abandoned, empty places, homes, buildings, setting up lives
I was in a group of people exploring a remote dessert area - rusty golden sand where excavation and building of new structures was going on but vacant of people/aliens/habitants
Further exploring discovered an underground living area filled with the people/aliens/habitants
We all mixed harmoniously, the humans and the people/aliens/habitants
I found a cool looking bathtub area with draped fabric over it and I went inside it and pulled the drapes closed
Things changed... the people/aliens/habitants came in mass and took over the humans, like took their brains, their will, not killed them, making them zombie like
As I saw this onslaught, I hide in this enclosed tub area and I was unaffected

Later these same planet inhabitants came into a different area where a large group of humans were living and started doing this overtaking of the mind thing again
I was there, untouched, watching this, wondering what to do
After, I went to them and said, keep me as I am, I am a good resource for you, I can help teach you about humans, our ways, insights, knowledge, society, ideas, history...
They went for it and allowed me to be untouched

I woke up

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I'm cruising for some Perusing

2007-11-06T17:39:11Z

Greetings herr doktor,
I gather from you Tribe profile that you deconstruct avatar pictures. To the best of my memory, I have so far not been the recipient of this service, and I find myself wondering why.

Other than that, the weather holds fine today, although this early darkness does constrain my outdoor pursuits.

Yours sincerely,

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I Might as well be Dancing with Myself

2007-11-02T19:46:29Z

Dear papa,
I see Billy Idol everywhere on Tribe. Am I imagining things, or am I left out of some hipster in-the-know group? And should I worry about this?

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sleep patterns

2007-11-02T19:42:59Z

mine are shifting

they do when I live alone

seems we have our own natural patterns of sleep and living and energy levels

it's the vampire life for me
'cept for that pesky thing called work
8 to 5
then it's my time

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SCHLOMO

2007-11-02T19:39:12Z

Siggy-

is your middle name REALLY Schlomo???? this came up on another Tribe. LOL

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Explanations and Excuses

2007-09-21T19:22:04Z

Dear Dr. Freud,

I am puzzled about something. When people ask for an explanation ("why did you do that") and you respond with the reasons why you did it, why do they ultimately say "that's no excuse!" Of course it is not an excuse, it's an explanation, it's what they asked for! Why do people confuse the two? Are they really the same thing?

Confused

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wireless. . .

2007-09-12T16:38:36Z

i am beginning to become quite fond of it. wifi. . .wireless keyboard. . .i think it all started with marconi?

does this mean. . .that i'm afraid of attachment? entanglements?

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Call it Sleep

2007-09-11T00:16:01Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18DF94-qiGo

Call It Sleep is the first visual work produced in the United States which makes use of the situationist technique of "detournement," the devaluation and reuse of present and past cultural production to form a superior theoretical and practical unity.

From the Opening:

"Call It Sleep is a global, strategic evaluation of the social forces which comprise the society of the spectacle. It is conceived and executed from the point of view that if individuals are to gain control over the use of their lives, the world of heirarchical power must be destroyed."

"Call It Sleep is comprised of 4 parts:
1. The Spectacle
2. Bolshevism
3. The Cadre
4. The New Revolt"

"Together these factors shape the social conflict which now engulfs the planet in the twilight of the reign of power."

This is not as good as "The Society of the Spectacle" by Guy Debord, but still has many important points from the American perspective. It is a VHS rip, a little poor quality, but here it is. Enjoy.

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Maps of Meaning

2007-08-08T05:58:30Z

This highly interesting and deeply profound video series explores the mythological realm of story and consciousness and the ways in which it has shaped culture and society, which in turn shapes the individual and vice versa. I recently completed the fifth in this thirteen-part series. Each part is roughly a half-hour long and it deals with some aspect or element of the mythmaking elements of consciousness. You can probably start with any of them, but occasionally, he references something from an earlier part, so you might want to watch them in order. The intro, which is an hour long, seems related but not a direct part of the entire series -- it sets an appropriate tone though for what I've watched so far.

From the Blurb: This half hour video was broadcast on TV Ontario in 2004, as the 1st of a 13-part series dealing with mythology and neuroscience. It is all based on the book, "Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief."

Intro: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=13598019128231960

Part 1: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4512708238184670282

The rest are available here: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Maps+of+Meaning%22&so=2

Each video has a different theme. The ones I've seen so far, highly recommended. Enjoy!

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Albert Ellis, Who Streamlined Freud, Dies at 93

2007-08-04T01:06:04Z

The cognitive psychologist and humanist questioned the scientific status of transpersonal psychology in several publications. He frequently conflated transpersonal psychology with religion and mysticism. As a student at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, it seems tragic that he made such comments without ever actually READING the literature published on it. If he had, he probably couldn't have made such ad hoc commentary.

Nevertheless, his passing marks the end of the era -- the passing on of CBT and on to ACT & DBT . . . To his credit, Ellis worked until the end. He said at age 90, “I’ll retire when I’m dead. While I’m alive, I want to keep doing what I want to do. See people. Give workshops. Write and preach the gospel according to St. Albert.”

Somehow, I think the Church is going to pass on his canonization.

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three odd dreams in one night

2007-08-04T01:02:55Z

1. Buildings, a compound, night time. Some action went down and there is a spy amongst the women; she is wearing a dress, we her have sit down outside. Next thing I know she is gone. I go inside and yell at the women and men for letting her go. (This seemed to be important in the dream that it is a responsibility for both the women and men.) It night, a warm night, I go out, see a shadow of a cat, peeking out the open door and see bodies lying in the open courtyard space. I push the door close, something is in the way but I do not look and manage to get the simple lock closed. I run inside to warn the others... I felt scared.

2. Some kinda fighting championship. Bard Pitt, he is funny, charming, sassy. He is going to fight. I seem to know him intimately. We are in a house. There are other interactions with people milling about. It is probably a public place.

3. History class, public place, roomy though, like living quarters and class rooms. A test is coming up. Co-students keep asking me the same question, about where in the time line did a certain event take place. I say that I don't know. I was busy with other things and had sexual urges that I wanted to fulfill. There was a lot of commotion. School books, people studying. I flip through the books and look for a private place to be. The same question, maybe about someone named Fernando, a king?, in history. I say, I don't know. I do not know the topics on this up coming test. I know the basic stories but the details I do not know. Someone has a baby in a stroller under a table. Someone had food in a class room laid out on a table. It was all round and round with the same repeating actions and interactions. I thought that I would probably fail this test but it didn't seem to matter to me.

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Please welcome Azure to the couch

2007-07-30T22:45:47Z

*pat pat pat*

Hey! Azure! Over here! There's a nice spot on the couch right here next to me. Er, um, I guess there really is a spot on the couch. But it's not my fault! At least I don't think so.

Anyway, everyone, please welcome my friend Azure. I think you'll all enjoy her way with words, poet that she is.

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is your cat psychic? psycho?

2007-07-28T19:37:05Z

cats are not always expressive in a direct way, but often only reveal the tip of the iceberg. . .

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Call for impeachment on Monday. . .

2007-07-27T04:07:37Z

http://impeachforpeace.org/impeach_bush_blog/?p=2732

July 21, 2007
Conyers: 3 More Congress Members and I'll Impeach
Filed under: Impeachment Progress News, Michigan — Jodin Morey @ 6:33 pm

From After Downing Street
By David Swanson

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has said that if three more Congress Members get behind impeachment he will start the impeachment proceedings.

I was a guest today on Bree Walker's radio show. She's the progressive radio host from San Diego who purchased Cindy Sheehan's land from her in Crawford, Texas.

Bree attended an event on Friday in San Diego at which Congressman Conyers spoke about impeachment. Her report was extremely interesting. I had already heard reports that Conyers had said: "What are we waiting for? Let's take these two guys out!" But, of course, what we're waiting for is John Conyers. Is he ready to act? It was hard to tell from that comment. In January, Conyers spoke at a huge rally on the National Mall and declared "We can fire them!" but later explained that what he meant was that we could wait for two years and Bush and Cheney's terms would end. Was this week's remark just more empty rhetoric?

It appears to be more than that. Bree Walker told me, on the air, that Conyers said that all he needs is three more Congress Members backing impeachment, and he'll move on it, even without Pelosi. I asked whether that meant specifically moving from 14 cosponsors of H Res 333 to 17, or adding 3 to the larger number of Congress Members who have spoken favorably of impeachment but not all signed onto bills. Bree said she didn't know and that Conyers had declined to take any questions.

Either way, this target of three more members seems perfectly doable. It's safe to assume, I think, that we're talking about impeaching Cheney first. But, even if Conyers is talking about Bush, the target is perfectly achievable.

First, there are Congress Members like Jesse Jackson Jr. who have spoken out for impeachment but not signed onto H Res 333. They should be urged to act now! Second, there are dozens of members who signed onto H Res 635 a year and a half ago, Conyers' bill for an investigation into grounds for impeachment, who have not signed onto H Res 333 yet. Third, one of the excuses citizens often hear from lots of Congress Members for not signing onto articles of impeachment is that not enough of their colleagues have signed on and therefore "we don't have the votes." Well that just changed. Now three more votes is all that's needed to get this machine rolling. Fourth, many of the 14 Congress Members backing H Res 333 have used similar excuses to justify refraining from lobbying their colleagues to join them. That can now end. Our 14 leaders can do more than just put down their names.

Now, if Conyers begins impeachment proceedings in the House Judiciary Committee, we should all be clear on what that will mean. If it is serious, it will not mean sending any subpoenas or contempt citations to the emperors' court. Bush and Cheney have already repeatedly refused to comply with subpoenas.

President Richard Nixon did the same, of course, and his refusal to comply with subpoenas constituted the offense cited in one of the three Articles of Impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee on July 27, 1974 as warranting "impeachment and trial, and removal from office." But Bush and Cheney have gone further, ordering former staffers not to comply with subpoenas, and announcing that the Justice Department will not enforce any contempt of Congress proceedings.

What the impeachment of Cheney or Bush will be is very, very fast. It will not disrupt or distract from the important business of passing nonbinding resolutions and holding all-night gripe sessions over bills destined to be vetoed. Impeachment in the case of Dick Cheney need not take the three months it did for Nixon or the two months it did for President Bill Clinton. In fact, it could take a day. Here's why:

Bush and Cheney's lies about Iraqi ties to al Qaeda are on videotape and in writing, and Bush and Cheney continue to make them to this day. There was no al Qaeda in Iraq until the invasion.

Their claims about Iraqi weapons have been shown in every detail to have been, not mistakes, but lies.

Their threats to Iran are on videotape.

Bush being warned about Katrina and claiming he was not are on videotape.

Bush lying about illegal spying and later confessing to it are on videotape. A federal court has ruled that spying to be a felony.

The Supreme Court has ruled Bush and Cheney's system of detentions unconstitutional.

Torture, openly advocated for by Bush and Cheney and their staffs, is documented by victims, witnesses, and public photographs. Torture was always illegal and has been repeatedly recriminalized under Bush and Cheney. Bush has reversed laws with signing statements.

Those statements are posted on the White House website, and a GAO report found that with 30 percent of Bush's signing statements in which he announces his right to break laws, he has in fact proceeded to break those laws.

For these and many other offenses, no investigation is needed because no better evidence is even conceivable. This impeachment will be swift. And it will require only a simple majority. We already know that the Democrats can vote as a block if they want to, and that a few brave Republicans might join them.

Whether the Senate will then convict Cheney will depend on how much pressure citizens apply and how much information the House manages to force onto television sets. The latter could be surprisingly large and substantive, since the conflict of an impeachment is certain to generate incredible ratings.

But even an acquittal would identify the Senators to be removed from office by voters in 2008. And Cheney (or Bush) would still have been 100% impeached. Al Gore didn't run for president pretending he'd never met Bill Clinton and pick Senator Joe Lieberman as a running mate because the Senate convicted Clinton (it acquitted).

The timing of Conyers' remark may be related to the steps the White House has recently taken to assert "unitary executive" dictatorial power. Bush has commuted the sentence of a subordinate who obstructed an investigation into matters involving Bush and Cheney. And, as mentioned above, neither subpoenas nor contempt citations will go anywhere. Impeachment is no longer merely the appropriate step that it has been for the past six years. It is now the only tool left to the Congress for use in asserting its very existence as a functioning body of government.

But the timing is also quite helpful to the grassroots movement for impeachment, and rather symbolic. Five years ago this Monday, the meeting was held at #10 Downing Street that produced the Downing Street Minutes. Over two years ago, then Ranking Member Conyers held a hearing in the basement of the Capitol, the only space the Republican leadership would allow him. At that hearing, several Democratic Congress Members for the first time began talking about impeachment. The witnesses at the hearing were Ambassador Joseph Wilson, attorney John Bonifaz, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, and a then unknown gold star mother named Cindy Sheehan. They discussed the evidence of the Downing Street documents, which added significantly to the growing body of evidence that Bush and Cheney misled the Congress about the case for war.

This Monday, Sheehan and McGovern and a great many leaders of the movements for peace and impeachment will lead a march at 10 a.m. at Arlington National Cemetery. We will march to Congressman Conyers' office and ask to talk with him about impeachment. We will refuse to leave without either a commitment to begin at once the impeachment of Cheney or Bush or both, or our arms in handcuffs. The same day, groups in several states around the country will be sitting in and risking arrest for impeachment in the district offices of their congress members.

Not everyone will be able to take part. But everyone can take two minutes on Monday and do two things: phone Chairman Conyers at 202-225-5126 and ask him to start the impeachment of Dick Cheney; and phone your own Congress Member at 202-224-3121 and ask them to immediately call Conyers' office to express their support for impeachment. Your Congress Member might just be one of the three needed, not just to keep us out of jail but to keep this nation from devolving into dictatorship.

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~HAPPY to have found you, good dr!

2007-07-17T13:38:46Z

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Communication suggestions?

2007-07-04T13:47:15Z

I have tired many different ways to communicate with two people at work. I have not been successful. It is very stressful. It is draining! Emails, phone calls, in person... does not work.

I am the instrument of change in the sitatiution. They want to continue to call the shots but they do not want to include me though they are suppose to... This is a stand alone group and the Assistant CEO told me to help them with this new project as it involves a project of mine. He said I have absolute control over the creative end of the work.

I try, I try, I try... and every single conversation with them is stressful. I say, "I agree, you are right, thank you, how about this, how do you want to handle this" and none of it is working. They say the same things over and over, shut me out and worse of all, they patronize me, "ou your work is so good, professional, great... talented..." Then let me help you!

Today I had a 15 min conversation where one of the females was telling me how to do my work, and not listening to what I was saying. They do not know marketing or advertising. They asked for my work, if I had a draft. I told her, I am feeling uncomfortable here. This is not the way to handle advertising work. Let's meet as a group and make a group decision on the branding for the new project... I want to present the work and get the feedback first hand. She said, do you have a draft we can have now... no. I finally got to the point on the phone with her today where I said, I think we are saying the same thing. I can no longer tell what you are saying that is different then what I am saying. What is it that you need to say?

I get a call later from her, "can you write up what we discussed later and email to everyone?"
I said ok, and asked what call to action can I use? Can I set up a meeting?

So I write the best email ever. Exciting to be a part of the company's new project... my team is proud to be a part of it, thank you. We had a good joint meeting during our brianstorming session.... I have used that and gone forward with the deisgn... The current branding ideas look awesome... I would like the opportunity to present the designs. I sincerely believe this warrants everyones attention and expertise... and when are you available to get together...

Still no good. I hear from one of them that they are going out of town and that I need to be clear what the program name is and that they having using (insert horrible name here). The reality is that in the newsletter we stated that we do not have a name for the new program yet. (The program name has not been decieded yet, it is part of the branding...)

I am tired from fighting with them on each step. The project is going to be ongoing for years...
I am the kind of person who likes to work out differances and come to an agreement so we can move forward easily and accomplish excellence. I am all about collaboration and professionalism.

I can not think of anything else to do. I was considering going to one of the assistant CEO's, thier boss, and asking for his help.
Sigh.

Any tips on how to proceed?

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Doctor, Doctor!

2007-06-30T00:57:31Z

I need to plop down on the couch....okay??!

So here goes (deep breath!!!! and I'll try to keep it concise!):

So there's this boy. We dated (initially) about 14 years ago, when we were both the tender age of 21. we were MADLY in love, spent almost every day together, used to fax each other notes at work every day, etc etc. Things were great, until suddenly about 6 months into the relationship he dumped me out of the blue. no real explanation-nothing. I was devastated, to say the least. I lost weight, cried every day for like 2 months.... we ended up being on again, off again a few times over the next couple years, but finally I decided I was just over it. I couldn't take it anymore (of course later on he told me that he at that point wanted to get back together with me for real).

We dated other people, still remained friends on and off, and in 1999 he went on tour with his band and started sending me postcards almost every day telling me how much he missed me and wanted to be with me, how sorry he was, etc. I was at the time interested in someone else and kinda just blew him off. I felt bad but I couldn't help it. Well I moved across the bridge and one day about 2 or so years later I was walking from my house to the train and there he was getting off the freeway exit. He pulled over and we chatted for a bit. Turns out he moved his shop right over by my house, so we reconnected again (friends-wise). We hung out every so often for a while and I tried to get in the headspace of getting back together with him but I was too freaked out. One night he told me he couldn't deal with it anymore, that it was too hard to just be friends, and we didn't speak for about a year. well I finally graduated college (3 years ago), and when I did I started to think about my life and whatnot. I suddenly realized that I really missed him and maybe I had made a mistake. so I e-mailed him. 2 weeks later he responded and told me that he had just gotten engaged and it was too late. He didn't tell me who it was but I figured it out (this girl was psycho!!!!!!!!!!). Meanwhile we were going back and forth and he told me he still had feelings for me, but he "had to go through with it". I begged him not to get married, that it was wrong, etc. He was like sorry, good luck, etc. Again I was devastated!

6 months later he calls me. Guess what? He's not getting married. it turned ugly (found out later she had cheated on him) and he broke it off. so we eventually hung out a bit (as friends) and a few months later we got romantic shall we say. After that he kinda blew me off a bit (not totally) but I was so confused and didn't know what to do. well fast forward a few months to September 2006, and since then we've been pretty much consistently seeing each other. We've had some ups and downs though, because he is THE busiest person you can ever meet and hardly has any time for anything. He literally does not relax or take the weekend off. He is trying to get a business venture off the ground and has become in debt in the process. He is also really bad at expressing himself, or telling me what's going on. I always feel like I have to chase after him and then I start to feel like a nag, even when it's just trying to get him to return my calls! He's told me he loves me, he doesn't want to hurt me, he's just really overwhelmed right now (I think there are lots of other issues too) and I think I am pretty damn understanding, but we literally spend almost no time together. He's also decided to quit drinking, cause he felt like he was doing it too much so now he thinks I am miss party girl because I occasionally go out with friends or go to the TIKI bar or whatever.

A couple weeks ago I e-mailed him a picture of something and he hasn't responded. I've sent him messages on MySpace (which i KNOW he has read) and he hasn't responded. I've called, texted, NO RESPONSE! At this point I am REALLY lost as to what I should do next. Do I just keep on with my busy life and tell him (if he does call) to forget it, or do I put up with it and just chalk it up to him being busy? I mean all he has to do is write me or call me back and say "Im super busy right now, I'll call you in a couple days". Is that too much to ask? I feel like so many years have been invested in this relationship to just give up but now I'm starting to doubt the entire thing. My ego is starting to feel really deflated.

Sorry if this is WAY too TMI but I just really needed to vent!!!!!

thanks Doctor! (and everyone)

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Freud's PENIS envy and the woman in contemporary west

2007-06-27T21:34:32Z

interesting article about Freud's impact on the contemporary western world? Any comments?

From the book

Sufism and Transpersonal Psychology

Mustafa Merter, M.D

(Besides Karl Marx and C.Darwin) If we think that Sigmund Freud was a scientific figure who shaped the modern era’s world view, formed the psychological construction of the age and developed the “civilization of psychoanalysis” we can estimate how much damage his pessimist, human degrading and so called scientific and speculative derangement has done. If we want to understand the dynamics of the “modern consumerist” society which is headed towards self-destruction and find solutions we have to understand the seeds these thinkers sowed.

While reading these lines it is not possible to say “who cares about Freud?” unfortunately. Freud and psychoanalysis, be it Freudian or not, has deeply effected the Western world’s thought construction and its view about the world and mankind. This effect is not limited only with the western world. It spreads to the whole world especially with the help of Hollywood film industry and the media.
For example let’s give some examples about Freud’s so called insufficiency of woman, -about the “modern, contemporary, free” woman.
As Freud suggested a miserable woman who has believed or has been led to believe that she has an inherent insufficiency by birth (penis envy!) will try to overcome this inadequacy all her life. She can do it in two ways.
If a woman, against her inherent nature, pursues material power, effectiveness, position (rank) and authority in an extreme manner she will unknowingly become “ manlike”, will turn in to a caricature of man. Because she has lost her noble qualities, like her wisdom, creativity, intuitiveness and compassion by living a manlike existence she gradually becomes distant from her real nature and unknowingly betrays it. ( to understand what I mean you can reflect on the women TV announcers on western news channels)
As a result of this, “emancipated”, “manlike women” are gradually increasing in number in the Western world and the US. This “manlike woman” trying to overcome men in every field attempts to compensate her complex of not having a penis by her manly achievements in the world of men.
For these women, man-woman relationships turn into a compulsory “satisfaction of the impulses”. Because she betrays her inherent nature she hates both herself and the men. Some of them choose a bisexual way of life. Anonymous/promiscuous sexuality, one night stands, temporary relationships without any commitment, with a compulsive/impulsive reflex are all done for “relief”. Long-term and consistent relationships feels boring, restricting and oppressive. Because normal sexuality will not be satisfying after a while, they resort to pervert ways of sexuality. Sadism, masochism, fetishism, group sex, stimulant drug use are all pursuits to add spice to this monotony. For the woman who has been prisoned on this level because she is not able to live the elegant and inherent emotions, all these are a struggle for salvation. If she terribly wants a child she can go to a bar, choose a “stallion man” become pregnant and deliberately does not tell the child who his/her father is. She does not tell because she does not want to take the responsibility of the relationship. This exteremely egoist attitude (I do not know which moral code is in harmony with this approach of leaving a child without a father ) which began in California and then spread to the whole world is not a way of life that is shared by a small group of people anymore but a pervert way of behavior that is gradually expanding in the world. Unfortunately the “psychoanalysis civilization” we live in has detached woman from her essential qualities-values and castrated her.
This “worthless woman” who is gradually becoming manlike, starts to expose herself in the struggle of becoming valuable. With her inherent “insufficiency” (according to Freud) woman, in the name of becoming valuable should expose her femininity excessively, should try to be honorable by exposing her body’s private parts in the world of men. In fact a tragic process is going on here regarding the human values. In the name of becoming valuable, the so called independent/free “contemporary” woman of the Western world, unknowingly becomes a sex object and degrades to a level where she “markets” her body. And the worst is, at the expense of ignoring her essence, she becomes distant to her soul and is alienated to herself.
The nude girls on the advertisement industry’s billboards and TV are tragic examples. Usually when it is not a significant other or a close relative we do not reflect on it and ignore the importance of the issue by a simple defense mechanism. But this attitude is a big mistake and unjust.
Degraded to a level of an object, saperated form her naturalness with make up and surgery, exposing her most sacred parts like flesh in a butcher’s window, the sex object “modern/contemporary” woman is in fact a tragedy for humankind. Even tough “they” don’t know or have forgotten that they know, we know what a woman is as it is expressed in the lines of Rumi.

A woman is the light of God, not a date. She is like the creator, not the created!”
(Rumi, Mathnavi, p.195. MEB Publications)

Psychoanalysis and dream interpretation are vitally important approaches regarding the psychological health of societies. The analysis of human psyche is a very important issue and it can not be analyzed by palliative and speculative methods. A wrong approach may shake the foundations of a society and the building may collapse. As we will mention at the end of the book the “California Syndrome” may dominate the whole world.

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What do women want?

2007-06-27T01:39:13Z

I wish I knew the answer to this. It's quite obvious to me now that I do not. But I'm willing to get the ball rolling and ask the perennial question....

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What's your take on liars?

2007-06-25T00:11:20Z

Why do people lie?
What's it do for them?

I heard a startling fact a few years back about how many people lie daily.

Do you?

"liar, liar, pants on fire... "

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Little Big People

2007-06-25T00:09:08Z

The other day I was riding the commuter rail for fun, and checking out the interactions between a young hispanic family -- tough young wife/mother, tough/submissive father/husband, a very well behaved 7-year-old boy, and finally the baby.

At one point, the little boy asked his mother if he was "big big" or "little big" compared to his cousin, who I assume was older. His mother replied, Well, you're "big big" compared to your brother (the baby) but you're "little big" compared to cousin. Obviously, the little boy wasn't satisfied... and pressed the mother to explain "big big." Mother promptly and vehemently put the kid in his place by telling him that no matter what, he'd always be "little big" compared to cousin, at which point, he cleverly came up with: "Will I be "big big" if he dies?". After hearing this, both parents turned viciously on the poor little boy, telling him NOT to talk "that way" ever again.

The whole time, I was wondering why the parents insisted on talking "that way" to their own son. I mean, don't we live in a democracy... where there should at least be the HOPE that some day you might become "big big" without having to resort to violence...?

I thought it was fascinating. A little microcosm in motion....

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I have this friend. . .

2007-06-24T06:19:22Z

who is larger than life. . .really going to be a famous artist. he has totally broken through his earlier hangups.
he is visualizing the artwork. . .he is getting his hands all painted up. he is being seen by those who see. . .

everybody likes him, except wicked miscreants or those who only can color inside the box. . .but he has one teeny tiny problem.

should i tell him?

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I killed my little cousin

2007-06-22T03:09:47Z

I had a horrifying nightmare about my 4 year old little cousin....
His family was at my house having a cookout, beers, the usual. But this time he got into my husbands blood pressure medicine and ate the whole bottle. He instantly started foaming at the mouth, and passed out in my daughter's bedroom. I was freaking out and screaming and telling everyone to call 911, but they all just got mad at me and said that it was my fault. They didn't even care about The child, they just wanted to use me as a scapegoat, and they were all IN MY FACE telling me all this bad shit about myself and saying that if would have done this or would not have done that then none of this would have happened.
There hasn't been any drama in the family recently, and actually it is rare that they come over to our house. This dream deeply disturbed me......
What do you think?

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Male and female

2007-06-21T17:52:49Z

How do you see these beings these days?

Still different roles?
How is it for you?

If you had to percent it out... what precent of your overall behaviour is male? female?
And in which areas of your life?

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Where have all the bees gone?

2007-06-19T12:11:21Z

The bees are disappearing in California. There's an evil force at work -- what's going on out there???

... oh why couldn't it have been mosquitos?

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10 Mind-Boggling Psychiatric "Treatments"

2007-06-13T17:00:49Z

On one of the other tribes I'm on, there's a thread about how psychiatric treatment is REALLY bad and how individuals are often considered "insane" by virtue of their presence in a mental hospital -- and not by any behavioral or psychological conditions, per se. I posted the following in response, and thought that the good folks on papa freud's couch might also appreciate this. Comments welcome.

>>>>>>>>
How about a little perspective here! I mean, psychiatry has come a LONG way since it's original approaches. Nobody has ever claimed that a visit to the doctor was a pleasant way to pass the time. And if you’re timid about diving onto a psychiatrist’s couch or paranoid about popping pills, remember: It could be a whole lot worse. Like getting a hole drilled into your skull (Trephaning). Or having a doctor infect you with malaria to cure you (Malaria cure). Think of it this way. After finding out what’s not going to happen to you, that couch is going to start looking a lot more comfortable. Consider, for example, these 10 mind-boggling forms of psychiatric "treatment":

1) INSULIN-COMA THERAPY
2) TREPANATION
3) ROTATIONAL THERAPY
4) HYDROTHERAPY
5) MESMERISM
6) MALARIA THERAPY
7) CHEMICALLY INDUCED SEIZURES
8) HYSTERIA THERAPY
9) PHRENOLOGY
10) LOBOTOMY

For more check out the link here: http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/12/10-mind-boggling-psychiatric-treatments/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Q: How does the mind work?

2007-06-13T14:57:27Z

I have noticed something about how my mind works lately and thought you might be able to address it.

When I read, I am following the story but at the same time I am reviewing emotional issues.
The two thought processes happen simualtaneously and separate from each other.
I am conscious of both thought patterns.
I do not know if I have always done this or is it a new thing for me.
I may have just become aware of it in the last few months.
Quite odd and interesting.

How does the mind work when one is reading?
What part of the brain is in action?
Does that process free up the emotional self to expression?

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friends vs. members

2007-06-13T02:15:50Z

How is it dear Sir that you have less friends than members in your tribe?

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Century of the Self; a socio-cultural history of psychology

2007-06-07T12:38:41Z

I've gone MAD for these fascinating videos put out by the BBC! Why we never watched these in graduate school in psychology is beyond me.

From the BBC: "Adam Curtis' acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty.

"To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really? The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?

"The Freud dynasty is at the heart of this compelling social history. Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis; Edward Bernays, who invented public relations; Anna Freud, Sigmund's devoted daughter; and present-day PR guru and Sigmund's great grandson, Matthew Freud.

"Sigmund Freud's work into the bubbling and murky world of the subconscious changed the world. By introducing a technique to probe the unconscious mind, Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society's belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man's ultimate goal. "

Episode One: Happiness Machines: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2637635365191428174

Episode Two: The Engineering of Consent: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-678466363224520614

Episode Three: There is a Policeman Inside All Our Head: He Must Be Destroyed: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6111922724894802811

Episode Four: Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1122532358497501036

"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis

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Mirroring Flaws

2007-06-06T14:50:27Z

Recently I encountered a person whose emails make my hair ache. A colleague of mine reckons that whenever you don't like a person it's because they have personality traits that are in fact your own character flaws. I called this pseudo-psychological drivel, and now I will probably have a debate on my hands in the near future (he's that kind of colleague, although to his credit his emails are entirely inoffensive). I'd be interested in this Tribe's thoughts.

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Dear Doctor...

2007-06-05T16:20:09Z

Chime in on this:

I am myself
I am direct, honest, assertive, bottom line oriented, no nonsence but fun, manager in an in -house advertising agency

Today one of my emails offended another manager
She had to make a special trip to my office and close the door
She was borderline Jerry Springer on me over it
I said, "I'm sorry, I did not mean to come off as offensive, email must have been the wrong way to communicate with you... I was just taking care of business, supporting one of my employee... thank you for sharing your response with me, as unpleasant as it is to experience this, I truly do thank you for making me aware of how I came off to you... I will turn down the volume of my intensity going forward, sorry... "

She was so concerned that I sent my info to her staff involved in the situation (3 people on her staff, her ex-employee who is now mine, and the HR person involved) and that I sent the email with a greeting of "Good morning" and not directed to her. I said, I thought she was still out of the office...

She said, "it's your culture..."
WTF - that sounds racists, doesn't it?

She said, "my division is more important than your division... all you do is make things look pretty"
Which I repsonded with pushing away my chair and stating, " now that just wasn't nice to say, we do a lot more than that. But I understand you are offended and upset right now... sorry to have upset you."

Here's my bit... I am self-motivated, many people are other-motivated, the keep up with the Jones bull shit and what does everyone think of me is more important than doing the work, meeting deadlines, knowing your topics, supporting your staff

I stand by my work, it is excellent

Break me off some insight... thanks!

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i dreamed while napping

2007-06-04T14:47:07Z

I left my car's hood up while it was parked in the parking lot and I went to the store for some fluid. Upon returning I discovered the battery had been taken. The parking lot not huge, but it was wide, nonetheless I ran darting among the cars hoping to discover someone loading the battery into their trunk or pickup. I had only been gone for 10 minutes.

I looked up to see a long white utility truck, with low walls on its very long bed, pulling out of the parking lot. I ran after it, but it was too fast and I couldn't catch up, so I cut through the small several building shopping center to the front of the lot where the elevated roadway leading onto the freeway formed the front parallel to the lot.

Along the way I told some Mexican guys wearing ball caps that the guy in the truck had stolen my battery. They started running after the truck too. I saw that the truck had turned to go up the access road so instead of following it, I started running up the berm to the road. It was steep but I saw that some of the dream friends were running up it too.

The utility truck had been stopped for a minute waiting for the light to change and several cars were also stopped. I weaved my way through the cars and just as the light had changed and the truck had started moving, I grabbed ahold of the tailgate and leaped over. I had noted as I pulled alongside that a sign painted on the side of the truck said Weavers Battery Service, and inside the bed where I landed were several old batteries, that no doubt had been picked up somewhere.

I waved to the guys, who hadn't quite caught up, as the truck pulled away to enter the freeway. I looked down at the batteries and those just next to me were not die hards, which is the battery that I and probably Bruce Willis use. I sat for awhile as the truck pulled up to speed, resting and breathing in the air. I could see the face of the truck driver in the rear view mirror, he wasn't one of the dream cats who mess with your dreams when you enter "World B" but no doubt there was one lurking around, causing this.

I decided the truck driver wasn't a thief, but had quite innocently pulled my battery due to my hood being open, as I recalled there had been some pink ncr paper under one of the wipers, that I saw out of the corner of my eye, as I began to run. It hadn't sunk in until just then.

I sat back for a long journey, thankful that I had my light travel back equipped with a bottle of water, my camera, an unread book and my small travel kit. I had the feeling that the truck wasn't going to stop until I got to my world b San Francisco realm. end of dream. . .

What do you think, Doc? Is this going to be one of those epic journeys? Shall I get out my typewriter and a roll of shelf paper?

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~ the asylum ~

2007-06-04T04:06:36Z

http://www.parapluesch.de/whiskystore/test.htm

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Q: What's your couch like?

2007-05-30T01:41:14Z

Describe please.

Everyone chime in...

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Any great dreams lately?

2007-05-25T18:56:05Z

A friend told me of her epic dreams. . .pretty cool. I can't often remember my dreams, unfortunately. Maybe it's because I daydream all day.

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2 bad dreams in one week..

2007-05-24T16:29:11Z

Dear Sigmund,
I begin...

Tuesday night:
I dreamed there was a man standing on my balcony off of my bedroom, shirt off, a bit of a chubby tummy, reading a tan book, wearing blue jeans. He was not suppose to be there. I was scared, alarmed. I was wought with fright and wildly thought of what to use as a weapon to protect myself. No weapons near. what to do? Crawl out of the room, would he see me? what? what? I felt like he was going to do something bad to me. I was sacred and I woke up scared.

Staurday night:
I was somewhere, an outside and inside event, lotsof people everywhere. My ex, was there depressed, angry. Things were going on, noise, people moving. Not sure what happened saw him take a weird black metal gun, turn it sideways and start shooting random people. I was not near him but somehow saw it. Peopel were lying about dead, no blood showed though. Then I saw him naked wih a shotgun in his mouth. He was all white and wet and shaky and extremely disturbed. I was trying to catch his attention and mouthed, " I love you (his name". I also wanted to turnaway and not look. He didn't do it. Next I saw him in clothes walking through the crowd... I woke up, feeling bad, sacred of what he might do, bad bad.

These 2 bad dreams haunt me, they flash into my head during my day.
My husband moved out 2 1/2 months ago. He is not vilent in any way though.
I told him about my dream from last night and he said, "well isn't that a coincidence" or some other smart ass comment like that.
I said, don't even say anything like that. That's horrible.

Any insight?

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Body parts. . .

2007-05-19T03:30:49Z

Is it insane* for people to augment or reduce certain body parts through surgical means. . .or is it no different than going to a taylor for alterations?

* denial of reality, or loathing of the body, for example.

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Mothers Day

2007-05-16T23:38:58Z

*sigh

It's just another day... so why do Mothers fall for the hype?

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Okay, I'm asking...

2007-05-13T14:51:28Z

What is new with the doctor? What new realms of the mind is he exploring these days?

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Thank god for meditation...

2007-05-10T00:45:26Z

I just had to say that!

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Strange Dream

2007-03-28T19:30:25Z

Once I had a dream I was chasing someone with a knife. I should add this person I didn't know. Does than mean anything?

Besides I'm nuts?

-Ariadne

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Search & Rescue

2007-03-26T03:00:25Z

Well, Kids...
I hope you all had a great New Year. I had a blast!

As I mentioned before, I went winter hiking in the New Hampshire White mountains with some friends. We hauled up there with us LIVE lobsters -- and they were delicious! December 31st greeted us with clear blue skies and so we all went off on various trails for a day hike.

Being an experienced hiker, I took with me many of the bare essentials -- including an emergency bivy sac (and flashlight of course). However, I left behind the #1 essential -- a fucking map! The trail seemed pretty straightforward.

But along the way, I met a very big bad wolf. It's true. I got distracted; I was wearing a red hat.

So to make a long story short, I ended up taking the wrong trail just below a high summit... and went on to traverse three more breathtakingly beautiful 4,000 footers... and ended up on a highway to nowhere!

So I stuck my thumb out and was promptly picked up by Curtis, the Snowman. (Curtis literally makes snow for many of the ski slopes in the area.) He drove me a couple of miles up the road to the trailhead where we had started the day before... and reluctantly let me go into the night -- to hike another 4 miles straight up to the hut where my friends and I were staying at -- bringing me to a total of FIFTEEN unfuckingplanned miles for the day.

But as you all know, one of my greatest assets is my good attitude.

So I looked up at the sky and saw a beautiful moon, bright stars and a clear sky... and reminded myself that I was nowhere near "Touching the Void" (highly recommeded docuflick about the trials and tribulations of a mountaineer) -- and besides, I was surrounded by beauty. I reached the hut around 8pm, which is when the rescuers were called off the mountain. (Fortunately, they hadn't yet sent off the choppers, but they were close.)

It was good to see my friends, and finally get some warm food -- after 10 hours in the cold. And the biggest surprise of all -- I was pumped! I stayed up until midnight, indulging in all kinds of brownies, wine, and interesting card games....

New Year's resolution: no regrets!

And if you ever get a chance to go out into the mountains in the winter time -- do it! I highly recommend it ;-)

Happy '07 to ya'll!

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A Freudian Holiday

2006-12-22T01:55:47Z

Hey Doc,

What sort of psychoanalytical adventures do you have planned for the holidays?

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November in the Rain

2006-11-12T15:41:27Z

Now that even scientists would have us believe that Autumn Blues can be caused by lack of good old solar rays, I ask you, dear Doctor, what about the power of the mind?

What do you recommend for staving off the 'hibernating until we get some bloody decent weather again' symptoms, as moving to a small tropical island entirely populated by hedonists is not entirely feasible budget-wise right now.

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Competition

2006-11-10T21:59:31Z

http://www.amherst.edu/askphilosophers/

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Pappa don't preach

2006-11-04T00:25:29Z

Don't forget to set the time back an hour, kids.

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mr galkanookas!

2006-11-03T20:10:51Z

enhance!

enhance!

enhance!

"i'm gonna pistol whip the next person who says shinannegans!"

Meow?

"whats a litercola?"

"and that was the second time I got crabs"

**snicker**

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friend slut dilemma

2006-10-30T21:55:23Z

dear papa siggy,

i made a snide comment about sunshine possibly suffering from the fallout of "tribe friend slut" syndrome... now he's asked me to be his friend after i openly criticized his blatant friend promiscuity!

what do i do?

if i say yes, am i giving in to sluthood myself - isn't this how it starts sometimes? - and then possibly opening myself up to his 300+ questionable friends who may have never otherwise noticed my meek tribe existence?

if i say no, will he take it personally? will i miss out on something?

help herr doktor!

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Body Parts

2006-10-30T17:08:51Z

Dear Siggi,
What with it being Halloween and all, and Johnny suggesting I should ask you, I have a question: when ambling along the street and minding my own business, my eyes are drawn to men's arms. Arms that suggest a lot of waterpolo on a regular basis, in particular. I find them very appealing, but I don't know why.

Johnny did some amateur analysing but he didn't get further than lithe and strong. And he wonders how the chest rugs fit in. And whether waterpolo players shave (most of) their body hair, and if that in itself is significant. Please help Johnny.

And given that research suggests that the average (British) male spends six months of his life ogling women - breasts, bottom, legs - and women spend a month of their life looking - eyes, bum - what body part draws your attention?

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Minor adult child crisis

2006-10-28T20:07:21Z

My 21 year old graphic art student has been dating a 20 year old graphic art student for two years. They broke up last night.. and have 90% common classes.

She is outgoing and athletic and spirtitual the issues seem to be around her not doing one or more of the things important in her life. As he doesnt share the same values??

He seems to be quiet, reserved and a homebody.

My daughter is in mourning and I don't know how to help her. Any suggestions?

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So Should I or Shouldn't I?

2006-10-27T22:06:36Z

Hey Sig -- you know that person who's been causing me a lot of grief? no not me! that guy we've back channelled about a time or two.

I'm thinking of renting a room in his house. The trade off is that now I'm being totally up front with him and making demands that he treat me better. I'm sure he's going to see it as me being hostile but I'm not concerned with that.

I need to get out of my neighborhood -- had a drug deal go down right under my nose last Friday. I'm getting nervous here and want to move. I'd love to live in a house again cause the apartments I can afford are really crappy.

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quittin time?

2006-10-27T16:15:11Z

Dear Siggy,
I am really conflicted about whether I should quit my job. On one hand, I'm underappreciated and really don't like my boss. On the other hand, if I stick around for a while there are some good learning opportunities that might help me out later on in another job. If I stay I'm going to feel like a wimp for letting myself be exploited, but if I go I'll feel like a wimp for not sticking it out and getting what I can from the place. Any words of wisdom?

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infidelity

2006-10-26T17:14:38Z

why oh why oh why....

do i get so many married Tribe freako stalkers???

i just had the worlds worst headache stupid immature situation with **another** married woman who got all pissy when she found out I wasnt gettin' with her.

and yes, I am airing out my laundry here, but you know, its so ridiculous.......
and I have nothing to be sorry for.

Dr froood, can you please give me some prescription drugs to sedate me so I don't have to deal with all these RETARDED people?

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Sunshine Analyzed

2006-10-23T16:08:16Z

Sunshine, you are no doubt a healer, albeit a forceful one at that; at least that's the perception. (Am I right?)

Your career is #1 and you work very hard at it; you are extremely disciplined, but not without creativity... and naturally, $$ flows your way somewhat effortlessly! (How am I doing?)

Your relationship life on the other hand is a little more complicated. You were probably brought up by a very elegant yet powerful (control freak?) mother... a pattern that continues to define your relatioships with women. Paradoxically, you have a very idealistic/spiritual vision of what love/women are about... which *should* balance out the more problematic patterns set by your mother... but which can also exacerbate the problem if at some level, you continue to accept power struggles as somehow ordained.

In any case, whoever you end up marrying will most likely be, first and foremost, a dazzler in bed! (Just make sure she doesn't kill you after the ceremony is over.)

P.S. Please contact my accountant to pay your bill.

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