Is a genuine friendship between a man and a woman possible?

Do you really believe that men are from Mars and women from Venus?  I do not.  Not all men and not all women behave identically.  This type of categorization is unreasonable and counter-productive, because it creates a scission between the two genders. ...

gug vs sam

i'm going to present this article in this way cuz it's most convenient and largely true :) i will list out each of our beliefs as accurately and concisely as i can and then possibly discuss differences :) gug's beliefs: our universe is 'unjust' in the sense there is no real...

Life, sad Zuniverse, and Everything ;)

A goddess is:1. when u both feel Wonderful w/ each other2. when u both believe in each other as mates3. when u both believe in each other's dreams i can't believe it took me 49 YEARS to reach that realization he.. How many 'bad relationships' (based/founded on inappropriate...

Would you rather believe in Mister Right or in Santa Claus?

No one has ever seen the real Santa Claus.  Of course, around Christmas, there are as many Santa Clauses as there are shopping malls in the country.  But they all are copies of the same myth.  Interestingly enough, that sounds very much like Mister Right,...

Should you change for someone?

Have you ever had the desire or even felt the utter necessity to change parts of what you are to please someone?  Have you ever wondered whether he or she would love you more or finally see you, if you were to change your attitude, parts of your physical appearance, or...

Do you require the constant re-assurance of being loved?

Most people refuse to see love as a genuine sentiment.  In their world, love must be loaded with high volumes of unspoken expectations, one of which being the utter need for reciprocity.  In other words, to say “I love you” requires hearing “I love you” in...

Is depression a real illness or a moral weakness?

Every time I hear doctors affirm that depression is a brain disease that they can easily treat thanks to loads of anti-depressors, it truly frightens me.  Put yourself in the shoes of an individual who has been feeling down for a while, and who is being told that he or...

Love and Corruption

In John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl, a Mexican fisherman named Kino retrieved a huge pearl. As he attempted to get the pearl to the market, the corrupt entities that ran Mexico at the time went after him and slaughtered his family. The book ends with Kino returning to the...

Errors of Psychology

Freud's Formative Errors Sigmund Freud made a false root analysis and built on it several major false analyses that have had disastrous effects on the 20th century. When treating female patients who suffered from"hysteria," he was again and again confronted with them...

Weird Railway Stations of the World

Weird Railway Stations of The World Sometimes We Prefer to Hire A Car instead of Traveling by A Train. As Some Railway Stations Leave Us with Serious Doubts About Our Well Being and Safety. Some of These...

Personality disorders and domestic violence

The concept of the sociopathic personality disorder has been vastly misused. The sociopathic disorder refers, by itself, to people who are cold, ruthless and lacking in feeling. That's not  however how it has been used. Many of the usages of the disorder have been...

The Pathology of Love

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The unpalatable truth is that falling in love is, in some ways, indistinguishable from a severe pathology. Behavior changes are reminiscent of psychosis and, biochemically speaking, passionate love closely...

personal path to salvation

It's very difficult for me to write about this topic because everyone has their own unique path to their own unique brand of salvation, but i will try.. It's not enough to say "keep love in your heart" because...

7th standard student murders 6th standard girl for spurning love

 Hyderabad: In a shocking revelation, it was now found that sixth class student Bhavani was murdered by a VII class student Praveen alias Pappu for rejecting his overtures.             Bhavani, who...

The Lit Chick Show is "Loving with purpose"

Someone once said that relationships can be more difficult to understand than the Middle East crisis. Is this so? You betcha! Catch the latest edition of The Lit Chick Show as host Sylvia Massara features author...

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