The Psychology Thread

The short explanation is "when a person's worldview doesn't match the data they're getting". It actually can have survival value: battlefield psychosis can save your life in combat. But, will screw you over outside it.

When someones perceptions and beliefs are significantly disconnected from reality.

Does that make US Republicans mentally ill? ^note  No doubt you've seen this argument on both ends of the political spectrum. I certainly have.

Keep Rolling On

As crazy as some of them appear to be, few of them seem to see people who arent in the room.

Dunno: some might hope to see a Koch behind any given filing cabinet hard enough to kid themselves... ;P

No, they really are there.

Right you are: my bad. The fine distinction between paranoid delusion and performance anxiety: the Kochs are out to assess you.

edited 11th Jun '15 10:35:05 AM by Euodiachloris

Clint Eastwood was just doing Gestalt Empty Chair therapy

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes

... That seems self-contradictory, unless you're saying that battlefield psychosis is what basically the mind having become so paranoid due to overexposure to life-threatening situations during war that, when brought back to peaceful civilian life, they keep seeing "threats" where they do not exist due to constantly interpreting certain sensory stimuli as false positives.

... So what differentiates psychosis from having hallucinations, then?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Hallucinations are things one perceives that have no external stimulus.

An Illusion is a distorted perception to an external stimulus.

A Hallucination is me suddenly seeing floating pink elephants around me. An Illusion is every word I type looking like a pink elephant instead.

Psychosis can refer to single episodes of an occurence (Can be drug induced or as a result of some or another illness) and is at the same time differentiated with "Psycopath", which is a whole other thing.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes

Nothing, really. Having hallucinations are one possible symptom of a psychosis.

And other symptoms include...?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

It's very complex, and no one official list exists. The other wiki has a useful article.

edited 11th Jun '15 6:20:35 PM by DeMarquis

Yesterday I watched Inside Out.

I feel that the movie was a very excellently psychologically inspired. I spotted demonstration of clinical, social, development psychology, as well as Paul Ekman's theory of emotions, depression, and adjustment disorder.

....and that's about it.

.....well, I wasn't exactly a star psych major student before dropping out. XP

Anyhow, I think it was more meant for adults, especially parents or/and those working in psychology field.

Of course, it's just a splendid work of film in general. It has all my recommendation. :)

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

It's not a completely unrealistic depiction of how long-term memory works, once you take out the animated janitorial crew.

I'd take that crew vs Jungian shadows and animuses/animas any day of the week.

edited 12th Jul '15 8:40:40 AM by Euodiachloris

Yeah, so would I. They are much cuter, for one.

Disgust as the (usual and resigned) veto when the others squabble? Priceless.

One more year and I will have my Ph D...so long as I cut my clinics by half and am in class for that time...

Be poorer but finish my Doctorate faster, be more economically stable and be stuck in college for longer?

My kids are great. I'm thinking cutting down on clinics and just getting that Title asap.

"Oh wait. She doesn't have a... Forget what I said, don't catch the preggo. Just wear her hat." - Question Marc

I would vote for getting out of school faster. It'll keep sucking the life out of you unless you do. Go for it.

"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur

The vampire Academia: she is... a pretty shoddy mistress, all told. Beats the pants off Media, though, from what I hear.

The solution is simple: Acamedia, the gigantic life-consuming monster that combines theories and entertainment in a way that will ruin your life and your...OH GOD WE ARE ALREADY IN IT

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes

-sighs- That (somehow) makes me regret dropping the psych major.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

Don't worry. You'll find you can't switch it off even if you want to, as once you get nibbled by psychology, you're doomed. One of us! One of us!

(Signs of infection include: wincing at the term "rational actor", sighing when Freud or Jung come up and breaking out in hives when faced with abuses like conversion "therapy" or the Monster experiment.)

edited 16th Jul '15 6:46:59 PM by Euodiachloris

And of course the desire to strangle any author who uses the whole 90% of Your Brain plot device.

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.