Reddit mentions: The best pathology books

Sounds familiar. I was about that age when I had a few episodes that had me convinced I was possessed. (Turns out Naught thinks it's funny to switch to Latin and screw with abusive then-boyfriend. Have been exorcised, 0/10, do not recommend.)

Obviously we can't diagnose you, so speaking with a therapist or psychologist is your best bet. If you have trouble finding one, maybe try going through the guidance counselors at your school and see if they have anyone that they can recommend. Your primary care doctor may also be able to refer you.

That said, going through therapy as a minor, you'll need to be aware that your guardians may have access to your records. You can address this specifically with your therapist - they may be willing to keep the actual physical notes very limited and not discuss things directly with your guardians. Your mom may also be able to seal your records from other people. Depends a lot on your therapist, but their goal is to build trust with you, so chances are if you tell them you're concerned, they'll look out for you.

One of the things generally recommended is journaling often and consistently. Encourage these other parts of yourself to do so as well, and periodically review to see if "anyone else" decided to write to you or if unexplained handwriting shows up. Even if you don't have a dissociative disorder journaling can be useful to record and process your emotions about this stuff. (PTSD is kinda the low end of dissociative disorders, DID being the high end of the spectrum.)

Another thing you can do is read. Read up on trauma. (Not specifically DID, but just general dissociation and stuff can be helpful as a base understanding.) I recommend "The Body Keeps the Score" which is a little dense, but explains how your body reacts to trauma in depth, "Stranger in the Mirror: Dissociation, the Hidden Epidemic" which does a reasonably good job of explaining different types of dissociation and has little mini-tests that you can use to gauge your experiences for severity. You might also find other subs like /r/cPTSD helpful.

Anyway. Best of luck to you. Hope you're safe and well both now and in the future. :)

(ETA : sorry, was trying to get this written before therapy and had to come back to it!)

Hey! Alright, so I'll go ahead and start with a disclaimer: I'm formally diagnosed with DDNOS, though it's close enough to DID (I'll point out where it differs) that I typically just call myself DID.

There are four of us:

• Little One is about 5-6 years old. She's adorable and everyone loves her. She scares easy -- thunderstorms while driving can be difficult.
  
  
• Melody is the problem one. She's 14 and we fight a lot. She's pretty suicidal, and when she's super active is when I have problems (used to cut, etc).
  
  
• Okay, this one's a little weird. We call him/her Guardian. I use both male/female pronouns because I'm pretty sure it's just one personality, but I always refer to Guardian as male but Little One refers to him as a female. Pronouns get confusing. Guardian is the one that takes over when shit hits the fan. If I'm in a job interview or at work or in a public place and something happens, Guardian will take over and calmly handle the situation.
  
  
• Uh.. me! Right. I'm less sure how to describe myself haha. I'm as emotional as a typical early-20s female, but I don't handle drama well. I have a long fuse but once I get pissed off, I really snap. I'm out most of the time, often co-conscious with Guardian and/or Little One.
  
  I'm almost exclusively co-conscious with the others. This is the primary reason that I'm diagnosed DDNOS. What that means is that when another alter is in "control", so to speak, I'm either partially present or at the least aware of what's going on. I have occasionally gone completely inside, but it is very rare. For those with DID proper, it's much more common for them to have full switches, and they may not even be aware that the alters exist because they are never co-conscious and there is little communication.
  
  That said, when I look in the mirror while another alter is out, I don't see myself as I typically would. I see the alter. It's hard to explain, really. I used to look quite a bit different from Melody (I was blonde, she has dark hair) so it used to be much more of a contrast. There are a couple of pictures that I'm in that I literally do not recognize myself at first because it is an alter out. I started dying my hair dark auburn a few years ago, and now the difference is less noticeable to me, but I am still 100% aware that it is her. My boyfriend can quite consistently tell which of us it is -- without us speaking. He says it's something in the eyes.
  
  I don't have a gatekeeper, persay, but Guardian will take care of Little One at times and make sure she doesn't come out at an inappropriate time. I pretty much just have to reason with Melody in order to get her to stay in if I need her to.
  
  I have seen US of Tara. I liked it a lot. It's obviously kinda over-the-top with the depictions of the alters, but that's kinda what's necessary for TV, which I can understand.
  
  Here's some reading material I recommend:
  
  
• Switching Time -- This is an account of a woman's DID from the point of view of the therapist. Reads like a novel. VERY highly recommended. This is the only one that I've asked my boyfriend to read.
  
  
• The Stranger in the Mirror -- This one's more informational, less story-based, but explains a lot.
  
  
• Multiplicity -- This one I would not necessarily recommend to people with DID, but it's definitely great for those that are trying to understand it. It's not about DID, but about the elements of multiple personality that most everyone can relate to.
  
  You can AMA. I enjoy educating people about DID.
  
  EDIT: Formatting.
  
  

If you've already located the Jungian analysts in your city, then a next step might be to email all of them and ask them what they think about your project of learning active imagination and how they think they could be helpful for you. Maybe then meet with a few of them that give you the sort of reply you'd be hoping for and see which of them feels like a good fit for you, that is, does this person feel like someone I could trust, feel safe with, learn from, etc.

Analysts responses to your interest may vary. My analyst told me that in his training it was frowned upon to teach active imagination to a patient/client until they had done enough psychological work that the analyst had a sense that the patient/client could do active imagination without being overwhelmed by the unconscious with disturbing, disorienting, images and emotions. Also, like you, I've been practicing vipassana for years and have come to see Jungian analysis as it's own wisdom tradition that has an individual inner component and an equally important interpersonal/relational component with the analyst that works through stages of analysis leading to transformation.

"In Jung’s approach the first phase is ‘confession’, during which time the patient shares their story, experiences and problems with the therapist. Secondly, ‘elucidation’ involves working out the transference relationship which may involve interpretation. The third stage of ‘education’ extends the insights and expands them into the social, behavioural and archetypal dimensions, while the fourth stage of ‘transformation’ assists the patient in the process of individuation (Samuels, 1990, p.177)"
Samuels, A. (1990). Jung and the Post-Jungians. London, England: Routledge.

Anyway, I wish you good fortune in your exploration. Neither vipassana nor Jungian analysis is quick, but in my experience, both lead slowly toward greater insight, freedom, and wholeness.

Also, the following books may be useful in learning active imagination on your own.

Jung on Active Imagination edited by Joan Chodorow https://www.amazon.com/Jung-Active-Imagination-C-G/dp/0691015767/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RQMWTAA2HM0C&keywords=jung+on+active+imagination&qid=1562245928&s=gateway&sprefix=jung+on+active+im%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1

Robert Johnson - Inner Work https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Work-Dreams-Imagination-Personal/dp/0062504312/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=robert+johnson+inner+work&qid=1562245758&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Barbara Hannah - Encounters with the Soul https://www.amazon.com/Encounters-Soul-Active-Imagination-Developed/dp/1630513504/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=hannah+active+imagination&qid=1562246007&s=gateway&sr=8-4

> Not that I disagree with them on a lot, but they're a bunch of sad fucks.

Note that these self professed sociopaths agree with them on many ideas. They just don't like the people. Reminds me of some rpers who say they don't mind RP ideas, but don't like TRPers (majority people who subscribe to and get advice from TRP subreddit).

This serves as evidence for my virtue theory: that virtue ethics / valuation is how people judge rpers poorly. Many people don't naturally understand how to moderate behaviour, and to the rest of us this is a sign of lacking virtue. I.e. it's something learned through practice rather than theory. And it seems these people (bpers and self-professed sociopaths) are just criticizing "autistic trpers" for the same reasons. (Autism ==> not understanding how to moderate behaviour)

> Finally, the dark triad worship. I don't cringe often, but this one does it for me. I mean, I get it; I'm awesome, they want to be awesome. But, it's hilarious that they find something categorized as a disorder so appealing. It's like they don't understand that a bunch of people with the same characteristics are incarcerated. It just reeks of that neckbeardism 'women like bad boys'.

IllimitableMan's posts are too long for me to read, but one thing I caught on quickly that even he doesn't want to become DT... and he's the primary person writing about DT on TRP subreddit. I don't think anyone actually does want to become sociopathic. They talk about why sociopaths may have advantages over normal folk. This is no different from Kevin Dutton's own study on psychopaths:

https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Psychopaths-Saints-Killers-Success/dp/0374533989

Does Dutton want to be a psychopath himself, or was this merely a topic of interest?

I'm guessing this self-professed sociopath doesn't read his sources. He probably doesn't have to if he can convince people he does just by sounding confident enough.

I'm 30 and still working that out, but have made progress.

For me, the journey has heavily involved psychology books, through which I have come to understand myself and my hangups better. Karen Horney was great for me, Our Inner Conflicts and Neurosis and Human Growth are works of genius. Firestone's The Fantasy Bond has helped me out a lot as well.

At the end of the day, it becomes what everybody else says: you jump in feet first and do your best. Start hitting on girls in more situations. Start being more honest about what you want, instead of thinking you have to be all roundabout. Etc. If a man pretends to be disinterested in sex, a woman will assume he is disinterested in sex.

But getting to the stage where I could even begin to do that has involved a whole lot of fucking psychology, for me anyway.

Some critical theory is pretty difficult. You might try Deleuze and Guattari A Thousand Plateaus.

From the amazon.com reviews:
"Why would I struggle with this 800-odd page monstrosity of densely-referential Gallic thought? Why am I here recommending that you do it?

Well...because it's worth the long, thorny trudge. You've got to get around some idiosyncratic vocabulary, but that's OK. Because, in fact, A Thousand Plateaus presents a credible candidacy for Philosophy for our Time (if you can still believe in that). The concept of the rhizome alone - burrowing, nonhierarchical, endlessly foliating thought - let alone fertile ideas like nomadology or the Body without Organs: once grasped, these are extraordinarily useful figures that can wind up restoring some sense of agency (and subversiveness, and fun) to your intellectual life. They're perfectly suited, especially, to life and work in the age of the deeply rhizomorphic Internet."


Considering just structure I'd recommend David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, if you can stomach all the endnotes. Other people have recommended Faulkner, so I would point you to this neat new development, that makes his difficult overlapping voices easier to parse.

Oh, and T.S. Elliot's The Wasteland is up in the public domain and there is such depth in this poem. You can find a lot of companions to this piece that will open it up for you, but try it through with virgin eyes at least once.

So, this was always a topic of interest for me since I've always found it quite natural to be energetic and extroverted. I've recommended the book "The Wisdom of Psychopaths" by Kevin Dutton a few times in my comment history, and I will again here because it's truly a fascinating book.

In answer to your question, to appear more energetic to others, focus on your posture and your eyes. Someone standing up straight and confidently looking at someone's face/eyes when they're addressing them looks far more awake then someone slouched over and averting their gaze. Interestingly enough, you'll also feel more awake if you focus on your posture! Don't get me wrong, when I'm sitting down I have awful posture (6'5... most desks/tables are too low for me) but when I'm standing up I'm always up straight or potentially casually leaning on/sitting against something.

Another thing that's interesting is potentially down to empathy. People who "catch yawns" from others often seem more tired because they're always yawning when in actual fact a potential link has been shown (people have tried proving it and disproving it and neigher side of the debate has manage to 100% prove their point) between empathy levels and yawning.

That's just a couple things that I can think of off the top of my head, but the second paragraph is probably the more important of the two as it's easier to work on posture and where you're focusing your eyes than it is to work on not catching yawns.

Sorry for the dealy. these are great questions.

I am a clinical psychologist. Thought I would hate research, but now constantly chase new ideas down the rabbit hole.

Private practice, and part-time teaching.. Think Ken Jeong from Community

The hook of the research is essentially summed up by Nathaniel Hawthorne, that "No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true."

Personal research. I have published a number of other books, so have some good resources at my disposal.
Using Jung Typology test, clinical interviews, MCMI, and self reports over time. This is a longitudinal study.
The research is all pretty new, but growing rapidly. I hope my book can contribute. I also like this book.
Will read article when questions slow down.. Looks very interesting.

http://www.princeton.edu/~kahneman/docs/Publications/prospect_theory.pdf

A little technical, but a good introduction to modern decision making theory.

Light and fluffy, with some significance flaws, but very readable for non technical folks:

http://www.amazon.com/Nudge-Improving-Decisions-Health-Happiness/dp/014311526X

Not directly related to math side of my research, but an interesting history of the refinement of marketing:

http://www.amazon.com/PR-Social-History-Stuart-Ewen/dp/0465061680/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=

Another very readable book with the usual "I'm writing a book I only include evidence I like" sort of bias, but still worth it:

http://www.amazon.com/Risk-Things-Shouldnt-Ourselves-Greater/dp/0771032595

Good luck.

>Non-triggered sociopaths also tend to excel in a lot of professions due to the same traits that seem cold.

yes.
bomb disposal experts, pilots, the more successful surgeons and lawyers, etc..

you can read this book The Wisdom Of Psychopaths.
https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Psychopaths-Saints-Killers-Success/dp/0374533989
for an interesting take on this.

the author basically said psychopaths are not all serial killers. it's just a trait some people tend to have and be good at their chosen jobs because they veer towards those jobs somehow.

edited: formatting.

It gets a lot of hate, but I'm a fan of Atlas Shrugged.

Neil Gaiman writes some good stuff too, but that's fiction.

I enjoyed The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Dr. Kevin Dutton. That was a non-fiction one I read in the past year or two.

> "How to deal with Narcissists"

So after a cursory internet search of this particular book, I found that it was actually on the same website that he listed at the end of his plan that no-one is going to implement or remember after today. Here's a fun little piece of their description of it:

> Liberals and Narcissists are the exact same animal. Nothing enrages each like the sight of someone enjoying success and happiness. They will never have the balls to lash out at you openly to your face. And after they wreck everything, they’ll claim it was an accident, and they are still loyal to you. Everything which is happening to our nation – I’ve seen it play out myself, at the level of the individual personal relationship, and there is absolutely no difference. It is uncanny. Both levels even have a burning instinctual drive to control the perceptions of everyone around them, by demanding to be the central hubs of information which inform everyone, be it the narcissist who demands to know everything so they can tell others first, or the Liberal media deciding what the people need to know – and what they don’t.

Great stuff, right? While that might just be someone imposing their view on the book, a quick glance at it's Amazon entry shows us this:

> This book contains some explanatory examples of narcissistic worldviews which political liberals will find disquieting and unpleasant to read. For that reason, it will prove most useful to those of a neutral or conservative political bent.

Huh. So it wasn't someone imposing their view on the book, this sentiment is practically hardwired in. Totally not a right-wing movement, GG, even though you're dumb enough to buy their books. Stay classy.

A copy of this book or a download link to it:

https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Mirror-Marlene-Steinberg-M-D/dp/0060954876/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dissociation+the+hidden+epidemic&qid=1569302237&sr=8-1

Information is vital. Systems need to understand the basis of their nature and why things are as they are. This book helped enlighten us to our reality and allowed some of our parts to begin their healing, because they needed an extra push to accept the truth of the matter first.

The number one thing to help a DID system is always therapy, in my opinion. If you have contact information for therapists who have experience with dissociation and especially DID in particular, getting that contact information to DID systems is vital. -ansem

I mean, he is a CEO and successful businessman (debatable).

You don't get to that level without having sociopathic tendencies.

some great books on this are The Wisdom of Psychopaths and The Sociopath Next Door

The Narcissism Epidemic by W. Keith Campbell is a pretty interesting read. It does have its shortcomings at points though, such as not mentioning some major potential sources of narcissism and focusing on others, but overall it's pretty decent. It'd be good if you're looking to read about a more psychological aspect of society today. (Well, Western society.)

I really like Sam Craft. She is autistic with an autistic son. She does a lot of blog work and has a lot of resources on the site she's with. She also wrote a book that is really good! I'll put the link to her original blog, the site she now runs with others and her book on Amazon.

Many things that I struggled with after getting my dx, Sam covered somewhere on her blog. I spent days reading her articles. Hopefully, they help in some way for you!

​

https://everydayaspergers.com/tag/samantha-craft/

https://the-art-of-autism.com/ (All the contributors on this site are on the autism spectrum :) )

https://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Aspergers-Samantha-Craft/dp/1610058054?ie=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0

​

I think it is an evolved response. According to attached, this is just an activated attachment system.

On Human Nature

[Pair-Bonding, Romantic Love, and Evolution](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1745691614561683
Attached

Handbook to Attachment Theory

The Fantasy Bond

If it was possible to organize a successful protest with Americans today, then you wouldn't have to appeal to strangers on the internet about how to organize them. There would be organizations which already existed, that people could learn how to engage in instead!

Nevertheless, if I had to give people something.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People (Basic Social Skills)
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/The-Narcissism-Epidemic-Living-Entitlement/dp/1416575995 (Understanding what is wrong with Americans today.)
  
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals (A great classic for doing higher level stuff; despite what the right wing may tell you, his practices are little followed, because he was couped out by the Post-Modern Left)
  
  Those three books are enough to really get anyone going in the 21st century. Keep in mind, however, that men far more talented and experienced then both of us have completely abandoned organizing today because of how impossible it is.
  
  Now! Opportunities will present themselves ~2030 for inconceivable revolutionary activity, but by then, the vast majority of the working classes will have starved themselves to death. (Therefore, we won't have to worry about places like the Red States because they will be too tired to accomplish anything)
  
  So I would effectively keep low, for now, and focus on taking care of yourself. Now, if this sounds defeatist, I think it would be admirable to attempt to organize Millennials, but at the end of the day, if you don't manage to read the Narcissism Epidemic, You. Will. Be. Blindsided.

My daughter started at 14. Discovering this was the darkest day of my life, easily. It all started with a boy's rejection.

As odd as it sounds to say, it's a 'trendy' thing amongst kids now. There are social network pages full of cutting images... It's almost a contest to see who can be the saddest... When I called the psychologist office to get an appointment, the receptionist sighed and said this is the #1 reason for new patient intake... You're the 5th this week.

This book helped:
When Your Child is Cutting

I want to give you hope, though. My daughter is now 18.5 yo, and hasn't cut in over 2 years. She still has scars, but has gotten through, and is stronger for it. She's getting ready to start college, and is looking to pursue a career in counseling/therapy.

Contact a psychologist office (if you need help with recommendations, call your daughter's school).

> https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Psychopaths-Saints-Killers-Success/dp/0374533989
> Does Dutton want to be a psychopath himself, or was this merely a topic of interest?
> I'm guessing this self-professed sociopath doesn't read his sources. He probably doesn't have to if he can convince people he does just by sounding confident enough.

To set this argument straight: "He doesn't know why RP or what RP says about DT" or what is it?

I have depersonalization and derealization more often than not. Its intensity is unnerving when my anxiety is high, but otherwise I just cope. When I look in the mirror I don't feel like the person is me. When I walk into target and see my figure on the security cam I feel like it's not me.

Edit: I have this book which I like to peruse occasionally to inform myself.

> I personally don't know that much about real INFJs (I mostly know about my type, INFPs, INTJs and INTPs)

Yeah, it's the same with me. I know about all 16 types in a really vague way, but I am only well informed on INFJs and their common mistypes (especially INFPs).

INFJs love pleasing other people. We see enhancing other people as our function in life. We absolutely hate hurting people. Things you might not think twice about will eat us alive. We love to beat ourselves up over the damage (real or imagined) we do to other people. We pay way more attention to other people than we do ourselves. Basically the opposite of an INFP.

Which is why I said in the beginning he's not an INFJ. We would never ever do that. Even an unhealthy INFJ would not behave that way. Unhealthy INFJs are scheming and manipulative. An unhealthy INFJ would still at least feign interest in order to manipulate you...they would not simply bail on you.

> So I already made up my mind, that I personally don't know enough about him to confirm or contradict his statement, thus he gets the benefit of the doubt. For now. Doesn't mean that I am not listening to you.

I am just providing information. I will never know your situation as well as you do. I only have your posts here to go on. What you do with it is entirely up to you.

> Yeah, I am still not sure, what exactly he is lying about though.

It's possible it might not be anything. Some people are like that. They like the power that lying gives them. There may be no reason other than that.

In this situation (Straight guy, straight girl?) I would assume he's lying to get into your pants maybe.

> That's something I noticed about INTJs as well.

INTJs are actually really similar to INFJs. We have the same congintive functions; the two middle ones are just swapped. INTJs will still care about people too, sometimes almost to the same degree as INFJs. It's just not a priority for them like it is with us.

> I think you might be confusing them with psychopaths. Sociopaths are quite impulsive and thus rather easy to detect.

There is no clear distinction between the two. In Psychology, both terms are used interchangeably. From what I can tell, people generally use the term "sociopath" to refer to Psychopaths that are still functional. Meaning Psychopaths that can control their impulses. But the actual clinical definitions are not distinct from each other.

I don't know if you're a reader, but there is a great book on them - "The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success" - https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Psychopaths-Saints-Killers-Success/dp/0374533989

It goes into a lot of detail about how they think, and the ways they use to manipulate people.

> I have a huge interest in people in general. So, I don't even stay away from getting to know assholes better, because I wanna find out how they "work".

As long as you're aware of it. That's all that really matters.

https://mn.gov/mnddc/positive_behavior_supports/herbLovett.html

http://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2007/03/at-end-of-february-i-had-opportunity-to.html?m=1

https://www.amazon.com/Diagnostic-Manual-Intellectual-Disability-DM-ID/dp/1572561254

This is a great article about doing DBT with people with IDD. Chart 1 is fascinating: it explains how prevalent Linehan's invalidating experiences are for people with IDD. It's a pdf, so I'm having trouble copying the url, but you can google.
DBT for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities:
A Program Description
Marvin Lew, Ph.D. (Child & Family Psychologists, Weston, FL),
Christy Matta, M.A., Carol Tripp-Tebo, M.A., Doug Watts, M.A. (The Bridge
of Central Massachusetts, Worcester, MA)
Published in: Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

I think that the sub sociopaths seems depressing to the observer. But there is actually a book that took your theory with psychopaths('Be a little of a psychopath to stay healthy and meet your goals') https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0374533989/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522137521&sr=8-1-fkmr2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=kevin+dutton+psycho
I would not say that I'm reponsible for others, but I definetly want to change something. One task I aim at is to find or build a Community that share ressources and makes political changes. More like Prometheus, go figure.

Kindle edition "How to Deal with Narcissists" free on Amazon, today only

not spam. I haven't read it. Just thought this would be worth a mention

Eh, this isn't just about girls. This is our culture in a big way. From an early age we are taught that we are "special" and that there's no one like us anywhere. That sentiment alone is awful, because if each of us are special...than wouldn't that equate to no one being all that special?

Boy or girl, we are brought up to view ourselves as exceptional, and that we deserve to be treated as such. Girls are somewhat targeted differently in the way they brought up, with "princess" shirts, and with shows like "my sweet 16," but narcissism is pretty much across the board.

Check out the book The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement, where Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D and W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D. provide ample evidence for what they term “the relentless rise of narcissism in our culture.”

I got the title wrong: it is the Narcissism Epidemic. It has been around 4 years since I read that book, and I have much more experience recognizing narcissists in the wild now. I might have a different opinion if I were to read it now. However, it was not my impression, at the time, that the book focused on current social media so much as more along the lines of criticizing participation trophies and helicopter parents. Though, the reviewers definitely focus on their discussion of social media. What I was really getting at with my comment, is that maybe it is not so much a new thing as an old thing with different symptoms? And I definitely agree that narcissism doesn't grow in a vacuum. While there is some evidence for a genetic predisposition, I think that environment can play a huge role. As we see on this site, the appearance of good parenting doesn't necessarily equate with the kids growing up emotionally healthy.

u/Costco1L, I have no idea if they are baby boomers. I would think from pictures of the authors that they are more likely to be Generation X, but the pictures could be old.

The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374533989/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_WYogzb3H20HN7


That's the book. They asked a question along the lines of "what's the difference in this group of pictures?" And the difference wasn't the subject. The difference was the persons hand in all of the shots had six fingers, and for some reason psychopaths tend to notice those things more than others.

well, there are many books that make the case. I suggest above: Understanding Jihad, by David Cook is a good place to start.

Walter Laqueur, historian of Europe, has also written on this subject
http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Terrorism-Psychologies-Ideologies-Theologies/dp/0943875897/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1408849836&sr=8-16&keywords=walter+laqueur

But we needn't appeal to the authority of Western academics to understand why the jihadists do what they do. What do the jihadists say about their own motivations?

Here's a book about it: http://www.amazon.com/Transcending-Self-Interest-Psychological-Explorations-Quiet/dp/1433803402

It may be able to explain it better than I can. In general, though, it seems to be about being more outward focused than inward.

I mean any end times myth is gonna be pretty socialist. It's all eschatology.

You might like Anti-Oedipus or A Thousand Plateaus tho

I would recommend books by neurologist V.S. Ramachandran such as Phantoms in the Brain

From a more psychiatric slant, books by Ronald K Siegel like Whispers and Fire in the Brain are collections of case studies about delusions and hallucinations

> I'm a med student

Obviously not a good one if you read what you posted and thought that means there's a statistically significant effect from those treatments.

Seriously, I gave you a great source and I can give you more instead of relying on wiki. There are SOME effects on SOME individuals on the lower end of the spectrum but for people pouring bleach down someone's throat, they HAVE NO GOAL. They can't be convinced to work within the letter of the law because they aren't working towards anything. I don't get why that's so difficult for you to grasp.

Along with that paper, you can read this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Psychopaths-Killers-Success/dp/0374533989 which is a great case study of sorts.

There are plenty of other papers I can link you to but it seems like you're just ignoring what I'm linking anyway so no point in wasting my time. I don't care if you're a med student, that doesn't mean you can't be wrong about this. I have a personal interest in the topic and have studied it for my own pleasure so your lame claim to authority is meaningless.

The paper/book I've given to you is written by doctors not cartoonists.

I appreciate the time you put into this reply, though it is really sad for me to see a statement like this upvoted so much - I do not consider some of your criticism to be true, mainly in the point 3 and I consider it a dangerous claim. And to be honest, I have a feeling that the situation considering psychotherapy in US is going into direction that I am (and many other people here in Europe too) kind of scared about, given that US is world superpower and well, kind of a world trendsetter. Though that might be for a longer discussion.

Anyway, Gestalt therapy is a wonderful and fully accepted approach here. I do not agree with point 3. Gestalt therapy can be used for those clients, hell, it can be used for people with psychotic disorders too. One of the really good sources - https://www.amazon.com/Gestalt-Therapy-Clinical-Practice-Psychopathology-ebook/dp/B00JJU7NFM

Many respected therapists here work with even the hardest clients using Gestalt therapy with success. Of course, it is up to the therapist to adapt the style to work with particular client and the Gestalt therapy is definitely not only about "okay what are you feeling now?" - the cornerstones are phenomenology, field perspective and existential dialogue, which can be used perfectly fine for any of the clients you mentioned. Sure, when somebody is acutely suicidal, you have to use some principles of crisis intervention, but it does not mean you have to let Gestalt therapy principles go as you are doing it.

Something like this might be helpful for you.

Best book you'll ever read: The Rainbow Machine: Tales from a Neurolinguist's Journalhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/0911226443/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_wLU6CbXEKJJWC

Really?

Dutton K The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success (2012)

Are you going to tell me you will purchase this book and read it? Or do you want to use the summary used in the Wiki?

Not a constructive answer to your question per se, but you may find this an interesting read if you want some more insight into psychogenic, functional, factitious disorders and the like:

https://www.amazon.com/Its-All-Your-Head-Imaginary/dp/0099597853

Written by a British neurologist. I am about a third of the way through the book myself and it's helped me think about some of these types of patients that we see at work fairly often.

>You got sources for that? I'm fairly sure you're wrong

The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain. Penguin/Basic Books. 2003. ISBN 978-0-7139-9671-5.

Amazon link

>Even neurologists can't tell whether a brain scan is male or female just by looking at it

Yes but if you scan 100 male brains, and 100 female brains, you will see patterns, and those patterns correlate strongly with pre-natal testosterone levels.

I've at least skimmed a ton of them, some are better than others. The ones I'd recommend are:

• The DID Sourcebook This is a good all-levels overview of all aspects of DID, and is the one that seems most accessible to partners or friends.
  
• [Coping with Trauma Related Dissociation] (https://www.amazon.com/Coping-Trauma-Related-Dissociation-Interpersonal-Neurobiology/dp/039370646X/ref=sr_1_1) This is a workbook style manual, very helpful but pulls no punches as far as triggering material, so a lot of people would suggest using this in therapy vs. on your own.
  
• The Stranger in the Mirror This offers a more inclusive look at the whole dissociation spectrum and also includes self-evaluation screening questions and explanations of results.
  

How to Deal With Narcissists: Why they Became Evil, How They Think, And Strategies and Techniques to Take Control

http://www.amazon.com/How-Deal-With-Narcissists-Strategies-ebook/dp/B00L74Y2L6

It is free today. Enjoy.

The experiments have been done. You put a human face and a mechanical object in front of a new born and you measure how long they look at one vs the other. See this book for a comprehensive of the scientific literature.

Well I realllly want A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze & Guattari but there are a few others I can think of

The Fantasy Bond : Structure of Psychological Defenses https://www.amazon.com/dp/0967668409/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_iSa9BbZWKEAV0

I can school you on book recommendations the same as at the dinner table and volleyball court;). Here is another: https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Psychopaths-Saints-Killers-Success/dp/0374533989/ref=nodl_

That's this book?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Psychopaths-Killers-Success/dp/0374533989/

I might pick it up!

Wisdom of Psychopaths

Supposedly from an actual interview with a Navy Seal.

Dissertei de forma bem extensa sobre os sintomas e o transtorno em um outra thread da sub, dá uma olhada.

Fóruns sobre:

http://www.dpselfhelp.com/forum/


https://www.reddit.com/r/dpdr/



https://www.psychforums.com/depersonalization/



Melhores livros sobre o tema:


https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Mirror-Marlene-Steinberg-M-D/dp/0060954876



https://www.amazon.com.br/Feeling-Unreal-Depersonalization-Disorder-Loss-ebook/dp/B003GB2ELI

Se tiver alguma duvida, posso tentar responder.

The Stranger in the Mirror:
https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Mirror-Marlene-Steinberg-M-D/dp/0060954876

https://smile.amazon.com/Narcissism-Epidemic-Living-Age-Entitlement/dp/1416575995/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468438534&sr=8-1&keywords=the+narcissism+epidemic

Might only apply to the US, sorry. :P I was referring to this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1213212/The-ego-epidemic-more-inflated-sense-fabulousness.html

While digging this title up again, I also found this:
>Jean Twenge, associate professor of psychology at San Diego State University, tracks the rising egotism on college campuses in her new book, "The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement." She has found that college-age women are developing narcissistic traits at four times the rate of college-age men. She attributes the startling discrepancy in part to parents who put their girls on a pedestal.

Book: http://www.amazon.com/Narcissism-Epidemic-Living-Age-Entitlement/dp/1416575995

A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia


Warning: I'm trolling you


But actually, there's nothing like 'Capital' by Marx and Engles, since capitalism itself isn't a movement. Socialism is theorized as a progression from Capitalism, and Communism as a progression from Socialism. Industrial Capitalism comes first. It's been theorized this is actually one of the reasons Communism in Russia didn't work out so well--that they hadn't adequately developed their economy through the necessary stages of industrialization.


Edit: removed " and economic evolution"

Boy, it sure got quiet when Aingeala shoved that evidence into your face with that book link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Narcissism-Epidemic-Living-Entitlement/dp/1416575995

>Narcissism—an inflated view of the self—is everywhere. Public figures say it’s what makes them stray from their wives. Parents teach it by dressing children in T-shirts that say "Princess." Teenagers and young adults hone it on Facebook, and celebrity newsmakers have elevated it to an art form. And it’s what’s making people depressed, lonely, and buried under piles of debt.

I find it hilarious that so many redditors are disproved and almost NONE of them are able to come back and say, "All right. You got me. I was wrong." justagirl90210 was right and you were wrong. If you're unable to admit you're wrong, how do you intend to ever improve?

Fuck you and the bag of dicks you eat daily. Maybe you should learn what hardship is and quit being a fucking pussy. Even before, and after, the military I learned you have to fucking deal with life instead of crying about your feelz. OMGZ SOMEONE SAID A BAD WORD! Toughen the fuck up and worry about yourself and what you are doing. Instead of being a bunch of whiny cunts.

http://news.yahoo.com/millennials-weak-skills-threaten-americas-competitiveness-120000913.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-millennials-gen-x-and-boomers-shape-the-workplace-2013-9

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/08/08/jean_m_twenge_and_narcissism_are_millennials_more_self_absorbed_than_other.html

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/mar/16/generation-y-probably-no-worse-than-baby-boomers

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/Mickey-goodman/are-we-raising-a-generati_b_1249706.html

Please grow up and read a book here and there. I know your generation doesn't really know how to but please try.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416575995/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1416575995&linkCode=as2&tag=slatmaga-20

I am by far and away not the only person to think this. NPR actually ran a series on how pussified this upcoming generation is.

I hate to say this, but special ops self-select for psychopaths. They have traits that prove useful: fearless, self-confident, feel no remorse or empathy, among others. In other words, if you need a ruthless killer who won't think twice about a mission, use a psychopath. Unfortunately, other bad behaviors are the price paid for having them around. Actually, they are a problem within law enforcement, in general, and their relatively small number give departments bad names. (I won't even mention well-known psychopaths in politics.)

Source: The Wisdom of Psychopaths