Quotes About Psychology

You know what I figured out?" I hate this part." Dr. Martin leaned back in his chair. "It means I'm about to lose income or I'm about to learn what a crappy shrink I am." (276)

Our recent research indicates that an absence of warmth, acceptance, and support characterizes the early family life of many hoarders, perhaps leading them to form strong emotional attachments to possessions.

pulling from the front. In that case, the smart move is to yield his lead to the trailing car and let the other driver pass. Relieved of his burden, our driver can tuck in behind and make the new leader drive his mirrors. Sometimes, however, it is important to hold one's position and not allow the pass. For strategic reasons, psychological

Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is considered the cruelest of punishments.

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course: the space between your ears. —BOBBY JONES

Ninety percent of the game is half mental. —YOGI BERRA

No one can outperform his or her self-image. Athletes with inner excellence, like Tiger Woods, believe in themselves and their abilities. They know how to do within when they're doing without. Part of responsibility psychology is knowing that no one can take away your self-esteem without your permission. Have the courage to growup and fulfill your potential.

I began a new career studying the psychology of stress and the psychology of success. My mission was to learn all I could about playing under pressure. I wanted to find out why, under pressure, some athletes break through, as Hamilton did, while others break down.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

Most people don't know they secretly go after that which will punish them somehow — not in every area of their life, but always in some way.

I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.

I don't believe in such a thing as the criminal mind. Everyone's mind is criminal; we're all capable of criminal fantasies and thoughts.

Denial is a save-now-pay-later scheme, a contract written entirely in small print, for in the long run, the denying person knows the truth on some level, and it causes a constant low-grade anxiety.

I've heard many times that people would make a comment, 'This looks like a bomb,' and still open it. That's one for the psychologists to answer.

Los estados de ánimo anclan los mensajes.

The only prison we can never escape is our brain, and yet our brain is what sets us free.

You know what they say about psychiatrists, Frost. They only go into the business to find someone crazier than they are.

My characterization influences your brain.

The mind of man is never so cunning as when it is involved in the art of self-justification.

Hypnosis is an excellent tool to help a patient remember long-forgotten incidents.

Sé que hay un motivo para todo. Tal vez en el momento en que se produce un hecho no contamos con la penetración psicológica ni la previsión necesarias para comprender las razones, pero con tiempo y paciencia saldrán a la luz.

The steady day-in and day-out pounding of undermining influences, such as a parent's scathing criticisms, could cause even more psychological trauma than a single traumatic event. These damaging influences, because they blend into the everyday background of our lived, are even more difficult to remember and exorcise.

Many were able to rid themselves of chronic lifelong symptoms, such as specific phobias, panic attacks, recurrent nightmares, unexplained fears, obesity, repeated destructive relationships, physical pain and illness, and so on. This is not a placebo effect. Generally, these are not people who are gullible or suggestible. They remember—names, dates, geography, details. And after they remember, like Catherine, they become cured.

La proyección es la acción psicológica consistente en negar el miedo y las motivaciones inconscientes y después traspasar esos miedos y motivaciones a los demás. Tenga cuidado de no proyectar sus sentimientos ocultos en otras personas o de atribuirles intenciones y propósitos cuando no los tienen. Esa distorsión de la realidad le hace daño a usted y se lo hace también al otro.