Quotes About Psychology

Aye Oedipus, yir a complex fucker right enough

Was the process of institutionalization both so powerful and subtle, that I could be aware of it and yet be unable to resist?

Children don't read to find their identity. They don't read to free themselves of guilt, to quench the thirst for rebellion, or to get rid of alienation. They have no use for psychology. They detest sociology…. They still believe in good, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation and other such obsolete stuff.

It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning real names.

thinking, as primary function, can readily pair with intuition as auxiliary, or indeed equally well with sensation, but…never with feeling.

If she is afraid of mirrors she is afraid of herself.

Writing consists no longer in narrating but in sayin that one is narrating, and what one says becomes identified with the very act of saying. The psychological person is replaced by a linguistic or even a grammatical person, defined solely by his place in the discourse.

Birine ruh yap?s?n?n ne biçim olduÄŸunu aç?klamak, dilediÄŸi gibi davranmas?na izin vermenin bir yoludur.

For Winnicott, the "transitional space" between the internal world and "reality" becomes a space for creative play and imagination

I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.

According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.

First sign of madness, talking to your own head.

Why, then, do depression and unhappiness outlast the situations that trigger them? Or why, sometimes, does a sense of malaise and dis-­satisfaction go on and on? The short answer is that these emotions per­sist because we have emotional reactions to our own emotions that ac­tually keep them going.

The evidence is clear: brooding is the problem,not the solution.

Numerous psychological studies have shown that regular meditators are happier and more contented than average.1 These are not just important results in themselves but have huge medical significance as such positive emotions are linked to a longer and healthier life.

Fear of breakdown is the fear of a breakdown that has already been experienced

Poets, philosophers and seers have always concerned themselves with the idea of a true self, and the betrayal of the self has been a typical example of the unacceptable.

What if it wasn't the guy from the bar? What if it was some freak out looking to whack some chick off because his mommy didn't make him buttered toast and cut it into fun shapes when he was a kid?

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

We also face psychological obstacles in responding to climate change. Evolution built us to respond to rapid movements of middle-sized objects, not to the slow buildup of insensible gases in the atmosphere. Most of us respond dramatically to what we sense, not to what we think. As a result, even those of us who are concerned about climate change find it difficult to feel its urgency and to act decisively.

Married women are far more depressed than married men -- in unhappy marriages, three times more; and -- interestingly -- in happy marriages, five times more. In truth, it is men who are thriving in marriage, now as always, and who show symptoms of psychological and physical distress outside it. Not only their emotional well-being but their very lives, some studies say, depend on being married!

The cells of my body store fear the way others' do fat. Every terrifying and traumatic thing I've ever experienced is still held within my muscle fiber as well as in my brain tissue. It pervades nearly every aspect of my life and influences nearly all my actions. Everyone thinks of me as being so brave, but I recognize my own cowardice in all I do. Sometimes I feel fear building up in my throat like a scream.

Reverse your thinking. Positivity is psychologically rewarding.