Quotes About Psychology

Food is so fundamental, more so than sexuality, aggression, or learning, that it is astounding to realize the neglect of food and eating in depth psychology.

By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.

All family life is organized around the most damaged person in it.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

Whatever the circumstances of your life, the understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgements sounder, and your life closer to your heart's desire

Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life.

The psychologist had said, "The border is advancing Ã¢â'¬Â¦ a little bit more every year." But I found that statement too limiting, too ignorant. There were thousands of "dead" spaces like the lot I had observed, thousands of transitional environments that no one saw, that had been rendered invisible because they were not "of use.

You can't physically fear a doll only a foot and a half high.

Many people who have the Dependence lifetrap also have the Abandonment lifetrap. In fact, it is difficult to imagine a person having the Dependence lifetrap and not having the Abandonment lifetrap. People who have the Dependence lifetrap believe that they cannot survive alone. They need a strong figure to guide and direct them through the activities of day-to-day life. They need help. Abby is an example of a person who has both lifetraps.

Christine is too independent. No matter how anxious she feels, she forces herself to face things alone. This tendency to go to the other extreme—to act as though she does not need anybody for anything—is called counterdependence, and is a strong indication of the presence of the Dependence lifetrap.

1. Self-Sacrifice (subjugation out of guilt) 2. Submissiveness (subjugation out of fear)

The Dependence lifetrap can originate either in parents who are overprotective or parents who are underprotective.

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.

That was when Leonard realized something crucial about depression. The smarter you were, the worse it was. The sharper your brain, the more it cut you up.

Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever - stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave.

Each connection that neuroscientists forged between a neurochemical and a behavior, or at least a propensity toward a behavior, seemed to deal another blow to the notion of an efficacious will.

narcissism levels have increased significantly among college students over the past several decades.

Narcissism levels are higher for Americans than for citizens of many other countries and regions

Men tend to be more narcissistic than women, possibly because men are somewhat more competitive and women are more communal, and also because narcissistic behavior would be much more gender-role discrepant for women than for men.

overconfident individuals achieved higher social status, respect, and influence in groups.

people with higher narcissism scores were more likely to emerge as leaders during four-person initially leaderless group discussions.

jobs that require employees to display (positive) emotions that they may not actually be feeling can be psychologically demanding and stressful.

we are predisposed to trust and have an evolutionary need to do so. Therefore, people are motivated to overlook a violation of trust

I approach Jung as if he were an alchemist, the latest in a long tradition of spiritual teachers.