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How to Weaken the Hold of Addiction

Many of us are prey to addictive behaviours which we know run contrary to our deeper interests but which we find ourselves entirely unable to desist from at key moments.

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Charles Darwin and the Descent of Man

It is completely understandable that we are often maddened by what might be called ‘normal’ humanity. In such moods the 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin has much to say to us.

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Straightforward vs. Complicated People

A basic distinction in humans is between those who are simple and straightforward to deal with – and those who are – as we tend to be reminded when we interact with them – repeatedly tricky or complicated to handle.

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The Repetition Compulsion

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The Repetition Compulsion

One of the most remarkable ideas in the history of psychoanalysis is to be found in Freud’s 1920 paper ‘Beyond…
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Beware Those We Fall in Love With

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Beware Those We Fall in Love With

The word ‘madness’ tends to bring to mind distinctly lurid and macabre associations: psychiatric wards, staring eyes, murder weapons, hideous…
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Mental Illness and Love

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Mental Illness and Love

When we speculate on the causes of mental illness, we typically imagine some form of chemical imbalance or damage to…
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The Psychology of Ghosting

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The Psychology of Ghosting

We won’t get too far in the dating world without stumbling upon the melancholy phenomenon known as ghosting: someone we…
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