Wednesday 25 July 2012

Field Guide to the Loner: The Real Insiders

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from: blog.eyesforlies.com: understanding introverts & extroverts 
I'll reprint the whole Psychology Today article in full

can you guess what I am?
I was at victim support recently & was shocked [& upset] to find that they had none of my paper work on their records... I hope the police have it all
I was that shocked that I've been scouring my laptop for anything I can find as my incident was put down with pen & paper as I recall reading that if something is written down rather than printed from a computer it carries more weight
but the 7 pages of A4 was the final edition of several pieces I'd written up on the laptop that I'd thought were lost but I've found some of them, may put them up at a later date ;)


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Psychology Today
Introverts & Extroverts -  Why is it so hard to understand each other?
Field Guide to the Loner: The Real Insiders

Miina Matsuoka lives by herself in New York City. She owns two cats and routinely screens her calls. But before you jump to conclusions, note that she is comfortable hobnobbing in any of five languages for her job as business manager at an international lighting-design firm. She just strongly prefers not to socialize, opting instead for long baths, DVDs, and immersion in her art projects. She does have good, close friends, and goes dancing about once a month, but afterward feels a strong need to "hide and recoup." In our society, where extroverts make up three-quarters of the population, loners (except Henry David Thoreau) are pegged as creepy or pathetic. But soloists like Matsuoka can function just fine in the world—they simply prefer traveling through their own interior universe.
Loners often hear from well-meaning peers that they need to be more social, but the implication that they're merely black-and-white opposites of their bubbly peers misses the point. Introverts aren't just less sociable than extroverts; they also engage with the world in fundamentally different ways. While outgoing people savor the nuances of social interaction, loners tend to focus more on their own ideas—and on stimuli that don't register in the minds of others. Social engagement drains them, while quiet time gives them an energy boost.

Contrary to popular belief, not all loners have a pathological fear of social contact. "Some people simply have a low need for affiliation," says Jonathan Cheek, a psychologist at Wellesley College. "There's a big subdivision between the loner-by-preference and the enforced loner." Those who choose the living room over the ballroom may have inherited their temperament, Cheek says. Or a penchant for solitude could reflect a mix of innate tendencies and experiences such as not having many friends as a child or growing up in a family that values privacy.
James McGinty, for one, is a caseworker who opted out of a career as a lawyer because he didn't feel socially on-the-ball enough for the job's daily demands. He has a small circle of friends, but prefers to dine solo. "I had a bad cold over the Thanksgiving holiday, but that spared me from having to go to my brother-in-law's," he says. "I'm not a scrooge; it's the gatherings I dread." Matsuoka feels his pain: "I can't do large crowds with a lot of noise," she says. "It's stressful to maintain positive interactions and introduce yourself 20 times. I really have to turn on my motor to do that."

Solitary Pleasures

Matsuoka, who is divorced, is open to romantic relationships, but "whomever I'm with must know that at least one day a week I need to lock myself in my room and stick feathers on a sculpture," she warns. Artwork is a form of meditation for her. "I get completely sucked in. It clears my mind until nothing disturbs me." While a few studies have shown a correlation between creativity, originality, and introversion, perhaps more striking is the greater enjoyment introverts seem to reap from creative endeavors.
Amanda Guyer, a psychologist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has found that socially withdrawn people have increased sensitivity to all kinds of emotional interactions and sensory cues, which may mean that they find pleasure where others do not. Guyer separated child subjects into "outgoing" and "reserved" groups and then had them play a game in which they had to press a button in order to win money. The reserved subjects showed two to three times more activity in the striatum region of the brain, which is associated with reward, than did the more outgoing ones.
Previous MRI studies have shown that during social situations, specific areas in the brains of loners experience especially lively blood flow, indicating a sort of overstimulation, which explains why they find parties so wearying. But Guyer's results suggest that introverts may be more attuned to all sorts of positive experiences as well. This added sensitivity, she speculates, could mean that people who are reserved have an ability to respond quickly to situations—such as coming to your aid in a moment of need—or show unusual empathy to a friend, due to their strong emotional antennae.
Research by psychotherapist Elaine Aron bears out Guyer's hunch, demonstrating that withdrawn people typically have very high sensory acuity. Because loners are good at noticing subtleties that other people miss, Aron says, they are well-suited for careers that require close observation, like writing and scientific research. It's no surprise that famous historical loners include Emily Dickinson, Stanley Kubrick, and Isaac Newton

The Unhealthy Case of the Lonely Loner

The content introverts' camp closely borders the land of the socially anxious. Matsuoka, for example, says she was "pathologically shy" as a child, which likely laid the groundwork for her current lifestyle, even though she grew much more confident in her 20s. Those who remain "enforced loners" long to spend time with people, but shyness and anxiety inhibit them from doing so. "Introverts are people who like to be alone," says Paula Montgomery, an accountant from St. Louis. "I prefer to be around other people, but because of my shyness, it's difficult for me to join groups and make friends."
Such loners have several stress-inducing strikes against them: They may get butterflies whenever they have to face in-person encounters, and they are subject to outside pressure to be sociable. When major life problems crop up, loners are also less likely to seek out social support.

John Cacioppo, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, has highlighted social isolation as a health-risk factor on par with obesity and smoking. "Loneliness is like hunger and thirst—a signal to help your genes survive," Cacioppo says. "When you're lonely, there's a stress response in your body, and it's not healthy to sustain that for a long time."




He knows well his wicked ways
A course of bitterness
A grudge held from his childhood days
As if life had loved him less
Reading down his list of names
He ticks them one by one
He points the barrel at the sky
Firing shots off at the sun
"I am the law and I am the King
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
He carves out the victim's names
In the wooden butt of the gun
He leans well back against the tree
He knows his Kingdom's come
He'll breathe a sigh self satisfied
The work is in good hands
He shoots the coins into the air
And follows where the money lands
"I am the law and I am the King
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
He pauses at the city's edge
Of hellfire and of stone
He summons up the devil there
To give him courage of his own
He'll free the sinners of deceit
They'll hear his name and run
His justice is his own reward
Measured out beneath the sun
"I am the law and I am the King
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
And my name's on the gun
Work is just begun
The boy with the gun

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Saturday 21 July 2012

Learned Helplessness

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Learned Helplessness



Learned helplessness is a technical term that refers to the condition of a human or animal that has learned to behave helplessly, failing to respond even though there are opportunities for it to help itself by avoiding unpleasant circumstances or by gaining positive rewards. Learned helplessness theory is the view that clinical depression and related mental illnesses may result from a perceived absence of control over the outcome of a situation.   Organisms which have been ineffective and less sensitive in determining the consequences of their behaviour are defined as having acquired learned helplessness.


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Monday 16 July 2012

Scientology the CIA & MIVILUDES: Cults of Abuse

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Scientology, the CIA, & MIVILUDES: Cults of Abuse




NOTE: This video contains information that many viewers will find extremely disturbing, involving the ritual abuse of children.

This documentary provides compelling evidence of deep and disturbing connections between intelligence agencies, abusive cults, and the failure of government anti-cult organizations like MIVILUDES to investigate the widespread reports of ritual child abuse around the world.

Understanding these connections is key to understanding the psycho-political control of human beings around the world. If you would like to be free, we urge you to study the situation yourself and draw your own conclusions.

Below are links to much of the source material used in this documentary to help you in your own search for the truth.

Ritual Child Abuse in France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUzQ7aqFyiU

Jersey: Island of Secrets
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8886626025649002520

Marc Dutroux: Monster of Belgium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6g5ENqgf5M

Les faits Karl Zéro: Zandvoort Child Abuse case
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB18plt2i6U

Conspiracy of Silence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weSzkIB8184

The Secrets of Scientology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WXzSB2OUZQ

Is Scientology Above the Law?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-JK3rxW_F8

Scientology: Inside the Cult
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9bCdHqU3s

Ex Scientologists speaking out
http://www.youtube.com/user/ScilonTV
http://www.youtube.com/user/AboutScientology

"if you tell anyone I will kill you" - I have first hand eyewitness testimony that this is used
this video will go a long way in connecting all the dots that you have aquired

"turn on
tune in
drop out
WAKE UP!" 
[™ © - too late, I designed this for a t-shirt months ago, I'm sure I'll put it up for sale at some point ;]
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Thursday 5 July 2012

Human Nature

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Human Nature - a talk with Dr's Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Mate, James Gilligan & Richard Wilkinson 


this 30min documentary is taken from "Zeitgeist - Moving On" although I don't think you should hold that against it ;]
I can personally take or leave the zeitgeist films, no desire to go down that particular cul-de-sac thank you very much, don't get me wrong I enjoyed them but that's it for me, no desire to be packed & stacked into little boxes fresco style 
but this talk really got to me at 17.40 & 23.25

been to see 5 psychologists in my time but I never trusted them so I never opened up & told them anything. the closest I came was the last one but that was only because she was female, told her at the last session that I'd never opened up to her, but never told her why, gave her a painting instead


trust no one [6 year rule]
deny everything
none of my family cared about me
they wouldn’t do anything to help me
none of them would believe me
none of them would bother
he would kill me if I told anyone 
I’m just the worthless piece of shit he said I was





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Monday 2 July 2012

It's a matter of fact

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It's a matter of fact
My man no longer wants me
His word were clear
He don't want me here
A lady like that a very hard act to follow
She's brought me down, down…
And now I'm all alone
It's hard to face the truth even when it's staring right at you
How can I leave wasted lonely days?
And watch you slip away…

Now that you no longer want me
What am I supposed to do?
Now that you no longer need me
Oohhh….
Now that you no longer want me
What am I suppose to do?
Now that you no longer need me
How can I begin to live my life without you?

I'll try to forget we said that our love's forever
It felt so strong
So where did it all go wrong?
I need to believe it wasn't me that let you down
Somehow you've changed
You're a stranger to me
Cut to the core
How can you believe that she could ever love you more?
What am I to do?
She's taken over
And I'm out in the cold

Now that you no longer want me
What am I supposed to do?
Now that you no longer need me
woohhh….
Now that you no longer want me
What am I supposed to do?
Now that you no longer need me
How can I begin to live my life without you?

woohhh….. oh…….

And now, I'm all alone
It's hard to face the truth even when it's staring right at you
How can I leave wasted lonely days
And watch you slip away?

Now that you no longer want me
What am I supposed to do?
Now that you no longer need me
Now that you no longer want me
What am I supposed to do?
Now that you no longer need me
Hey, hey…
Now that you no longer want me
What am I supposed to do?
Now that you no longer need me
Hey, hey…
Now that you no longer want me
What am I supposed to do?
Now that you no longer need me



["An amazing dark soul classic from UK outfit 'Innocence' When everyone else was focusing on ripping off the Soul II Soul sound, Innocence were busy producing a 'concept' style album threading Pink Floyd samples, breakbeats & subtle brass sounds together alongside Anna Jolley's haunting but beautiful vocals to make a masterpiece of UK soul music. The album was called 'Belief' & not owning it should be a criminal offence, especially if you are a soul music fan" - http://www.badboysoul.co.uk/]  
 

when I was 18 [going on 14] & left by the side of the road I spent the next 12 years drifting through drug use, the people around me were unknown drug users & "frienemies" [un-friends] & when it was getting near the end of that period there was an aborted night out that ended up in some flat with a couple of turntables & a couple of tabs of acid. I reached for this new released 12" & put this song on. I went out the next day & bought this album & been in love with it ever since. I've still got that cassette tape & still play it
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