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Besides that, I've found that I'm jealous of my little sister. Se has a mother who would never hit her, MY father, who is an incredible person, she goes where she wants, she's adorable...and she makes me feel like shit when I'm too tired to run around with her.

Seriously, she knows just what buttons to push to make me feel like a terrible human. I mean, I'm sorry that I want time to myself to enjoy having internet again, and to talk to my girlfriend. I forgot that ALL of my time must be spent making Lil' Sis happy.

So, I feel fat and selfish. I suck.

]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/12000.html#12088 >>12084
I hope they never find the Higgs Boson.
Then I will have a valid excuse to not remember anything from high-school science classes: it will all be wrong.

(...I feel fine. 'N stuff. My college final project is due next week and my sketchbook isn't half as full as I need it to be. The project itself isn't half done either but that's fine because it's all about the process, right? I don't feel pressured anymore. All my best work is done at the very last moment, it's how I roll.)

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]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/12073.html#12086 >>12085

Freudian psychology has some good things, but they've been recycled into modern psychology and so this assertion that Freud is still clinically relevant today is incorrect.

If an author uses outdated and, worse, disproven psychological theory as a lattice for their character, the result is characters fueled by distorted motives or motives that simply don't make psychological sense. And since we have a educated population, those inconsistencies will be spotted immediately and the veracity of the story will be destroyed.

]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/12073.html#12085 >>12074

You're probably talking about me. Yes, i'm afraid i'm still attached to some out-dated freudian conceptions (one of my contacts argues with me, whatever, when i annoy him saying that "psychoanalysis is dead", hehe), but it's more because of the roots of my education inside psychology (my college is well notorious in my country to give special attention to psychoanalysis, Freud, Jung and Melanie Klein. And btw, the psychoanalysis is very strong in my country, especially because it’s not entirely disposable). But i'm pretty sure that the only freundian conception i used, which was the Pleasure Principle, holds up well.

But i'm afraid, too, that i'm more stuck now with biological, neurological and genetic aspects. You know, i don't study psychology anymore... like i said, it's more a hobby, so i tend to direct it to fields i kinda like.

So, i'm here more to extend the recommendations inside literature for you guys: you guys should look for "The Selfish Gene", from Richard Dawkins (good cientist, horrible human being). And, far more inside the psychologic field, you all should take a look at the "Psychology of the mental disorders”, of David S. Holmes, published on 1997.

(P.S.: i'm glad that this thread was made. I was about to say that we had distorted the whole conversation at that poor thread, hehe. This and other things).

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]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/12073.html#12083 >>12073

Yup. While sociopathy and psychopathy are commonly used and arguably de facto terms, the clinical acceptable term is APD.

I think one of the problems people have writing (and consequently reading) about characters with complex psychology is that the diagnosis becomes a character unto itself. Any personality therefore is secondary to a list of symptoms.

I found a neat video if anybody's interested in psychology of characters. The quality is kinda crap, but it's worth a peek. It's a psychologist and author (and I just realized I have her book, which is really helpful.)

(Sorry, the embed link wouldn't work so here's the url.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2XAkdZX-w

]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/8764.html#12082 http://www.smogon.com/bw/pokemon/arbok/ru
sage'd for nothing worthwhile.

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This was supposed to be a for-fun, five-minute type of deal, and, odds are, it looks it anyway.
Pokemon, more fanart, more animu, hurray!

]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/12000.html#12080 >>12079
Lol incomplete cosplays. I have like a million things to sew and paint and glue and not enough tiiiiiiiime.
Con's a week from Friday though :D so much excite.

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]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/12073.html#12078 >>12077
My bad, I ought to have thrown "generally" in there.

]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/12073.html#12077 >>12074
while there are some Freudian concepts that are still used today in modern psychology(repression, the concept of drive) his other stuff is pretty out there and doesn't really hold water.

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>>12065
I know the feeling, dudes. I find it hard to keep a steady group of friends, much less try not to take it very personally and seriously if we don't see each other for a while, even though I know that, logically, we all have our own legitimate reasons for not seeing each other. If you'd like, I could share my skype/email. I'm not around often on either, but I'd be more than willing to listen when I am. Just, whatever you do, don't start resenting your friends, or yourself. It's alright to feel angry or sad, though, but hang in there, guys.

]]> http://tf2chan.net/offtopic/res/12073.html#12075 Just taking a psychological diagnosis from the DSM-IV and making a character out of it would be
1.ill-advised and insensitive and
2.all people with the same diagnosis will not present the diagnosis the exact same way!

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