Category Archives: Psychology

NYT: Friendship’s Dark Side: ‘We Need a Common Enemy’

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Luke Ford

MP3 From the New York Times: Take the new evidence that people choose friends who resemble themselves, right down to the moment-to-moment pattern of blood flow in the brain. The tendency toward homophily, toward flocking together with birds of your … Continue reading →

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The American Psychiatric Association issues a warning: No psychoanalyzing Donald Trump

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Luke Ford

I hate it when people use psychology as a weapon. I had an ex-GF who did that and I did not appreciate her diagnoses. Have I done to others this thing I hate? Yes. Washington Post: Donald Trump had a … Continue reading →

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Tom Wolfe On Freud

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Luke Ford

Stuart Schneiderman writes: In a 2006 lecture he delivered at the National Endowment for the Humanities, Tom Wolfe offered some remarks about Freud. I report them without commentary. First: In medical terms, Freud is now considered a quack. But his … Continue reading →

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What Are The Causes Of Insecurity?

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Luke Ford

Dr. Gerald Stein writes: Insecurity is in the nature of being human. It is a commonplace, even if most people make a serious effort to disguise it. Too many things to know, too many to learn, too many rejections — … Continue reading →

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Maladaptive Daydreaming

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Luke Ford

When real life becomes too difficult, I drift off to fantasies that some prestigious group will invite me to speak to them about my life. Then I deliver the whole speech in my head and an hour or two or … Continue reading →

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