Exposing the Mechanisms Used to Manipulate Your Thoughts, Actions and Beliefs.

  " Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways ."                                                                                                                                  Sigmund Freud A rational mind can find the behavior of anti-Trumpers as quite mysterious. What psychological mechanism can explain what many call "Trump Derangement Syndrome?" What can possess a person to have an obsession with Trump to the point that their every thought centers on how much hatred they have for him, and by projection, all his supporters?  Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory could shed some light. A rational...

" I'm just saying that when things change this much, this fast, people are allowed to ask what's up with that ?"          Bill Maher Recent polls show an incredible increase in young people no longer identifying as heterosexual.  Around a quarter of Gen. Z identifies as trans , gay , gender queer, lesbian , pan-sexual and a number of other non-heterosexual categories.  And the rate is much higher in young women, so maybe a third of young women have shifted away from a traditional category? Why is this? Let's explore a few reasons why this has occured. First, let's make reference to the Salem Witch Trials . You may ask what that has to do with today. Well, Sigmund Freud discussed what he called " Social Contagion " (I know, during Corona media called that a new "conspiracy theory" yet Freud wrote about it in 1921).  He noted that when one person displays an emotion those around them connect and start to feel the same emotion.  So in refer...

Guilt: “ A bad feeling caused by knowing or thinking that you have done something bad or wrong. ” “ You are an educator and educators are the most guilt-ridden people on earth.   It is time for you to break your life pattern…demand from the cosmos what you deserve…” William Livingston, “ The Destiny of Our Past ”  Well, the former quote is Webster’s definition of guilt.  I believe most people think guilt hurts, but serves a higher purpose; even Freud said that guilt is what kept society together as it caused people to feel bad if they did something contrary to the established norms of society. However, while it may be that it does serve as a “policeman in the head” of the average person; it can be taken to pathological levels and used to control society beyond just maintaining the notion of not hurting others. Guilt stifles us, chains us and prevents us from acquiring the goals we otherwise might attain. It is a mechanism we must understand in order to ha...