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Meets social needs and people like to keep up on what is going on socially. I would imagine that a person gets addicted because they have a lack of intimacy in their lives and get some form of it out of facebook. not necessarily, my brothers girlfriend practically lives on there. I check it and wri...

Meets social needs and people like to keep up on what is going on socially.

I would imagine that a person gets addicted because they have a lack of intimacy in their lives and get some form of it out of facebook.

Ironically CBT can only be done by the individual, if you went to a professional about it they would guide you through different techniques but you are the one who has to perform them. Dr.David Burns books are great as well as Meditations by Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Do your TEA form every day and se...

Ruthless Mask Self is self evident: "I think therefore I am" -Descartes You seem to be under the impression that the processes that make up a sentient being have to be completely coherent. They are not and a person is indeed a jumble of disparate processes; but sentience has to operate som...

Mastering fusion would allow for the production of pretty much anything, water, organic compounds, you can also clean pollution right out of anything and you could just shoot all the toxic waste that you can't process into a star as you would have unlimited energy but most waste could be processed i...

Sentient beings with the ability for manipulate the universe using technology took billions of years to develop here on Earth. We have a long lived star, a planet with a mobile molten core that protects us from radiation due to magnetic field, as well as solar winds that do the same, we have the per...

"I think eventually, if people can be educated enough then a logical argument for these behaviors can be implemented." WTNP- eGreeting, Educated in what? religious studies, evolutionary theory, philosophy, history, or English? Education in general, enough of it in any subject will result ...

I think the essence of most religions is to emphasize the will over the passions. To use the will to live in a manner that makes a person at peace and fulfilled and to impart such tranquility to those around them. Many people in a population are uneducated/ignorant and so this is facilitated not wit...

I would consider myself spiritual now. It was the thing I was missing for a long time. Religion provides for people's spiritual needs and thus is a cornerstone of a civilization, but really it is just a philosophy. There are various superstitions and such but it boils down to a way of thinking that ...

Sounds controlling but need more information, check out the criteria for each PD and see which one applies. There is also usually depression and bi-polar tendencies that go with many of them as well. Often the root causes of these things are the way in which people think, does she seem to have troub...

I have used it, it's quite mild but it does work. I still find it useful during the winter months when there is less direct sunlight and the body seems prone to seasonal affective disorder. IMO it will take some of the edge off depression, for severe or moderate depression medication is better. Alth...

CBT really helped me with this, it got me thinking about how I think and helped me change my underlying beliefs regarding social interactions. It's a really good place to start. I would send you a caution though, things can be pretty rocky at first when you learn to 'swim' so to speak. This is norma...

Hello everyone, been pretty busy and not posting here as often as a result. Just wanted to send out some good vibes if I can. Feeling really good and happy at this time of year for the first time in a long while. This forum and the caring people on it have been no small part of this. I hope for good...

Governments could, of course, actively discourage breeding simply by stopping child endowment payments that make motherhood a career choice. They won't, because high population growth is a money-spinner. Candid, I know you're often kidding, & I hope you were here. If not... 1st - There's more m...

Course this makes you think, what is enlightenment? If a large part is self awareness, then it would follow that a person would begin to see the true nature of the dynamic interactions they have with others and those between other people. I suppose the opening of the 'mind's eye' if you will. Thank...