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Topic: Understanding our own personal neurosis
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LibraSparkle
Knowflake Posts: 156
From: Vancouver USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted May 31, 2004 03:30 PM
 
In a previous string I posted an article by Albert Bernstein. Through his site I also found (quite some time ago) some interesting Q&As that you can answer for yourself or for someone you are trying to understand better.The Q&As come from a book he has written titled Emotional Vampires. From the site...
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EMOTIONAL VAMPIRESThis is my newest book, published in September of 2000. Not just annoying people, but darkly seductive. Emotional Vampires draw you in with charm, beauty, talent, and pulse pounding excitement. Then they drain you – not of blood but of every last drop of emotional energy.
You know them – Sexy, but unreliable lovers, drama queens who use emotions like Afghan Rebels use Kalishnikovs, jealous spouses, demanding parents, manipulative coworkers, and bosses with gigantic egos, who are so small everywhere else.
It’s almost supernatural how quickly Emotional Vampires can get you to trust them, then, just as quickly, get under your skin and drain you dry. It’s downright scary how quickly they can trick you into letting them come back and do it again. Psychologists would diagnose Emotional Vampires with Personality Disorders, those strange mental illnesses drive other people crazy. To protect yourself from children of the night, you must understand what personality disorders are, and how they operate.
With checklists, examples, and detailed, step-by-step instructions, Dr. Albert J., Psychologist and best-selling author of Dinosaur Brains, tells you all you need to know to save yourself from a tremendous pain in the neck.
Here are links to the Q&As:
Anti-Social
Histrionic
Narcissistic
Obsessive-Compulsive
Paranoid I hope someone finds this as helpful as I have. I took these tests several months ago and found I'm a nice mild combo of Histrionic and Obsessive-Compulsive. Happy Learning  IP: Logged |
purplezen
Knowflake Posts: 570
From: outer space
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted May 31, 2004 09:51 PM
Thanks for the links librasparkle. I dated an emotional vampire once, and that description is right on the dot!  IP: Logged |
Tuesday
Knowflake Posts: 195
From: Kansas
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted June 06, 2004 08:49 PM
2. THIS PERSON IS FRIENDLY, ENTHUSIASTIC, ENTERTAINING AND ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS.16. THIS PERSON FERVENTLY FOLLOWS SEVERAL TELEVISION SHOWS OR SPORTS TEAMS.
Is that site for real? The warning signs could describe just about anyone...
23. THIS PERSON BELIEVES IN UFO?S, ASTROLOGY, PSYCHIC PHENOMENA OR OTHER CONCEPTS THAT MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER TO BE ON THE FRINGE OF CREDIBILITY.
Looks like we're all paranoid emotional vampires 
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LibraSparkle
Knowflake Posts: 156
From: Vancouver USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted June 06, 2004 09:35 PM
That's exactly the idea, Tuesday... we all ARE emotional vampires to one degree or another. Maybe not all paranoid. Furthermore, if you read the small print at the bottom of the page you will see that a person qualifies if the answer 5 or more questions right, allowing for the fact that we all may have some of these characteristics.IP: Logged |
Everlong
Knowflake Posts: 162
From: Southeast Florida
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted June 07, 2004 10:25 PM
Apparently I'm pretty paranoid (9 questions right) and a little bit OC (5 questions right). That sounds about right. Everyone that knows me knows that I'm pretty paranoid- I jump everytime someone does that pretend-to-punch-you-in-the-face thing.------------------
"Out of your depth or not, it's up to you whether you sink or swim." IP: Logged | |
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