The Psychology Book (Big Ideas)
Pathological (e.g. delusional projection) ii. Immature (e.g. passive aggression) iii. Neurotic (e.g. hypochondriasis) iv. Mature (e.g. humour / altruism).
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Your Psych Spectrum position ebbs and flows throughout each day, each month, and each year of our lives, as we go through happy times and hard times, great days and terrible ones, good moods and crankiness. Even a single bad night’s sleep has the potential to lower you down the spectrum the next day. But if we could quantify all of your various sta... See more
Tim Urban • Page Not Found — Wait But Why
When the pleasure principle, or Life Force, attaches to situations of passivity and/or stagnation, we call it masochism. When the pleasure principle attaches to situations of overexertion of power, control, or forcing, we call it sadism.
Eva Pierrakos • The Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork
The most fun-loving of all the personality types are people who are sanguine.