tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post7694111750578331738..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Do Opposites Attract?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23566178589888732382011-01-19T07:36:53.408-08:002011-01-19T07:36:53.408-08:00Thank you so much, Anonymous, for that very gracio...Thank you so much, Anonymous, for that very gracious and generous comment. I am humbled but very happy to know that you enjoy the blog and are profiting from it.<br /><br />This is going to sound like a bit of a cliche... but that makes the work that I put into it worthwhile.<br /><br />I am not always as informed as I should be about the issues that are of special interest to college students, so if there are any topics or questions that you would like me to address, please feel free to leave a comment or drop me an email.<br /><br />Again, many, many thanks...Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22353879702790705542011-01-18T19:34:41.048-08:002011-01-18T19:34:41.048-08:00Hi,
I'm a 20 year old undergrad psychology stu...Hi,<br />I'm a 20 year old undergrad psychology student and I just wanted to say how much I look forward to reading your blog every day and how much I appreciate the effort you put forth. I draw so much wisdom and enlightenment from almost every single post. I've become so disillusioned with my major because I find myself disagreeing with so much that is being taught. I had so many negative feelings and garnered so much resentment towards every class I was taking. I stumbled across your blog and it so accurately described every thing I was feeling towards the entire field of psychology and also the world. Your blog has covered almost all of the thoughts I have been taught were shameful or that made me a bad person for feeling and explained so beautifully why feeling this way didn't make me a bigot or narrowminded. (Being anti-Gay marriage, anti-hooking up) You take topics that are so controversial and explain them so eloquently. You make your argument so gingerly and rationally that no one could accuse you of being a bigot. When I read your posts on character, virtue, and manners I am reminded that despite what our society tries to tell people, there IS a right and wrong and it is worth defending. You have given me more advice and wisdom than any of my professors have. You remind me why being a good person is worth the struggle, especially when it seems like good character counts for less and less. A love letter was not my intention, but I really can't say enough good things about your blog and I thought you should know how much some people get out of it. You are the voice of reason in such a confusing time. So for that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Can you just be the president? I think we would be in a much better place. <br />-indebted in los angelesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76283519710579052432011-01-18T18:13:04.919-08:002011-01-18T18:13:04.919-08:00TO: Dr. Schneiderman
RE: Gee....
Do Opposites Att...TO: Dr. Schneiderman<br />RE: Gee....<br /><br /><b>Do Opposites Attract</b><br /><br />...has anyone done an MBTI analysis? <br /><br />I know that I'm an ENTJ.<br /><br />I also know that the distaff is an INTJ.<br /><br />Are those qualifying 'opposites'?<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[Democracy is two Bolsheviks and a kulak voting for how to re-distribute property. Liberty is a well armed and well trained kulack in opposition to the vote.]<br /><br />P.S. Yeah....<br /><br />....I know the tag-line is a tad 'obscure'....BUT....based on what I've been observing of late....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11099605528274581972011-01-18T12:30:43.004-08:002011-01-18T12:30:43.004-08:00I wonder if this prefigures the Carville-Matalin m...I wonder if this prefigures the Carville-Matalin marriage.<br /><br />I agree with Beam, however, that differences of opinion are only important if people identify completely with them.<br /><br />Some people refuse to associate with others who have different opinions, and they would obviously have a difficult time sustaining a relationship with someone who disagreed with them.<br /><br />For my part I prefer to emphasize customs, manners, and values-- the propriety/decorum axis-- as a better way to identify oneself socially than by ideological commitment.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11990237700139366402011-01-18T11:47:52.973-08:002011-01-18T11:47:52.973-08:00Determining what traits are really "in common...Determining what traits are really "in common," though, can be trickier than it seems. Two people can have similar family backgrounds, religions, political views, etc, but yet be very, very different in terms of their deep values and psychological makeups.<br /><br />In Ayn Rand's "We the Living," the fierce anti-Communist Kira becomes close friends with the devoted Communist Andrei. Here's Kira, speaking to Andrei:<br /><br />"..you see, if we had souls, which we haven't, and if our souls met - yours and mine - they'd fight to death. But after they had torn each other to pieces, to the very bottom, they'd see that they had the same root..."David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com