By Lida Prypchan Very rare in its pure form, alcoholic hallucinosis, also known as hallucinatory paranoia and chronic alcoholic delirium, characteristically exhibits auditory hallucinations which generate delusions of persecution, while retaining clarity of the senses without impairment. It differs from delirium tremens in the predominance of auditory and tactile hallucinations and clarity of …
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The appetite for trivial novelty: INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT?
By: Lida Prypchan People are classified as either introverts or extroverts. This classification is very ambiguous and not particularly practical because a person can be both introverted and extroverted. It’s just that it’s an alternating process: the classification has greater value when we analyze the frequency of the periods when introversion or extroversion …
MY EXPERIENCE WITH NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO
by Lida Prypchan Experience by Lida Prypchan, Elmhurst District – Kosenrufu Gongyo, August 6, 2006 My name is Lida Prypchan. I come from Venezuela where I graduated as a medical doctor in 1986. I have been practicing Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism for 18 years. In 1988, while working as a medical doctor in my country, I …
Face Blindness and Art
There was a segment on 60 minutes about “face blindness” and how it has affected Chuck Close, an artist famous for his close-up portraits. Definition of “face blindness” from Wikipedia: Prosopagnosia (Greek: “prosopon” = “face”, “agnosia” = “not knowing”) is a disorder of face perception where the ability to recognize facesis impaired, while the ability …
ARE YOU A PSYCHOPATH?
By Lida Prypchan More men than women: ARE YOU A PSYCHOPATH? Check the Three “I”s: Impulsive + Instability + Intractability The sociopath (the psychopathic or antisocial personality) is generally associated with delinquency, sometimes with sexual crimes. There will, of course, be some cases of this type, maybe quite a few, but …
World Philosophy Day
Read more at: http://www.un.org/en/events/philosophyday/background.shtml Background Philosophy Day has been celebrated by UNESCO every year since 2002, on the third Thursday of November, both at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and other cities around the world. The General Conference of UNESCO established World Philosophy Day in 2005. UNESCO’s objective is to promote an international culture of philosophical …
PTSD and Art therapy
DOWNLOAD THE ORIGINAL PDF PRESENTATION HERE PTSD and Art therapy by Claudia Diaz-MS3 Objectives What, who and why PTSD? What are current treatment therapies? Art therapy in children Art therapy in adults Websites for sharing experiences with others who suffer from PTSD ptsd Traumatic event that continues to be relived and interferes with everyday …
Dissociative Experiences and Creativity – Survey Questions
Tony Pedri, a student at University of Washington School of Medicine has submitted a report to PP+A outlining the experiments and surveys performed to compare the level of creativity/imagination of fine arts students based on their “dissociative experiences”.For the entire report, please see the “Forum/Article” section of PP+A:http://ppplusa.ning.com/forum/topics/dissociation-and-creativityHypothesis:Fine arts students who are characterized by high …
Thinking Out of the Box: How Physical Experience Enhances Creativity
By Wray Herbert – from Huffington Post Original Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wray-herbert/physical-creative-proces… When Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg was working on his 1977 hit movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” he spent long hours puzzling over the artistic texture of the film, trying to get just the right feel. Late one night, he decided to …
The Ritual –
Poem By Carol Daly A word or a few in praise of Rituals, of which we know can heal Walking and running, meditation and yoga all help us cope and deal In wake of Irene the streets today were filled people rambling For flashlights -water -cans of tuna in stores they all were scrambling The …