Sand Ceremony? They look very beautiful. Having the old
maid and "Miss Haversham" (sort of left at the altar)
syndrome myself I can only imagine how beautiful that could
be! Maybe I was suppose to be a nun! Yes, I do have an "old
man" in the wings. Divorced he isnt looking forward to the
paperwork again. I guess I really am left in the lurch! Not
in my Barbie doll dreams did I ever think I would end up
like this! Blessing to all those so lucky to find the
"right stuff". What the world needs know is a lot more
love, sweet love!Do they still give out fruit cake at
weddings that you can put under your pillow to wait for
your prince? Maybe this only in Cinderella's - The Real
Life Story! :)jajo--- In
mikeswritingworkshop@yahoogroups.com, "Gayle Hedrington"
>
> I think it's foolish to go into debt for a wedding.
Simple can be elegant
Dear Bruce: The double entendres in your poem
"Antiquity" prove once again in their brilliance the
enlightening effect in has on the hyperbolic funny bone.
How "countless" these "moments" of "bent"ness where a
"pleasure" dome decree. In antiquitarian actuality, the
Ancient Greeks built temples to their gods, the rent of
which must have been a huge headache.
Whether or not they could afford those marbled temples is
disputable, it must have been wholly a pricey expenditure.
RENT the musical may give credence to the methods used in
the procuring of said rent.
"The Roaming Greek" sounds like an original name for an
Italian-Greek restaurant. I do recall the Rome-Greek perios
in Art History, known as Greco-Roman. YOu don't mince
words, you julienne them! Love it Bruce!!!jajo--- In
mikeswritingworkshop@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Hamilton"
>
> ANTIQUITY
> Antiquity came and then went,
> and countless new moments are bent
> on longing for pleasure
> that somehow might measure
> how royalty paid its last rent.
>
> It's all roaming Greek. -- bh
>
> >
> >>Dear Firm: There must be a lot of new developments in
aberrant psychology of late. I really love reading
Psychology Today and other journals and studies in regards
to this subject, I did study this in 3rd year university.
The experts realize that the antisocial personality may be
part genetic as well as resultant environment deviations.
Whether or not you believe that antisocial behaviour is
nuture or nature determines where you stand in terms of
treatment for these unfortunate souls. Your comment about
the antiscoial teenage boy seducing the teacher is
interesting and brings about much speculation in my mind
and reminds me of the new story a few years ago with the
woman teacher and her young charge.
The youth may be a product of his environment, a negligent
father usually, and a mother who may be sending mixed
signals. The boy sounds confused. The nature of the male
beast is to actualize the "conquest". This aspect of the
male to seduce the adult teacher is kin to putting a
feather in his cap.
The teacher may be a "cougar", searching for some young
thing to verify her worth as a woman. The student
encouraging her sense by taking a personal interest in her,
something which may be lacking in her own family life. The
teacher's waivering sense of self may have been confused as
she continues to age and as her husband finds less sexual
interest in her.
Once her powers as a sexual being are confirmed by the
youth taking interest in her, reaffirms her positive self
image. Her ego being thus stroked, becomes biochemical as
endorphines are released with the "feel good" vibes from
the student. Since it is much like a high, the teacher
becomes addicted to this unconditional love and seeks its
availability.
However, if these roles are reversed and the teacher is
seducing the student, she has serious problems with her
sexual identity and feels she must corrupt an innocent
student as a subconscious drive from her abusive past. If
this is the case, she probably has a form of nymphomania.
Most nymphos cannot satisfy and are on the constant search
for the perfect fit (if you get my drift).Anti-social
behaviour can also be a condition caused by high levels of
mercury and other cotaminants, such as that chemical found
in plastics. Both the teacher and the student need
psychiatric help because, no matter who is the agressor,
the relationship is all about abuse of power. Since the
behaviours of the sexual agressor are aberrant they must be
treated. Treatment of choice would be the classic
conditioning and deconditioning of BF Skinner and others.
Also, the methods of Abrahams and Maslow, as in Humanist
Psychology would help to remedy the abnormal sexual
behaviours and help to stop any further recidivism.jajo---
In mikeswritingworkshop@yahoogroups.com,
"firmwareengineer1"
>
> I am currently having the pleasure to read THE CRIMINAL
PERSONALITY by Samuel Yochelson and Stanton E Samenow. I
have read numerous books on Antisocial Personality Disorder
but this one is the clear favorite in terms of the depth of
insight it offers. The authors' theoretical orientation is
clearly CBT, and what is amazing is their contention that
APD is a treatable condition. I find that interesting
because CBT is being used in England to treat antisocials,
and there was an article in THE GUARDIAN a few weeks ago by
some amateur who insisted the therapists were being put
upon by clever criminals. (That does in fact occur during
the early stage of treatment, but the therapists move
beyond that if they succeed in establishing rapport with
their criminal clients.) This is also interesting because
not so many years ago it was standard dogma that the only
"cure" for antisocial personality was either a bullet or
lifetime incarceration. These authors are not so
pessimistic.
Dear Bruce: The double entendres in your poem "Antiquity"
prove once again in their brilliance the enlightening
effect in has on the hyperbolic funny bone. How "countless"
these "moments" of "bent"ness where a "pleasure" dome
decree. In antiquitarian actuality, the Ancient Greeks
built temples to their gods, the rent of which must have
been a huge headache.
Whether or not they could afford those marbled temples is
disputable, it must have been wholly a pricey expenditure.
RENT the musical may give credence to the methods used in
the procuring of said rent.
"The Roaming Greek" sounds like an original name for an
Italian-Greek restaurant. I do recall the Rome-Greek perios
in Art History, known as Greco-Roman. YOu don't mince
words, you julienne them! Love it Bruce!!!jajo--- In
mikeswritingworkshop@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Hamilton"
>
> ANTIQUITY
> Antiquity came and then went,
> and countless new moments are bent
> on longing for pleasure
> that somehow might
Dear Maya: Another good book to read, thank-you. Two
personality traits are responsible for criminal behaviour,
narcissism and misuse of power. The greek god Narcissis
looked at his reflection in the water, so infatuated and in
love with himself. This ego-centric analogy determines how
becomes similar to the inner focus of the autistic
child. In other words, maybe most criminals cannot relate
to others because they do not have the capacity to feel
outside of themselves. The world of the narcistic being
narrowed to an almost non-existent shared world. Maybe the
criminals must relearn or retrain the brain to understand
the concept of "others" and the empathetic feelings lacking
in their autistic selves. Again, I believe it could be
environmental, this chemical poisoning of the mind by
certain chemicals found in DPT vaccine shots for example.
The drug Thimersol is loaded with dangerous levels of
mercury. Deadly. And we wonder why we have so many
criminals and so many autistic children. Jim Carrey and
Jennie McCarthy have speared-headed an awareness of the
dangerous of excessive innoculations before the age of one.
It could lend credence to the reasons why we have our jails
filled to capacity and beyond and why many children are
labelled ADD, Depressed, Autistic, or emotionally vacant.
Hopefully we can save the lost generation. It is scary.
Jajo--- In mikeswritingworkshop@yahoogroups.com,
"mayareynoldswriter"
>
> Interesting.
>
> I'm reading THE ANATOMY OF EVIL by Michael H. Stone.
He's a psychiatrist who has done a detailed exam of the
histories of more than 500 criminals. He suggests two
personality traits reflected across the board in these
records: narcissism and the violent use (misuse) of power.
>
> The conceit he employs, which caught my attention because
I have played with it in writing fiction, is the levels of
Dante's Inferno.
>
> I find his personality traits more specific than the DSM
-IV TR's "reckless disregard" and "lack of remorse."
>
> Maya
>
>
> --- In mikeswritingworkshop@yahoogroups.com,
"firmwareengineer1"
> >
> > I am currently having the pleasure to read THE CRIMINAL
PERSONALITY by Samuel Yochelson and Stanton E Samenow. I
have read numerous books on Antisocial Personality Disorder
but this one is the clear favorite in terms of the depth of
insight it offers. The authors' theoretical orientation is
clearly CBT, and what is amazing is their contention that
APD is a treatable condition. I find that interesting
because CBT is being used in England to treat antisocials,
and there was an article in THE GUARDIAN a few weeks ago by
some amateur who insisted the therapists were being put
upon by clever criminals. (That does in fact occur during
the early stage of treatment, but the therapists move
beyond that if they succeed in establishing rapport with
their criminal clients.) This is also interesting because
not so many years ago it was standard dogma that the only
"cure" for antisocial personality was either a bullet or
lifetime incarceration. These authors are not so
pessimistic.
> >
> > Anyway, the book is not only interesting in and of
itself (even though it was written for Behavioral Health
professionals) but it occurs to me the detailed description
of the antisocial personality and how it works could be of
use to writers as well. I have read a lot of true crime,
and have been astonished again and again to find Yochelson
and Samenow describing and explaining behaviors and
thinking patterns that come up in the true crime books
without explanation. If you want to create criminal
characters who are true to life, this book could be
extremely valuable.
> >
> > As a side effect it also explains much of what we
commonly see in the news. One instance that comes to mind
is teachers who develop a legally indefensible hankering
for their students. According to the authors (who do not
mention the current bumper crop of randy teachers),
antisocial teenagers delight in coming on to young and
attractive teachers. Their intention is by definition to
defy the system and its rules, not to seduce the teacher.
But if an attractive 18 year old makes a 23 year old woman
think he is available, it is inevitable that some of these
ladies are going to go for the bait. As a matter of law the
adult is always and totally responsible, but the authors
say this is where the law deviates from psychiatry. From
the psychiatric perspective, the antisocial student bears
some of the responsibility, and is not in fact a victim,
since his participation is voluntary. Once the antisocial
is caught in some offense, he typically blames everyone
else, regardless of the nature of the offense. That seems
to be why these kids suddenly turn into victims when their
teacher lover is caught and prosecuted. The antisocial has
no real loyalty to anyone but himself or herself. "Lord"
Kitchener of British army fame comes to mind as I write
that. I have not read enough to understand whether this is
in fact the position of the authors or not, but it appears
from what I have read that the teachers may have at least
some antisocial tendencies themselves (they disregard the
ethics of their profession, after all and consciously
offend against the law), even though they may not be what
Y&S call "extreme criminals."
> >
> > Anyway, this is a genuinely fascinating book. Highly
recommended.
> >
>
measure
> how royalty paid its last rent.
>
> It's all roaming Greek. -- bh
>
Y&S call "extreme criminals."
>
> Anyway, this is a genuinely fascinating book. Highly
recommended.
>
--
> > Brenda Coxe
> > Freelance Writer
> > http://bscoxe.tripod.com
> >
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