Ask Madame TMFKASophist and Ye Shall Receive!!!!!! (Maybe)

[Tom/Mutate]

The only one of those books I've heard of is one already on my to-buy list - Phantoms.  (Apart from Sacks of course.)  I'd like to get into Carl Rogers too.  Thanks Sophist.

NLP is neuro linguistic programming, a type of therapy based on hypnosis.

[The Member Formerly Known As Sophist]

Thanks Sophist

You're welcome. 

The only one of those books I've heard of is one already on my to-buy list - Phantoms.  (Apart from Sacks of course.)  I'd like to get into Carl Rogers too.  Thanks Sophist.

Rogers is interesting, although I don't know a whole lot about him other than through classes and through my mother (who is a more classically trained psychologist). Though I do appreciate that his therapeutic methods have certainly affected psychotherapy in many ways for the better.

NLP is neuro linguistic programming, a type of therapy based on hypnosis.

I know this is my question thread, but would you mind describing it a bit?

[Tom/Mutate]

It's all about changing your own feelings and thoughts, behaviors... creating a signal to make yourself feel good by remembering a time you were happy, breaking negative , limiting though patterns, etc.  It's become a bit for a craze in recent years - the psychology section in my local borders has a whole shelf for it.  They use the creating rapport techniques for salesmen and men who are out to pick up women.  Theres a famous self help guru/hypnotherapist called Anthony Robbins who writes a lot of books on it - he was in the film Shallow Hall as himself.

[The Member Formerly Known As Sophist]

Hmm, interesting. 

[driftingblizzard]

Are you an early riser?

[The Member Formerly Known As Sophist]

Hmm, since I'm not male, I will take that to mean "Do I wake up early?"

Um, if I can help it, no. But I also am not a late-riser either. Most typically (unless I end up staying up really late for some reason), I tend to go to sleep between 10pm-12pm and then wake up (aside from the aid of an alarm clock) between 8am and 9:30am.

I don't like waking up too early because that just feels too industrious but then I hate waking up too late because I feel like I've wasted too much of the day away.

[driftingblizzard]

Hmm, since I'm not male, I will take that to mean "Do I wake up early?"

Um, if I can help it, no. But I also am not a late-riser either. Most typically (unless I end up staying up really late for some reason), I tend to go to sleep between 10pm-12pm and then wake up (aside from the aid of an alarm clock) between 8am and 9:30am.

I don't like waking up too early because that just feels too industrious but then I hate waking up too late because I feel like I've wasted too much of the day away.

I like that, its a very down-to-earth answer! 

I used to pride myself on always getting up early, but now I realize there are benefits to being able to sleep in sometimes too.  Although like you, if I sleep too long, I feel like I've wasted a good part of the day.

[The Member Formerly Known As Sophist]

Hmm, since I'm not male, I will take that to mean "Do I wake up early?"

Um, if I can help it, no. But I also am not a late-riser either. Most typically (unless I end up staying up really late for some reason), I tend to go to sleep between 10pm-12pm and then wake up (aside from the aid of an alarm clock) between 8am and 9:30am.

I don't like waking up too early because that just feels too industrious but then I hate waking up too late because I feel like I've wasted too much of the day away.

I like that, its a very down-to-earth answer! 

I used to pride myself on always getting up early, but now I realize there are benefits to being able to sleep in sometimes too.  Although like you, if I sleep too long, I feel like I've wasted a good part of the day.

To me, what it means to wake up "early" means that I get less sleep and not usually that I've just gone to bed earlier. And if I don't get enough sleep, it definitely turns my entire day to shite.

On a related note, graduate school will be oh so interesting... 

[Callaway]

To me, what it means to wake up "early" means that I get less sleep and not usually that I've just gone to bed earlier. And if I don't get enough sleep, it definitely turns my entire day to shite.

On a related note, graduate school will be oh so interesting... 

Why, what time will your earliest class be?

[Tom/Mutate]

Sophist,

I want to tell you that I always meant to get back in touch with you.  I joined your Gestalt forum but kept forgetting to post on it.  I am glad to see you here.

[thepeaguy]

Sophist,

I want to tell you that I always meant to get back in touch with you.  I joined your Gestalt forum but kept forgetting to post on it.  I am glad to see you here.

Peaguy did NOT say that. 

[Tom/Mutate]

No, peaGAY did.

[The Member Formerly Known As Sophist]

To me, what it means to wake up "early" means that I get less sleep and not usually that I've just gone to bed earlier. And if I don't get enough sleep, it definitely turns my entire day to shite.

On a related note, graduate school will be oh so interesting... 

Why, what time will your earliest class be?

No idea. But I'm sure I will spend most of my time "living" at the medschool...  Aside from Gross Anatomy, the classes will be the easy part. It's the work outside of the classes (labs, etc.) that'll be grueling. 40 hour weeks + I'm sure... But not the 9-5 kind of 40-hour weeks...

[The Member Formerly Known As Sophist]

Sophist,

I want to tell you that I always meant to get back in touch with you.  I joined your Gestalt forum but kept forgetting to post on it.  I am glad to see you here.

No worries.

[DirtDawg]

Hmm, thought you would have said, "No wollies."