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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:45:15 +0000

What Is Success? Is It Money? Is It Recognition?
By: Al Zan, Wed Apr 4th, 2007
What is success? Is it money? Is it recognition? I think that any serious entrepreneur will need to face the difficult question: “What is my definition of success?” This would apply equally to the on-line world as much as non-Internet businesses. While this may seem like a strange position for me to take when there is so much hype about how to be successful around, I think it’s an important point for reflection. And if you are reading this saying “that’s easy, it’s to make money” - think again. It really isn’t that easy.

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Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:37:04 +0000

Lesbians And The Psychology Of Body Art, Piercings & Tattoos
By: Sarah Harris, Wed Apr 4th, 2007
Society, and the pressure it exerts on its members to conform, must not be underestimated. We, as lesbians (and women), know this only too well. Many of us were discouraged from playing with so-called “boys toys”, and many of our families still have a problem with the length of our hair, or the way we dress, or both. I recently overheard a woman in a bus queue asking a little girl who can’t have been older than four or five, whether she had a boyfriend yet. The subtle (and not so subtle) social pressures are there right from the word go.

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Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:35:54 +0000

Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders as Bipolar I Disorder
By: Sam Vaknin, Wed Mar 7th, 2007
The manic phase of the Bipolar I Disorder is often misdiagnosed as a Personality Disorder. In the manic phase of Bipolar Disorder, patients exhibit many of the signs and symptoms of certain personality disorders, such as the Narcissistic, Borderline, Histrionic, or even Schizotypal Personality Disorders: they are hyperactive, self-centered, lack empathy, and are control freaks. The manic patient is euphoric, delusional, has grandiose fantasies, spins unrealistic schemes, and has frequent rage attacks (is irritable) if her or his wishes and plans are (inevitably) frustrated.

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Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:34:17 +0000

The Dependent Patient - A Case Study
By: Sam Vaknin, Wed Mar 7th, 2007
Notes of first therapy session with Mona, female, 32, diagnosed with Dependent Personality Disorder (or Codependence)

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Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:56:33 +0000

The Sadistic Patient - A Case Study
By: Sam Vaknin, Wed Mar 7th, 2007
Disclaimer: The Sadistic personality disorder was included in the DSM III-TR but removed from the DSM IV and from its text revision, the DSM IV-TR. This was criticized by some scholars, notably Theodore Millon.