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Feelings you may experience with Cancer Fear It’s frightening to hear you have cancer. Most people cope better when they know what to expect. Anger You may feel angry with health care professionals, your God, or even yourself if you think you may have contributed to the cancer or a delay in diagnosis. Disbelief: You may have trouble accepting that you have cancer, especially if you don’t feel sick. It may take time to accept the diagnosis. Sadness It is natural for a person with cancer to feel sad. If you have continual feelings of sadness, and feel sleepy and unmotivated – talk to your doctor – you may be clinically depressed. Guilt It is common to look for a cause of cancer. While some people blame themselves, no-one deserves to get cancer. loneliness It’s natural to feel that nobody understands what you’re going through. You might feel lonely and isolated if your family and friends have trouble dealing with cancer, or if you a...
10 Ways to Catch a Liar Experts have 10 tips that can let you know if someone isn't telling you the whole truth. By Heather Hatfield WebMD Feature Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD WebMD Feature Archive J.J. Newberry was a trained federal agent, skilled in the art of deception detection. So when a witness to a shooting sat in front of him and tried to tell him that when she heard gunshots she didn't look, she just ran -- he knew she was lying. How did Newberry reach this conclusion? The answer is by recognizing telltale signs that a person isn't being honest, like inconsistencies in a story, behavior that's different from a person's norm, or too much detail in an explanation. While using these signs to catch a liar takes extensive training and practice, it's no longer only for authorities like Newberry. Now, the average person can become adept at identifying dishonesty, and it's not as hard as you might think. Experts tell WebMD the top ...
16 Questions That Might Tell You Whether You're A Sociopath Psychologists have changed the diagnostic definition of sociopathy several times over the decades. It used to be called being a "psychopath." Sociopath is the newer term. More recently, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition has renamed the condition " Antisocial Personality Disorder " and reduced it to seven main characteristics. However, the first researcher to name the concept of psychopathy was Dr. Hervey Cleckley, who published a book titled "The Mask of Sanity" in 1941, Thomas writes. Cleckley noted that psychopathy was difficult to diagnose precisely because it presents itself without the obvious symptoms of mental disorder. Psychopaths and sociopaths are often a bit too rational. In her new book, Thomas says Cleckley's 16 behavioral characteristics hit home. "Nowhere else have I recognized the sociopath inside me more ...
Christian Keysers Ph.D. The Empathic Brain Inside the Mind of a Psychopath – Empathic, But Not Always Brain imaging shows psychopaths can empathize but do not empathize spontaneously Posted Jul 24, 2013 To be sure, most psychopaths neither have Hannibal Lecter’s brilliant mind nor his rather peculiar culinary taste. They usually do not eat the liver of their victims. And yet, Lecter’s character does illustrate one of the conundrums of psychopathy : they can be socially cunning if they want to . They are able to seduce their victims into a dark alley, and, seconds later, turn into cold blooded rapists or murderers. Unlike most murderers, who act in the heat of a passion, and later feel guilty about what they have done, psychopaths feel no such remorse. Prof. Keysers scans a participant Source: (c) Valeria Gazzola So far, the dominant understanding of psychopathy was that they basically lack emotion...