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kindmemory

Evil lurks

Jul 10, 2010 15:57

I read another book by M. Scott Peck, the psychiatrist who wrote People of the Lie, the book that had the 4 characteristics of truly evil people (they're cheap, they're stupid, they lie and they are confusing ( Read more... )

psychotherapy, evil, books, depression

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Reading. (Stef) freddie2431 July 11 2010, 03:34:18 UTC

*Sigh* it must be nice to have a public library. Our county has trouble doing that, but it's a long story so I won't go in to it.

Those sound like very triggering, but very interesting, books. Possibly very useful as well, in some ways.

In case we never read them, thank you for the reviews!

Re: Reading. (Stef) kindmemory July 12 2010, 22:51:22 UTC

It was triggering, I found The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty to be quite scary when I read it at age 12. But this time I think I was ready for it, and it generated both a really nasty bit of thought that must have been at the back of my mind for a long time, but I was able to think through and then 2 of my alts were praying about it. And I just felt better.

It's really interesting. Scott Peck is dead now, but he wrote some pretty interesting books, and in general I feel like I learn some things about psychiatry when I read them.

It can kind of freak you out though, the one about exorcisms. I have read The Road Less Travelled and People of the Lie, both somewhat less creepy, lol.

Stupidity (Stef and crew) freddie2431 July 11 2010, 03:43:09 UTC

We'd be interested in the author's definition of stupid. That's a word with several meanings.

The other terms are pretty self-explanatory.

We're going to hazard a guess that the author was talking about people who, on some level, refuse to understand, and hide behind pretending they can't when on the inside they can and they do. It's a kind of excuse-making - like, oops I did it again. (?)

Well, even if the people with these characteristics are not truly evil, they are still best avoided, we're thinking. Because they certainly seem to cause sabotage wherever they go.

Re: Stupidity (Stef and crew) kindmemory July 12 2010, 23:02:57 UTC

There were a couple who had two sons, one killed himself with a shotgun. The parents gave their remaining some the shotgun for Christmas, yes, that shotgun. They were well employed at skilled jobs, both had college educations. They showed absolutely no guilt whatsoever, not even the normal kind that parents feel when that kind of things happens. I would think anyone would feel "did I do something wrong? Could I have done more?" in that situation, if it is a close family member or someone you knew well and spent time with ( ... )

Book by Peck (Freddie) freddie2431 July 11 2010, 06:54:41 UTC

Actually, I'm really thinking I would like to read this book now ( ... )

Re: Book by Peck (Freddie) kindmemory July 12 2010, 23:09:00 UTC

Enough is enough, I am coming to think, Freddie. And I'm only 51, so young to have found that out (haha!)

Some of us heard years ago that they started remembering their early trauma when they were financially stable enough to leave their family who caused a lot of the trauma. So we got it in our heads, "Get rich quick!" and a lot of life became a mostly useless race to find money. It got ridiculous and we just got our mind set on "money!"

Bit independence is a frame of mind I guess. We still live and home but feel more confident after being out for a while that some independence would be achievable. And we are remembering as much as we can reasonably handle.

Okay, admittedly we do have some money anxiety, because...not employed for a while.