https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usPWEpkNGvo&rel=0 Summary: Andy describes an encounter in a supermarket while looking after an elderly relative, when another shopper objected to how close he was standing. He reflects on differing attitudes to infection risk and responsibility towards other people, mentions his own previous COVID infection, and asks viewers what he should have said in reply.
Read moreWhy do people believe extraordinary claims in personal development?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlNvDBF45qI&rel=0 Join my YouTube channel to get access to loads of additional videos with new content added every week. This is the clip I refer to: https://youtu.be/5TVR67ApSXY From the documentary "Three Miles North of Molkom: Yellow Bamboo". And to save you looking for it, The Oregon Exploding Whale – the reason the internet was invented:..
Read moreArchetypes: “The Blasted Tower” (Qabalistic Path of Peh) – or, When Life Just Starts Falling Apart.
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Read moreLife after Facebook. Even MORE BOOKS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ets01k73no&rel=0 Summary: In another Life after Facebook update, Andy talks about the seagulls nesting outside and shows some of the books he has been reading. He is looking at social and cultural archetypes and archetypal stories, including those in the Bible, as part of his metaphors work. He mentions an upcoming online study group on..
Read moreStalkers stalk because they like stalking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlncNORTUi8&rel=0 Summary: In the third video of his stalking series, Andy turns to the problems of the stalker, and points viewers to a Reddit community for people being stalked. He describes recurring patterns in stalker behaviour, including demands, narcissistic behaviour, truth-based and grandiose lies, and smear campaigns, and says he believes these are aimed at..
Read moreStalking: The Problem of Other People, Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Ds875-v7k&rel=0 Summary: In the second video of his series on stalking, Andy talks about what he found to be the hardest part of being stalked: the behaviour and advice of other people, rather than the stalker. He describes how friends, acquaintances and colleagues can be drawn into the drama, and explains why he believes staying..
Read moreBitcoin Scam
I get a steady trickle of emails from concerned people asking for advice regarding the blackmail email about their webcam being hacked. Often, the email contains their password, which causes them concern as it gives gravitas to the claims in the email. By adjusting the email headers, it also looks like the email has [falsely]..
Read moreManufacturing Demons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK_IA9CBTHY&rel=0 Summary: Andy explains how a concept such as depression can be turned into a 'demon' through everyday language. He describes the shift from feeling depressed to saying 'I have depression', where the experience becomes a thing or person with its own will that seems to attack and ruin a life. Depression is the main..
Read moreCripple Sex
Many years ago, I briefly worked in a residential unit for severely physically challenged people. Now, I say "briefly" because my employment lasted exactly one day and 90 minutes. The first problem arose on day one from my candid conversations with a small group of 16–19-year-olds about how exactly sex is possible when one’s body..
Read moreThe problem with Nigel
The phone rang in the therapist’s office. The mother on the other end outlined the problem, Nigel, her son, now aged 44, had been in care for nearly 8 years in a state of catatonic schizophrenia. Various drugs and electroconvulsive therapy have been tried with only moderate and always temporary success. Neurological assessments revealed nothing..
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