Therapy

I am Bipolar Disorder

That's right. I'm Bipoar Disorder.  I'm pretty famous; you've probably already heard of me.  I've effected some of the greatest minds in the history of the world:  Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and Ernest Hemingway, among others.  Why am I important?  Well, not to brag or anything, but I cause unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, AND the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.  I could cause you to go from unexpectedly happy to severely depressed.  So you better watch out.  What, you don't think I could effect you?  WRONG.

The median age for onset is around 25 years.  However, I can begin in childhood or very late adulthood also.  If you're wondering, I effect women and men equally.  More than 2 million American adults/about 1 percent of the population age 18 or older in any given year have me.  One of those 2 million could be you!

But I'm not the mean guy everyone thinks I am.  Besides, I don't effect people all the time.  I mean, people are stuck with me for life.  However, it's not like they have an attack every month.  Still, some people are able to lessen the frequency and severity of my attacks with treatment.  Whatever.  Killjoys.  If you really want to look out for me, then looks at the risk factors.  I do tend to run in families, and scientists are looking at the brain structure and functioning too.  Hopefully they aren't successfull.  Don't get rid of me!     

I'm Bored. So Enjoy These Cartoons.

Personality Test Results

These tests always interest me. :)

Your Type is

ISFP

Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving

Strength of the preferences % 

78       62       38       22

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes3.asp

Extraversion Report

Score at a Glance

Percentile	1
Avg. Response	1.3

Your average score on extraversion was 1.3, which is considered low. It is in approximately the 1st percentile for females between 14 and 17 years old.
Your score on Extraversion is low, indicating you are introverted, reserved, and quiet. You enjoy solitude and solitary activities. Your socializing tends to be restricted to a few close friends.

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Agreeableness Report

Score at a Glance

Percentile	61
Avg. Response	4.8

Your average score on agreeableness was 4.8, which is considered average. It is in approximately the 61st percentile for females between 14 and 17 years old.
Your level of Agreeableness is average, indicating some concern with others' Needs, but, generally, unwillingness to sacrifice yourself for others.

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Conscientiousness Report

Score at a Glance

Percentile	18
Avg. Response	3

Your average score on conscientiousness was 3, which is considered low. It is in approximately the 18th percentile for females between 14 and 17 years old.
Your score on Conscientiousness is low, indicating you like to live for the moment and do what feels good now. Your work tends to be careless and disorganized.

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Emotional Stability Report

Score at a Glance

Percentile	32
Avg. Response	2.9

Your average score on emotional stability was 2.9, which is considered average. It is in approximately the 32nd percentile for females between 14 and 17 years old.
Your score on Emotional Stability is average, indicating that your level of emotional reactivity is typical of the general population. Stressful and frustrating situations are somewhat upsetting to you, but you are generally able to get over these feelings and cope with these situations.

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Openness Report

Score at a Glance

Percentile	27
Avg. Response	4

Your average score on openness was 4, which is considered low. It is in approximately the 27th percentile for females between 14 and 17 years old.
Your score on Openness to Experience is low, indicating you like to think in plain and simple terms. Others describe you as down-to-earth, practical, and conservative.

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http://test.personality-project.org/survey/yourscores.php?G=2&Y=17&A=4.8&O=4&E=1.3&S=2.9&C=3&M=0

Mai and her Candy Cane

http://www.zooburst.com/zb_books-viewer.php?book=zb0_4da6feb427831

The Genius of Sigmund Freud...and Some Cartoons :)

Quotes from the Man himself:

"America is a mistake, a giant mistake."

"America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success."

"If you can't do it, give up!"

"Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends."

"Time spent with cats is never wasted."

"No one who has seen a baby sinking back satiated from the breast and falling asleep with flushed cheeks and a blissful smile can escape the reflection that this picture persists as a prototype of the expression of sexual satisfaction in later life."

Motivation

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

This whole section on motivation made a lot of sense to me.  With homework and things of that sort, where you are forced to do something, it seems to take FOREVER to do it.  But with work that I actually enjoy doing, it takes no time at all.  This really shows is the grades of the classes I enjoy.  In math classes I have always had lower scores than in english classes, which I enjoy taking, for example.  I can also see how the motivation of money can only go so far.  It might be fine for small things, but if we already have enough money to sustain ourselves we are not going to be motivated to do work we hate just for money.  Money does not bring us happiness!

"Rewards force us to consider our work in a limited way, even work that we might gain great satisfaction from doing without the promise of reward."

"Once a reasonable standard of living is achieved, rewards and punishment not only don’t motivate us to do more, better, or faster, they often demotivate us."

 Quotes from : http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/the-science-of-motivation.html

Liar Liar...

It seems that every time I take one of these microexpressions tests, I get progressively worse.  I got 8 out of 10 the first time I took it, 7 out of 10 the second time, and 5 out of 10 the third time.  I had taken the test back when I started watching the show Lie to Me.  Though I only got through the first season, it was a pretty good show.  It was such a new and interesting concept for a show that it got me hooked for a while.  I feel like it would be a good social skill to have to be able to read expressions well.  You can work much easier with people if you know what they are feeling.  But it could also ruin personal relationships, as I've seen on the show.  Because of the main guy's ability to read expressions, he can always tell what his family is feeling.  While this can be good, it can also be invasive to someone's privacy and would really bother someone who is trying to hide their emotions.  Some people just want to think to themselves and don't want someone asking them what's wrong.  I'm pretty good at reading expression with those that I know well, but not so much with strangers.