February 2012
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The End of the World - Skeeter Davis
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affective forecasting - Predicting how one will feel should a particular event or outcome unfold.
bibliotherapy - A form of therapy or self-help that uses books as therapeutic tools.
miswanting - Desiring something that one erroneously believes will make one happy.
mindblindness - The inability to perceive another person’s mental state.
milk brain - n. 1. Feelings of disorientation and...
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Young Lions - The Maccabees
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tridecaphobia - Fear of the number thirteen.
toxic knowledge - Knowledge of a potential genetic predisposition for a particular disease, esp. when that information creates anxiety and other psychological problems.
junior moment - A momentary lapse into immaturity; nervousness or folly caused by youth or inexperience.
iPod oblivion - Obliviousness to one’s surroundings caused by listening...
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“Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn’t something you do the first time you think of doing it. It takes getting used to. And you need the means, the opportunity, the motive. A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
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How to Fight Loneliness - Wilco
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ICU psychosis - A medical condition that causes a patient in an intensive care unit to experience disorientation and hallucinations
sudden wealth syndrome - Stress and anxiety caused by the sudden accumulation of unaccustomed wealth.
sudden loss of wealth syndrome - Stress and anxiety caused by an abrupt loss of wealth.
hopium - The irrational belief that, despite all evidence to the contrary,...
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“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life…You...
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“In love relationships there is a fine line between pleasure and pain. In fact it...”
– Carrie Bradshaw
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ego wall - A wall on which a person has hung their degrees, certificates, and awards, as well as photographs in which they appear with famous people.
school refusal - An extreme fear of attending school.
self-handicapping - Hindering one’s own performance in order to have an excuse for failing; offering excuses for a poor performance before one has even attempted the task.
frequency...