Dear Readers
Yet another New Year is approaching. Yes, 2012 will be with us in just 3 more days! How time flies and how fast it flies.
Hmm...... expectedly, there will be lots of news about the history of 2011 events, achievements, happenings, highlights, comments, economics, politics, changes!! Are you able to recall them if they are not brought up again by the news? Are they important to you? Do they affect your lives? Have they brought back some memories? Sweet or sad memories? How did those news make a different in your doing?
Or without them, you are still surviving as usual? They don't really concern you or they do? You don't actually need to care or know what had happened? You do not read news as you have been too busy in your own circle?
Life is individual yet life is universal. The individual makes up the universe yet the universe does not entirely influence the individual. Life is dependent yet independent. At times you depend on someone or something, while after which, you are alone and you are yourself again.
Whatever it is, the world will not stop to wait for you, the clock continues to tick, life goes on. I am sure long list of resolutions are waiting to be announced for the better new year.
As usual, let's greet each other "Happy New Year", whether it does mean a thing to everyone.
Thursday, 29 December 2011
What is Life?
Dear Readers
What do you wish to achieve in life?
To those who believe in religion, this may be a simple and straight forward question. Answers are at the tips of the thumbs?! But what do you actually want in your current life? Do you know why you are here? Or do you just follow what others teach you and let others guide you?
The world never stops changing. It changes every second and every 100th of a second, nothing remains the same at the next moment you look at it. Isn't this fantastic? How do you hold on to the moment when you wish it to stay perfect for the rest of your life?
When you accomplish your missions, how do you maintain them and how do you prevent them from moving away onto something different? Are you satisfied with what you have? What more can you work on to fulfil what you wish for?
I am in the midst of confusion about life and what else I can do. Guess it is part of life itself.
What do you wish to achieve in life?
To those who believe in religion, this may be a simple and straight forward question. Answers are at the tips of the thumbs?! But what do you actually want in your current life? Do you know why you are here? Or do you just follow what others teach you and let others guide you?
The world never stops changing. It changes every second and every 100th of a second, nothing remains the same at the next moment you look at it. Isn't this fantastic? How do you hold on to the moment when you wish it to stay perfect for the rest of your life?
When you accomplish your missions, how do you maintain them and how do you prevent them from moving away onto something different? Are you satisfied with what you have? What more can you work on to fulfil what you wish for?
I am in the midst of confusion about life and what else I can do. Guess it is part of life itself.
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Bobo Doll Experiment
Dear Readers
If you have not heard of Bobo Doll Experiment, you can click on http://youtu.be/hHHdovKHDNU to view the video.
In psychology of learning, there are many phenomena and theories that explain how we acquire our knowledge. The traditions are nativism and empiricism. Nativism is a perspective that our abilities and behavioral tendencies are mainly inborn. Empiricism believes that our knowledge comes from our experiences. Nature versus nurture has been an arguable topic for ages! Personally I think it is difficult to make concrete conclusion on this issue.
Among all theories of learning, I wish to share with you the social learning theory in which one of the experiments carried out was the Bobo Doll Experiment. It was conducted by Albert Bandura in 1961 to study the patterns of behavior associated with aggression.
From the experiment, Bandura derives three important aspects. Firstly, how aggressive patterns of behavior are achieved; secondly, what provokes people to behave aggressively and thirdly, what determines if they will behave aggressively in the future circumstances.
It is very obvious that children learn by observing adults' behaviors. We call it monkey see, monkey do. Children learn either personally, through media, from families or their living environment. Media has definitely induced violent behavior in children who are also increasingly exposed to violent and aggressive video/internet games that allow much of their interaction and participation.
Isn't it time for us to be more conscious and careful about what our children are exposed to daily? Shouldn't we pay more attention to the usage of computers and televisions that they are engaging? We may not think it is a big issue but as time passes, and when the children are behind bars, the feeling of regret and sorrow will only be surpassed by our remorse.
If you have not heard of Bobo Doll Experiment, you can click on http://youtu.be/hHHdovKHDNU to view the video.
In psychology of learning, there are many phenomena and theories that explain how we acquire our knowledge. The traditions are nativism and empiricism. Nativism is a perspective that our abilities and behavioral tendencies are mainly inborn. Empiricism believes that our knowledge comes from our experiences. Nature versus nurture has been an arguable topic for ages! Personally I think it is difficult to make concrete conclusion on this issue.
Among all theories of learning, I wish to share with you the social learning theory in which one of the experiments carried out was the Bobo Doll Experiment. It was conducted by Albert Bandura in 1961 to study the patterns of behavior associated with aggression.
From the experiment, Bandura derives three important aspects. Firstly, how aggressive patterns of behavior are achieved; secondly, what provokes people to behave aggressively and thirdly, what determines if they will behave aggressively in the future circumstances.
It is very obvious that children learn by observing adults' behaviors. We call it monkey see, monkey do. Children learn either personally, through media, from families or their living environment. Media has definitely induced violent behavior in children who are also increasingly exposed to violent and aggressive video/internet games that allow much of their interaction and participation.
Isn't it time for us to be more conscious and careful about what our children are exposed to daily? Shouldn't we pay more attention to the usage of computers and televisions that they are engaging? We may not think it is a big issue but as time passes, and when the children are behind bars, the feeling of regret and sorrow will only be surpassed by our remorse.
Monday, 7 November 2011
ABC & short form words
Dear Readers
I find that short form is really fascinating! One short form to you may mean something different to others! Is there a guideline to the universally accepted short forms? Who created them and who approved them?
I am sure many of us are familiar with OMG, LOL, BRB, TBC, FOC, GTG, FYI, ASAP, RSVP, RIP, BTW, hopefully we share the same understanding of their meanings.
Let us take a look at ABC. The original short form of ABC that I know is purely the alphabet ABC when we teach our children the 26 alphabets of English language, usually A for apple, B for bus, C for car.. and so on. In Malaysia restaurants, ABC is best known as ais kacang, air batu campur.
In cognitive behavior psychology, ABC stands for Activating event, Beliefs about activating event and Consequences. It is used to analyze a situation and change our thinking without trying to change the external reality such that we can develop new, rational beliefs, thoughts and feelings.
I am pretty sure ABC will carry different meanings in other studies. Do share your ABC with me if you have.
There are yet many other short forms that are found in this contemporary society, they are used in emails, smses, chats etc. You may have come across MBF, MBA, PHD, WTF, WTH, IDK, ACT, FML, ROFL, LMAO, LMFAO, FTW, STFU, 88, DILLIC, DILLIK, LCLY, BFF MSG, IMO, ABT, WRT, NP, TYVM, MTV, HBU, TTYL........ well, I do not get the meaning of all of them as some of them were obtained during brainstorming session with my children.
And today I received a mail from a friend having this short form ABCDEFG and ABCDEFGHIJK, I am sure with the speed how mails are moving about, you can already guess the meaning of them!
I find that short form is really fascinating! One short form to you may mean something different to others! Is there a guideline to the universally accepted short forms? Who created them and who approved them?
I am sure many of us are familiar with OMG, LOL, BRB, TBC, FOC, GTG, FYI, ASAP, RSVP, RIP, BTW, hopefully we share the same understanding of their meanings.
Let us take a look at ABC. The original short form of ABC that I know is purely the alphabet ABC when we teach our children the 26 alphabets of English language, usually A for apple, B for bus, C for car.. and so on. In Malaysia restaurants, ABC is best known as ais kacang, air batu campur.
In cognitive behavior psychology, ABC stands for Activating event, Beliefs about activating event and Consequences. It is used to analyze a situation and change our thinking without trying to change the external reality such that we can develop new, rational beliefs, thoughts and feelings.
I am pretty sure ABC will carry different meanings in other studies. Do share your ABC with me if you have.
There are yet many other short forms that are found in this contemporary society, they are used in emails, smses, chats etc. You may have come across MBF, MBA, PHD, WTF, WTH, IDK, ACT, FML, ROFL, LMAO, LMFAO, FTW, STFU, 88, DILLIC, DILLIK, LCLY, BFF MSG, IMO, ABT, WRT, NP, TYVM, MTV, HBU, TTYL........ well, I do not get the meaning of all of them as some of them were obtained during brainstorming session with my children.
And today I received a mail from a friend having this short form ABCDEFG and ABCDEFGHIJK, I am sure with the speed how mails are moving about, you can already guess the meaning of them!
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Criteria of a counselor
Dear Readers
It is never easy to be a counselor. Some basic criteria a counselor should possess and upkeep include the following:
A trained, knowledgeable learner: In order to be able to help, a counselor must possess a recognized academic qualification as the first prerequisite to show that her counseling knowledge with regards to the history of counseling, various theories and beliefs, counseling skills and therapeutic methods have been acquired. She has to be a continual learner not only in counseling but also in areas of the current lives, social matters, culture beliefs and so on because any external knowledge gained is an additional niche to being a diversified counselor.
Sincere and honest: This is one of the most important criteria in terms of personal characteristic to become a counselor. A counselor must not pretend to care, she must be genuine, honest and sincere in facing the clients who need her help. By treating the clients as unwise and silly, it will hurt their feelings and create untrustworthy relationships. The counselor must be truly concerned and care from the bottom of her heart in order to help her clients effectively. The client will feel relax and open hence disclose his problems if he finds that the counselor is a trustworthy and secured person to talk to.
Responsible and accountable: It is important to be a responsible and accountable counselor. A counselor must present herself as a responsible entity, not only at home, at work, in society but in every aspect where she may be present and look upon by others. She must be a committed counselor who is aware of the consequences she may face and be accountable if there are wrong doings.
Congruence and empathy: To be able to see and feel how a client suffers is an important criterion in becoming a counselor. The counselor must show empathy and encourage her client to relax and trust her. She must stay congruence at all times and not allowing her personal experiences to interfere with the counseling.
Patience and sensitive: Clients can be depressed, emotional and weak yet destructive. A counselor must understand that she is present to help, to listen, to guide but not to transfer back more anger or negativity to the clients. She must not lose her patience to show temper onto the client or to allow countertransference to happen. She must be sensitive to the client's needs especially when it comes to his culture, social, history, causes of problems and family background.
Fair, non-judgmental and respect: A counselor should not judge the client whether he is a prisoner, juvenile delinquent, divorcee or the like. She must understand that everyone stands an equal chance to lead a healthy and happy life in this world. She should give her client a chance to present himself on his problems and allow him to make decisions on his choice and respect the choices. She must present herself with the right attitude to demonstrate her fair and respect to the client in to order to gain trust and show faith in client that he will be able to go through his problems.
Active listener: A counselor listens actively to her client. She observes his possible movement and gestures during counseling session. She must obtain sufficient rest before each counseling session in order to present herself at her best condition before the client.
Confidentiality: A counselor should maintain confidentiality of her client's story. She must abide to this ethical principle and keep the information strictly private and confidential, not to discuss it with families and friends.
It is never easy to be a counselor. Some basic criteria a counselor should possess and upkeep include the following:
A trained, knowledgeable learner: In order to be able to help, a counselor must possess a recognized academic qualification as the first prerequisite to show that her counseling knowledge with regards to the history of counseling, various theories and beliefs, counseling skills and therapeutic methods have been acquired. She has to be a continual learner not only in counseling but also in areas of the current lives, social matters, culture beliefs and so on because any external knowledge gained is an additional niche to being a diversified counselor.
Sincere and honest: This is one of the most important criteria in terms of personal characteristic to become a counselor. A counselor must not pretend to care, she must be genuine, honest and sincere in facing the clients who need her help. By treating the clients as unwise and silly, it will hurt their feelings and create untrustworthy relationships. The counselor must be truly concerned and care from the bottom of her heart in order to help her clients effectively. The client will feel relax and open hence disclose his problems if he finds that the counselor is a trustworthy and secured person to talk to.
Responsible and accountable: It is important to be a responsible and accountable counselor. A counselor must present herself as a responsible entity, not only at home, at work, in society but in every aspect where she may be present and look upon by others. She must be a committed counselor who is aware of the consequences she may face and be accountable if there are wrong doings.
Congruence and empathy: To be able to see and feel how a client suffers is an important criterion in becoming a counselor. The counselor must show empathy and encourage her client to relax and trust her. She must stay congruence at all times and not allowing her personal experiences to interfere with the counseling.
Patience and sensitive: Clients can be depressed, emotional and weak yet destructive. A counselor must understand that she is present to help, to listen, to guide but not to transfer back more anger or negativity to the clients. She must not lose her patience to show temper onto the client or to allow countertransference to happen. She must be sensitive to the client's needs especially when it comes to his culture, social, history, causes of problems and family background.
Fair, non-judgmental and respect: A counselor should not judge the client whether he is a prisoner, juvenile delinquent, divorcee or the like. She must understand that everyone stands an equal chance to lead a healthy and happy life in this world. She should give her client a chance to present himself on his problems and allow him to make decisions on his choice and respect the choices. She must present herself with the right attitude to demonstrate her fair and respect to the client in to order to gain trust and show faith in client that he will be able to go through his problems.
Active listener: A counselor listens actively to her client. She observes his possible movement and gestures during counseling session. She must obtain sufficient rest before each counseling session in order to present herself at her best condition before the client.
Confidentiality: A counselor should maintain confidentiality of her client's story. She must abide to this ethical principle and keep the information strictly private and confidential, not to discuss it with families and friends.
Admit constraint and consult the seniors: When a counselor faces problems, she should call for help. No one counselor can be perfect and fit for all clients; so when she is confused in her cases, she should not continue the counseling sessions because the outcome could be detrimental.
Adhere to counselor code of conduct: A counselor must not develop private relationship with her clients. She must have the integrity to uphold her professionalism and strictly standby the morals and ethics of the conduct.
Counselors are human beings, there are limitations to her abilities and capabilities. The successful counseling will be a two-way working relationship between the counselor and the client.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Charles Darwin - Evolutionary Theory - The Survival of the Fittest
Dear Readers
During my secondary school, I was very interested in biology and my favourite topic was Evolutionary Theory, The Origin of Species, Survival of the Fittest, and of course, my dream holiday destination was Galapagos Islands, my idol --- Charles Darwin!
I gave up biology while I was in college because I just could not digest all the names of the plants while attending the compulsory botany classes!
Well, back to Charles Darwin, I never know I will go through so many lessons in Psychology Counselling Course with his name appearing over and over, in almost all subjects! Charles Darwin's theory is applicable in both science and art faculties!
When I was studying biology, all that I have learned about Charles Darwin was the Evolution of Species, how species evolved themselves due to their basic needs of food and shelters. Those species of animals best adapted to the environment survived and prospered, while those poorly adapted, died out. The strongest, the smartest, the fittest survived and continued on.
Yet now when I am studying "counseling", the same theory is interpreted from various perspectives that really fascinated me!
I read it in "Introduction to Learning and Behavior", the authors say that "a lot of people misunderstand evolutionary theory. The real driving force behind evolution is not survival of the fittest, but the reproductive advantage that accrues to those individuals possessing traits that are best suited to the environment". The successful individuals are more likely to have offspring who inherit the successful traits from their parents, and are also more likely to survive and reproduce. As this process continues, generations after generations, the percentage of individuals possessing the successful traits increases while that with unsuccessful traits decreases. In this manner, the changed population differs so much from the initial population that it becomes a new species.
In Sociology, it is reasoned out as "people who could not successfully compete in modern society were poorly adapted to their environment and therefore inferior". The capitalists view that "those who rule do so because they are the most "fit" to rule, having won the evolutionary struggles that promote the 'survival of the fittest'". The dominant concern of social change disciplines read "the continuous change from a simpler condition to a more complex state", this is a belief of biological evolutionary process that move populations of organisms toward increasing levels of biological complexity; and "survival of the fittest" means "struggle for existence".
In Psychology, the functionalists presume that creatures evolve in ways that favour survival. According to Charles Darwin's Natural Selection, physical features that help animals adapt to their environments are retained during evolution. Additionally, psychologists believe that emotional expressions evolved to communicate our feelings to others, which helps in survival.
The story of Charles Darwin's Evolutionary theory never ends here, I do hope that you can share your views on this topic with me.
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| Marine Iguana of Galapagos Islands |
I gave up biology while I was in college because I just could not digest all the names of the plants while attending the compulsory botany classes!
Well, back to Charles Darwin, I never know I will go through so many lessons in Psychology Counselling Course with his name appearing over and over, in almost all subjects! Charles Darwin's theory is applicable in both science and art faculties!
When I was studying biology, all that I have learned about Charles Darwin was the Evolution of Species, how species evolved themselves due to their basic needs of food and shelters. Those species of animals best adapted to the environment survived and prospered, while those poorly adapted, died out. The strongest, the smartest, the fittest survived and continued on.
Yet now when I am studying "counseling", the same theory is interpreted from various perspectives that really fascinated me!
I read it in "Introduction to Learning and Behavior", the authors say that "a lot of people misunderstand evolutionary theory. The real driving force behind evolution is not survival of the fittest, but the reproductive advantage that accrues to those individuals possessing traits that are best suited to the environment". The successful individuals are more likely to have offspring who inherit the successful traits from their parents, and are also more likely to survive and reproduce. As this process continues, generations after generations, the percentage of individuals possessing the successful traits increases while that with unsuccessful traits decreases. In this manner, the changed population differs so much from the initial population that it becomes a new species.
In Sociology, it is reasoned out as "people who could not successfully compete in modern society were poorly adapted to their environment and therefore inferior". The capitalists view that "those who rule do so because they are the most "fit" to rule, having won the evolutionary struggles that promote the 'survival of the fittest'". The dominant concern of social change disciplines read "the continuous change from a simpler condition to a more complex state", this is a belief of biological evolutionary process that move populations of organisms toward increasing levels of biological complexity; and "survival of the fittest" means "struggle for existence".
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| Harriet, Charles Darwin's tortoise (1830 - 2007) |
The story of Charles Darwin's Evolutionary theory never ends here, I do hope that you can share your views on this topic with me.
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Hobbies & Puzzles
Dear Readers
After a hard day's work, how do you relax your mind and body? What hobbies are you into? Many friends of mine love reading, travelling, movie, surfing net, dancing etc etc...
I like to get myself into "brain training" puzzles like solving sudoku, kakuro, word search, word puzzle, finding differences, challenging memory games, playing with magic cube and reading odd stuff like the one below. Surprising, these don't wear my energy out yet boost me with higher spirit!
7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15.
PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F U C4N R34D 7H15.
Do share with me some interesting puzzles if you have them!
After a hard day's work, how do you relax your mind and body? What hobbies are you into? Many friends of mine love reading, travelling, movie, surfing net, dancing etc etc...
I like to get myself into "brain training" puzzles like solving sudoku, kakuro, word search, word puzzle, finding differences, challenging memory games, playing with magic cube and reading odd stuff like the one below. Surprising, these don't wear my energy out yet boost me with higher spirit!
7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15.
PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F U C4N R34D 7H15.
Do share with me some interesting puzzles if you have them!
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Learned Helplessness
Dear Readers
Any idea what Learned Helplessness means?
I had my Psychology of Learning class yesterday and the lecturer touched on this psychological condition which I wish to share with you.
Learned helplessness is a condition when a person learns to behave helplessly, despite the fact that an opportunity has been presented to him to escape from the unpleasant situation or obvious chances are given to restore or avoid any harmful circumstances; he would choose not to react because learned helplessness has prevented him from further action.
It can also be interpreted as "giving up", "it does not matter what I do", "I can't change the outcome", "all that I do is futile", "I am not competent" and so on.
A typical example of learned helplessness is a child who performs poorly in mathematics test. After the test, he will quickly feel that nothing he does will have any effect on his mathematics performance, hence when he faces future mathematical assignments, he may experience a sense of helplessness. This inaction may prevent him from overlooking the opportunities to changes.
Learned helplessness are associated with different psychological disorders including depression, loneliness, anxiety, phobias and shyness. There are deeper and detailed studies on these disorders and ways to cure them.
Some of the proven ways to treat learned helplessness are to free our mind, change the habits of our thinking to think positively, be optimistic and fill our minds with hopeful thinking.
Any idea what Learned Helplessness means?
I had my Psychology of Learning class yesterday and the lecturer touched on this psychological condition which I wish to share with you.
Learned helplessness is a condition when a person learns to behave helplessly, despite the fact that an opportunity has been presented to him to escape from the unpleasant situation or obvious chances are given to restore or avoid any harmful circumstances; he would choose not to react because learned helplessness has prevented him from further action.
It can also be interpreted as "giving up", "it does not matter what I do", "I can't change the outcome", "all that I do is futile", "I am not competent" and so on.
A typical example of learned helplessness is a child who performs poorly in mathematics test. After the test, he will quickly feel that nothing he does will have any effect on his mathematics performance, hence when he faces future mathematical assignments, he may experience a sense of helplessness. This inaction may prevent him from overlooking the opportunities to changes.
Learned helplessness are associated with different psychological disorders including depression, loneliness, anxiety, phobias and shyness. There are deeper and detailed studies on these disorders and ways to cure them.
Some of the proven ways to treat learned helplessness are to free our mind, change the habits of our thinking to think positively, be optimistic and fill our minds with hopeful thinking.
Friday, 21 October 2011
Food & Entertainment
Dear Readers
I was busy catching up with my study and could not concentrate in churning out my blog lately. Good news that I finished my assignment this week so I am back in action now!
I went to Malacca again and my friend recommended a restaurant which I wish to share with you. It is called Restoran Nancy's Kitchen, located within walking distance from Jonker Street. They served nyonya food and nyonya kuih muih. Great food with reasonable price. I bought back nyonya dumpling too, yummy! When you are there and wish to try some food other than chicken rice ball, call 06-2836099 or 013-6183608. They are closed on Tuesday.
Yet another place I went lately was Restoran Rokaro. It is located opposite PJ Hilton. A restaurant with live bank and dance floor. They serve buffet lunch and dinner, choices of food are local, western and Japanese. For those who love oldies especially chinese/hokkien/cantonese songs, you would be sure to enjoy the atmosphere and cha-cha-cha all night long! Call 03-79562541 or 013-3228825 if you wanna book a table.
And lastly, a chinese restaurant famous of steamed talapia fish which is worth to try is the Restoran Lan Je, (oops....please pronounce it correctly, derived from chinese word 兰姐) located at Kota Damansara. Just to highlight that the restaurant is not air-conditioned. The waiting time is about 30 minutes to an hour. Call 012-3809391. They have other branches too including USJ Subang Jaya, call 012-5689391.
Do share with me if you come across decent food and entertainment outlets and Bon Appetit!
I was busy catching up with my study and could not concentrate in churning out my blog lately. Good news that I finished my assignment this week so I am back in action now!
I went to Malacca again and my friend recommended a restaurant which I wish to share with you. It is called Restoran Nancy's Kitchen, located within walking distance from Jonker Street. They served nyonya food and nyonya kuih muih. Great food with reasonable price. I bought back nyonya dumpling too, yummy! When you are there and wish to try some food other than chicken rice ball, call 06-2836099 or 013-6183608. They are closed on Tuesday.
Yet another place I went lately was Restoran Rokaro. It is located opposite PJ Hilton. A restaurant with live bank and dance floor. They serve buffet lunch and dinner, choices of food are local, western and Japanese. For those who love oldies especially chinese/hokkien/cantonese songs, you would be sure to enjoy the atmosphere and cha-cha-cha all night long! Call 03-79562541 or 013-3228825 if you wanna book a table.
And lastly, a chinese restaurant famous of steamed talapia fish which is worth to try is the Restoran Lan Je, (oops....please pronounce it correctly, derived from chinese word 兰姐) located at Kota Damansara. Just to highlight that the restaurant is not air-conditioned. The waiting time is about 30 minutes to an hour. Call 012-3809391. They have other branches too including USJ Subang Jaya, call 012-5689391.
Do share with me if you come across decent food and entertainment outlets and Bon Appetit!
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Schizophrenia movie based on true story
Dear Readers
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by the disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It is a complex illness that makes it difficult for the patients to:
In general, genetic and environmental factors appear to play the roles that cause schizophrenia. It affects both men and women equally and it usually begins in the teen years or young adulthood, but it may begin later in life too.
There are 4 major types of schizophrenia.
Catatonic Type Schizophrenia is rare today. It was only reflected in the advanced stages of schizophrenia before current treatment methods were possible. Patients may show odd or extreme behavior and possibly catatonia. Their postures may be affected; some may imitate sounds or movements.
Disorganized Type Schizophrenia. The patients are disorganized in behavior and speech. They may wear strange clothing or perform irregular gestures.
Paranoid Schizophrenia. The patients hear voices, develop hallucinations and delusions. They may appear fairly normal until they become involved in arguments or become suspicious.
Undifferentiated Schizophrenia. With this type of schizophrenia, a person meets the criteria to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, but his symptoms are not consistent with any of the other forms of the illness.
Schizophrenia symptoms usually develop slowly over months or years. People with any types of schizophrenia have difficulty in keeping friends and working. They may also have problems with anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
These are the initial symptoms:
And as the illness continues, problems with thinking, emotions and behavior develop, including:
Movies
There are many movies that you can watch to learn more about schizophrenia. Among all, I wish to recommend the movie A Beautiful Mind.
It is a 2001 American drama film based on the life of John Forbes Nash, a Nobel-Prize winning economist and mathematician.
John Nash is a mathematical genius who develops paranoid schizophrenia during university life and the movie is a detailed description of many aspects of his life, a close examination of his personality and motivations. It gives an interesting perspective on the stresses placed on personal and professional relationships by this severe mental illness of schizophrenia.
Watch the movie through this link http://youtu.be/7Sg4_ZQCC6o
Schizophrenia is a hard illness for loved ones to deal with. You can say that it is near unbearable for the person afflicted by it. There is no known way to prevent schizophrenia.
Call for help if:
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by the disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It is a complex illness that makes it difficult for the patients to:
- Tell the differences between real and unreal experiences
- To think logically
- To have normal emotional responses
- To behave normal in social situations
In general, genetic and environmental factors appear to play the roles that cause schizophrenia. It affects both men and women equally and it usually begins in the teen years or young adulthood, but it may begin later in life too.
There are 4 major types of schizophrenia.
Catatonic Type Schizophrenia is rare today. It was only reflected in the advanced stages of schizophrenia before current treatment methods were possible. Patients may show odd or extreme behavior and possibly catatonia. Their postures may be affected; some may imitate sounds or movements.
Disorganized Type Schizophrenia. The patients are disorganized in behavior and speech. They may wear strange clothing or perform irregular gestures.
Paranoid Schizophrenia. The patients hear voices, develop hallucinations and delusions. They may appear fairly normal until they become involved in arguments or become suspicious.
Undifferentiated Schizophrenia. With this type of schizophrenia, a person meets the criteria to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, but his symptoms are not consistent with any of the other forms of the illness.
Schizophrenia symptoms usually develop slowly over months or years. People with any types of schizophrenia have difficulty in keeping friends and working. They may also have problems with anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
These are the initial symptoms:
- Irritable or tense feeling
- Difficulty in sleeping
- Difficulty in concentrating
And as the illness continues, problems with thinking, emotions and behavior develop, including:
- Lack of emotion (flat affect)
- Delusions - Strongly held beliefs that are not based on reality
- Hallucinations - Hearing or seeing things that are not there
- Loose associations & concentrations - the person tends to "jump" his thoughts between unrelated topics and cannot focus
- Bizarre behaviors
- Social isolation
Movies
There are many movies that you can watch to learn more about schizophrenia. Among all, I wish to recommend the movie A Beautiful Mind.
It is a 2001 American drama film based on the life of John Forbes Nash, a Nobel-Prize winning economist and mathematician.
John Nash is a mathematical genius who develops paranoid schizophrenia during university life and the movie is a detailed description of many aspects of his life, a close examination of his personality and motivations. It gives an interesting perspective on the stresses placed on personal and professional relationships by this severe mental illness of schizophrenia.
Watch the movie through this link http://youtu.be/7Sg4_ZQCC6o
Schizophrenia is a hard illness for loved ones to deal with. You can say that it is near unbearable for the person afflicted by it. There is no known way to prevent schizophrenia.
Call for help if:
- Voices are telling you to hurt yourself or others
- You feel the urge to hurt yourself or others
- You are feeling hopeless or overwhelmed
- You are seeing things that aren't really there
- You feel you cannot leave the house
- You are unable to care for yourself
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