Posting here seems to guarantee a kind of witnessing. For me, responses are
not always necessary.
From: Tom Pall
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2011 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Cults Explained: self-deception improves your
On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:43 AM, Tom Pall wrote:
> I've learned there's something else which helps us deceive ourselves and
> others: child abuse. I was severely physically and mentally abused not only
> as a child but into my adolescent years, until I was old enough to stand up
> to the abuse on
On Nov 6, 2011, at 5:50 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
> It's always been my experience -- especially on Internet chat groups -- that
> those who most often claim that others are lying or attempting to deceive
> others are the ones who seem to have the highest degree of self-deception
> going for them.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Tom Pall wrote:
To the truly deluded ones on FFL. Try to reign yourself in just this one
time and don't insult me by commenting something like if you had not
experienced this or that, Tom, you'd kiss my ass and worship me. That's
as nonsensical and as insulting
I've learned there's something else which helps us deceive ourselves and
others: child abuse. I was severely physically and mentally abused not
only as a child but into my adolescent years, until I was old enough to
stand up to the abuse on my own. When treated for PTSD, which was the
diagnosis
Fascinating article from Salon, an interview with one of the world's
leading experts on lying and deception. What attracted me to it was his
distinction between deceit (lying to others) and self-deception (lying
to oneself), and trying to figure out an evolutionary reason for both
behaviors.
It's
