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Here's a short 20 minute video which is more organized and coherent than the other videos I have watched on this so far. It lays out the case step by step. I still find this hard to believe. I knew Hillary Clinton was a sick person, but this is beyond sick. I don't know if the video will open when I post it or not, I've never posted a video here before. If it doesn't, will someone let me know how to? https://youtu.be/Z4OP--ZXOjc

People have been highlighting the similarity of the pizza store under question, called Besta Pizza, with the symbol in the FBI document.

They're saying that this declassified FBI document is supposed to prove that pizza means pedophilia. Do we even know if this is a real FBI document? http://wikileaks.org/wiki/FBI_pedophile_symbols

Does anybody find these claims and speculations hard to believe?

Just found this term called "Self schemas"... Very interesting: http://www.slideshare.net/someshsh/self-schemas

Good answers Rosencrantz.

I've been listening since Fall 2013. I've taken some pretty detailed notes on some of the shows, especially when I thought Stefan was getting into the nuts and bolts of psychology. Some of my favorites are: -- Genetic Ostracism - Ideology vs Reproduction -- Somebody to Love -- The Downside of Being a Pickup Artist -- The Hidden Origins of Conflict - Avoiding Divorce

As the years go by these beliefs probably pile up on top of each other as a person forms new beliefs in response to certain situations. And it's interesting how a person can go on holding on to a belief after the benefit of having it has passed.

"Tragedy occurs when we would rather be right than happy, when we would rather sustain the illusion that we are in control than notice that reality is not the way we have told ourselves it is. If we hold negative self-concepts of which we are unaware, if we hold self-sabotaging beliefs of which we are unconscious, we are their prisoner. Only when we become conscious of our self-sabotaging beliefs do we become able to change our behavior. "As we see ourselves, so do we act. And our actions tend to produce results that continually support our self-concept." --Nathaniel Branden (The Psychology of Romantic Love) My questions: Why would someone continue to have negative beliefs about themselves when they aren't true? Why would someone be unaware of the beliefs they hold about themselves? How would someone become aware of negative beliefs they hold about themselves, when they thought that they only held positive beliefs about themselves? Why would someone have conscious beliefs and unconscious beliefs that contradict each other?

Sometimes you should just call the cops. One time when I was in Wal-Mart and there was a woman with "Super Bitch" tattooed on her arm and she was shaking her fist right in front of her boys's face. The boys had bruises on their faces already. I discreetly followed them out to their car and took a picture of the car and the license plate. Then I went back in to the customer service area and asked the people there to call the police and take note of the register she used to check out. When the cop got there I told him everything I saw and gave him the license plate number and showed him the picture of the car. Even though they probably didn't go out to make an arrest, they make records of these things, and maybe at some point in time she will get arrested for child abuse and this record can be used as evidence. You guys are doing great in what you're talking about, but just keep in mind that hitting someone in the face is a criminal offense, and there is only one type of person qualified to deal with criminal offenses. You're not qualified to deal with criminal offenses. Child Protection services is not qualified to deal with criminal offenses. Only POLICE OFFICERS are qualified to deal with criminal offenses.

Hi Perry, I would try telling someone in the group you're interacting with that you're feeling anxiety. And if they say "you just need to loosen up", then they probably just don't get it. I've been told by a million people that I just need to "loosen up" or whatever. Maybe it's just me, but I would say that anyone who tells you that is probably the one making you feel bad in the first place. I don't know what kind of people you wish you could fit in with more; are they people who are good to be around or people who are bad to be around. If they're bad to be around, then the anxiety you experience is a good thing. I don't know if that is the case or not. But use your imagination and visualize yourself in one of those groups of people interacting without any anxiety. What good would come out of it? Is there an end result you're hoping to achieve? You seem to be upset about being left out of what people around you are doing or talking about. And you said that it has become apparent to you that unless you do something about this social anxiety issue, you will lead an unhappy fruitless life. But how do you know that social anxiety is what is standing in your way? What if it's just a matter of finding the right group of people who are sensitive enough to not drown you out, and who care about what you have to say. You said you live in New York? Have you ever been outside of the metropolis? Ever try going out and mingling with rural people? I'm also curious, because you didn't really mention it... You were describing how in a group, you sort of get muted out by what everybody else is doing. That would be a situation in which you don't really get much attention or recognition. Is that how it goes down most of the time? Do you ever find yourself in social situations where you are more at the center of attention? And how do you deal with that? I've been in social situations where a conversation is going on and I keep trying to involve myself in it, but I get treated like more of an interruption than anything else, and they immediately resume amongst themselves after I stop talking. That sucks. It doesn't feel good to be treated that way when you just wanted to be included. But my problem personally isn't so much that as it is being made the butt of jokes and being made into the court jester so to speak, essentially being included in what's going on, but in a reduced status; i.e. the status of silly person who gets giggled at whenever I say something. I think that sucks even worse in my case. Your experiences are different than mine but I see a lot of similarities. I hope that helps. Caleb

That was a pretty fun test. I'm a logician apparently. INTP