"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Study Inquiry: Could you please help me with my study, thank you xx

haffiezhah

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Dear Don Juan Discussion Forum,

I’m a research postgraduate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Sheffield. I’m working with Professor Paul Overton. Our group has recently been working on quality of life and mental health in people with chronic illness and we’d like to extend this work to general population as our controls. Our work to date suggests that how people feel about themselves (their emotions towards their ‘self’ image and behaviour) affects their quality of life, and can directly lead to secondary mental health problems, such as depression. Using these findings, we have begun to explore methods of tackling negative feeling states people with chronic illness have towards themselves, with an aim to help them reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life. We would like to evaluate whether the same causal links occur between feeling states and mental well-being in healthy people, and were wondering if it might be possible to contact people through your organisation, and, if so, what steps would be necessary to make that happen. The study we envisage would involve the online administration of 4-5 short questionnaires, with possible follow-ups 6 months later. Prior approval has been obtained through our institutional ethics committee.

Please do let me know if you need any further information at this stage.

With best wishes,
Haffiezhah


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I am a PhD student in the Department of Psychology and as part of my research I am looking for volunteers age 40 years old and above to take part in an online study exploring the relationship between emotional responses and psychological wellbeing. Our group has recently been working on quality of life and mental health in people with chronic illness and we’d like to extend this work to general population as our controls.

The study involves filling out a series of questionnaires and will take approximately 10 minutes. All responses are anonymous and will be treated confidentially.

If you are interested in taking part in the research, please use the following link to access the study pages, find out more information and to take part:

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The study is password-protected and you will need the following password to log in: wellbeing

Thanks, your participation is very much appreciated.

Regards,
Haffiezhah

On 22/01/2014 14:51, Psychology Research Ethics Application Management System wrote:
Your submission to the Department of Psychology Ethics Sub-Committee (DESC) entitled "Examining the role of self-disgust in depression among cancer patients: a quantitative investigation" has now been reviewed. The committee believed that your methods and procedures conformed to University and BPS Guidelines.

I am therefore pleased to inform you that the ethics of your research are approved. You may now commence the empirical work.

Yours sincerely,

Prof Richard Crisp

Chair, DESC
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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haffiezhah said:
Prior approval has been obtained through our institutional ethics committee. (...) "Examining the role of self-disgust in depression among cancer patients: a quantitative investigation"
Now Fox TV would probably rephrase this as: "The ethics committee approved asking Sosuave members about the role of self-disgust in depression. The data gathered will be used to improve psycho-oncologic treatment of cancer patients."

Ugh. ;-)
 
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