Download or read book The Tortured Mind written by Daniel E. Harmon and published by Facts On File. This book was released on 1998 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the most common of mental syndromes and how it can cause tension or problems at school, work, and home.
Download or read book Motivation from a Tortured Mind written by Michael Khatkar and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will ignite your CURIOSITY and IMAGINATION unleashing and motivating your natural ability to evade the menacing threat of DESPERATION & REGRET, in your cramped and insufficient time on earth. Without HOPE your heart will truly die but hope isn't enough to fulfil your DREAMS. 'Motivation from a Tortured Mind' with its unconventional and provocative approach will: inspire your BELIEF, stimulate your DESIRE and undoubtedly agitate and reawaken the dazzling FIGHT that is dormant within every cell of your body. Fascinated by the incredible power and fortitude of the human psyche, throughout the entirety of my life and career, I've studied people in one way or another from the analysis and hypothesis of Human Psychology & Behaviour to the indisputable, tangible lives of real people. I sincerely hope 'Motivation from a Tortured Mind' incites and arouses your spectacular mind and manages to instigate even a miniscule positive change in your perception, attitude and belief, widening your vision and bringing into sharp focus the destination you crave.
Download or read book Tortured Mind written by Luz E. Ortiz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-10-23 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anita never imagined she’d ever find true love, until she met Paul. Their love was like none other! Soul mates for life, is their promise to one another. Now horrendous circumstances have Anita running to save her life and that of the one she loves. She must protect the only thing she has left in her life. Anita encounters many hardships along her journey. In her wildest dreams, Anita never imagined herself capable of what she has done! Anita has no remorse whatsoever! In her mind, Anita is sure that given the chance, she’d do it all over again!
Download or read book Oh the Moon written by Charlyne Yi and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From actress, comedian, musician, and writer Charlyne Yi comes this collection of illustrated, interconnected short stories and anecdotes that blends comedy, fantastic adventures, and a storm of feelings that will make you want to laugh and cry at the same time—reminiscent of the works of Demetri Martin, Shel Silverstein and John Cassavetes. Charlyne Yi takes readers from a sky filled with vengeful clouds to the depths of a frog’s stomach, and to Hell and back—literally—in this collection of short stories that showcases her unique style. Equal parts whimsical, hilarious, heartbreaking, and terrifying, these short stories—both written and illustrated by Charlyne—can be read separately, but are connected thematically following the difficulties of love at every age: • Forgive Me: What happens when the tiniest boy of all time is the only thing standing between the world’s largest baby and an angry mob? Who could ever love something so small? Or so big? • She’s All Legs: In this spicy, action-packed romance, Agatha, a woman who is literally just legs and a head, decides to hunt down and kill the Devil himself. Along the way she meets Cassady, an Elvis impersonator with his own, mysterious gripe with the Dark Lord. Short, one-page anecdotes, poems, reflections, and imagery are also included. Strange, heartfelt, and wonderful, Oh the Moon shows you love in the way that only Charlyne Yi’s brilliant, witty mind can.
Download or read book Tortured Artists written by Christopher Zara and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-18 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great art comes from great pain. Or that's the impression left by these haunting profiles. Pieced together, they form a revealing mosaic of the creative mind. It's like viewing an exhibit from the therapist's couch as each entry delves into the mental anguish that afflicts the artist and affects their art. The scope of the artists covered is as varied as their afflictions. Inside, you will find not just the creators of the darkest of dark literature, music, and art. While it does reveal what everyday problem kept Poe's pen to paper and the childhood catastrophe that kept Picasso on edge, it also uncovers surprising secrets of more unexpectedly tormented artists. From Charles Schultz's unrequited love to J.K. Rowling's fear of death, it's amazing the deep-seeded troubles that lie just beneath the surface of our favorite art. As much an appreciation of artistic genius as an accessible study of the creative psyche, Tortured Artists illustrates the fact that inner turmoil fuels the finest work.
Download or read book The Life of a Tortured Soul written by G-Down and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book This Should Never Have Happened written by Laura Vivian and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Should Never Have Happened is the true-life experiences of Laura, a child whose mother is present in body only while her father emotionally, physically, and sexually imposes horrific terror upon his seven children. Nightmarish memories are locked away in her mind until shortly following the elderly mans death, when shocking recollections erupt like a violent volcano, spewing years of unspeakable pain and torment. Journey with Laura as she recalls graphic details and images from turbulent days and brutal nights at the hands of her sadistic father. Witness, through the frightened eyes of a small girl as she grows into a young woman, the escalating intensity of one mans savage treatment of the children he was supposed to cherish and protect.
Download or read book The History Of Torture written by George Ryley Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2005. Torture, an enduring and seemingly not declining aspect of man's relationship to his fellow man, is an enduring thread through human history. Whether it be practiced by primitive people, the ancient Greeks or the Catholic Church, whether it be ancient China, Japan, 1930's Germany, or Northern Ireland today, torture is alarmingly systematic and consistent in its methods. Impaling, burning, rack or wheel, mutilation, drawing and quartering, burning or hanging alive in chains. A very comprehensive and readable work.
Download or read book Torchered Minds written by Ed Nordskog and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Detective Ed Nordskog's "Torchered Minds" is true crime at its best. These stories of over sixty serial arsonists are re-told by an award winning arson investigator and expert in the field. The arson cases are taken from famous, nationally known events and from the author's own case files. These arsonists include serial murderers, serial rapists, serial poisoners, firefighters, phony cops, "wannabes", and others masquerading as heroes. These true characters are sometimes so bizarre, sinister, and devious that Hollywood's best writers could not imagine some of their deeds."
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders Set written by Carol C. Nadelson and published by Chelsea House Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the truth and misconceptions regarding anorexia nervosa by examining its history, causes, considerations, treatment, and related eating disorders.
Download or read book An Unquiet Mind written by Kay Redfield Jamison and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
Download or read book At the Mind s Limits written by Jean Amery and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Amery (1921-1978) was born in Vienna and in 1938 emigrated to Belgium, where he joined the Resistance. He was caught by the Germans in 1943, tortured by the SS, and survived the next two years in the concentration camps. In five autobiographical essays, Amery describes his survival--mental, moral, and physical--through the enormity and horror of the Holocaust.
Download or read book Why Torture Doesn t Work written by Shane O'Mara and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torture is banned because it is cruel and inhumane. But as Shane O’Mara writes in this account of the human brain under stress, another reason torture should never be condoned is because it does not work the way torturers assume it does. In countless films and TV shows such as Homeland and 24, torture is portrayed as a harsh necessity. If cruelty can extract secrets that will save lives, so be it. CIA officers and others conducted torture using precisely this justification. But does torture accomplish what its defenders say it does? For ethical reasons, there are no scientific studies of torture. But neuroscientists know a lot about how the brain reacts to fear, extreme temperatures, starvation, thirst, sleep deprivation, and immersion in freezing water, all tools of the torturer’s trade. These stressors create problems for memory, mood, and thinking, and sufferers predictably produce information that is deeply unreliable—and, for intelligence purposes, even counterproductive. As O’Mara guides us through the neuroscience of suffering, he reveals the brain to be much more complex than the brute calculations of torturers have allowed, and he points the way to a humane approach to interrogation, founded in the science of brain and behavior. Torture may be effective in forcing confessions, as in Stalin’s Russia. But if we want information that we can depend on to save lives, O’Mara writes, our model should be Napoleon: “It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.”
Download or read book Friends with Your Mind written by Lynn Fraser and published by Stillpoint Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the kind of book that I truly love - one that is very simple and direct with easy to understand instructions that one can translate into his or her own experience almost immediately. Notice how Lynn is breaking down experience into its simplest parts and then really look into your own experience to verify that she has given you a map to suffering and how to heal it. This book can do more than help you stop torturing yourself with thoughts. It can help you come to accept and love your entire experience." Scott Kiloby, Founder of the Living Inquiries You opened this book because your thoughts are torturing you and you want to end your suffering. This book will help you understand your mind, body, and nervous system. Knowing how a system works makes it possible to apply an effective remedy when something goes wrong. We develop troubling patterns in response to experiences of fear and stress. They do not have to be permanent. As you work with the simple, powerful practices in this book, you begin to experience life without fear and it becomes possible to relax your vigilance. You discover you are not alone, that you have support, and you can learn how to do this. I know this to be true from my own direct experience and with other people. Healing is possible and it is worth it. Twenty-five years ago my shoulders were like cement from chronic stress. I was shut down emotionally. My thinking was compulsive as I tried in vain to control outer circumstances and people so I could feel better. I developed PTSD in 2005 after I was assaulted. I healed from it and I am now strong and resilient. This book is based on twenty years of teaching meditation and on the Living Inquiries, a form of mindfulness self-inquiry with which we look at how our thoughts and feelings are Velcroed together creating identification, fear or compulsion. Natural Rest is an ongoing invitation to relax and notice there is a simple, restful awareness here in every moment. This book is organized into short chapters on specific subjects so you can go right to where you need support - from catastrophic "what-if" thinking to a racing mind that is keeping you awake at night. Many of our thoughts are based on associations with our past experiences and memories. Our brains and nervous systems are hard-wired to notice danger. Activation in our survival system is the origin of much of our fearful and anxious thinking. There are simple ways to work with daily life issues like fear of flying or social anxiety. Breathing out for six seconds activates our relaxation response. You can put that tip to work right away by singing, counting or lengthening your exhalation. You can make friends with your own mind. Friendliness and inner strength are the foundation for a healthy, fulfilling life. They are the key to freeing yourself from the torture of your thoughts and experiencing a new, more fulfilling way of living. "She has been in the combat zone and come back to report the way out. Let Lynn show you a less constricted way to feel, to see, to be. It is peace she offers, with a smile." Colette Kelso "You will feel safe with Lynn." Jerry Katz "Lynn describes how even intense feelings and disturbing thought patterns can be unwound when we know how to do so safely." Fiona Robertson "Lynn explains how to heal yourself from anxiety, trauma and just the everyday experience of believing our stressful thoughts. This book provides easy to follow explanations and instructions." Dr Kay Vogt "Lynn speaks from experience. Her dedication and compassion in assisting people to free themselves is boundless." Fiona Murphy "Lynn uses clear and simple techniques to help us finally get out of our heads and into the moment." Chad Sewich "She is a master at becoming intimate with how our thinking and nervous system works and making positive change, replacing confusion with confidence." Sutra Ray Robinson
Download or read book Women Unsilenced written by Jeanne Sarson and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women Unsilenced explores the impact of unthinkable violence committed against women and girls through multiple perspectives—women’s recall of life-threatening ordeals of torture, human trafficking, and organized crime, society’s failure to recognize and address such crimes, and close examinations of how justice, health, political, and social systems perpetuate revictimizing trauma. Written by retired public health nurses who include their own experiences helped give voice and understanding to women who have been silenced. This book discloses their “underground” caring work and offers “kitchen table” research and insights, using women’s storytelling on multiple platforms to educate readers on the unimaginable layers of perpetrators’ modus operandi of violence, manipulation, and deceit. At times raw, painful, and shocking, this book is an important resource for those who have survived such crimes; professionals who support those victimized by torturers and traffickers; police, legal professionals, criminologists, human rights activists, and educators alike. It reveals how healing and claiming one’s relationship with/to/for Self is possible.
Download or read book Journey Through a Tortured Mind written by Qin JIu Shao and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story about someone who has lived in solitary confinement for the last 20 years ...Dedicated to Liu Yu Jie, who I never had the chance to talk to. Deep inside my soul is still a boiling cauldron. Two quantum bits inside a quantum computer simulate the conditions of human existence. Infinite scenarios in cross product with infinite possible existence, which result in uncountably infinite choices.The stimulation enters the mind of a mentally ill patient who has lived in solitary confinement for nearly 20 years, who has been talking to herself over and over ad infinitum, ad nauseam the same failures of her life over and over again, in all possible different scenarios in which the results would have been different. The two quantum bits now live inside her mind, and become quantum-entangled and thus produce what is written in this book, in its chaotic, disordered manner, of what is left of the human existence of a tortured mind.
Download or read book Diary Macabre Strange Grims From A Tortured Mind written by and published by Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twisted spin on the popular, "prompt" style of writing, all within a grim and gothic world of woe...
