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Hypnosis

The history of hypnosis dates back to the late 18th century when Franz Mesmer, a German physician, whose system of therapeutics, known as mesmerism, was the forerunner of the modern practice of hypnotism. He theorized the existence of a process of natural energy transference occurring between all animate and inanimate objects; this he called “animal […]

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Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono- The Hillside Strangler

Kenneth Bianchi was born in 1951 in Rochester, New York. The child of a prostitute who didn’t want him and gave him to a neighbor to take care of for a day, who then gave him to another neighbor to take care of for a day, to another neighbor… Basically for 4 months there was

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Guilt vs Shame

Guilt: a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined. Shame: the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another. Shame and guilt have much in common: they are self-conscious emotions, implying self-reflection and self-evaluation (e.g., Tangney & Tracy,

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Eugenics

Eugenics is the practice or advocacy of improving the human species by selectively mating people with specific desirable hereditary traits. It aims to reduce human suffering by “breeding out” disease, disabilities and so-called undesirable characteristics from the human population. Early supporters of eugenics believed people inherited mental illness, criminal tendencies and even poverty, and that

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