The Character Therapist: Weekend Funnies: Psychological Problems of Vampires

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Weekend Funnies: Psychological Problems of Vampires

Copyright Doug Savage 10-28-09.

Just continuing with the vampire theme of this week. True Blood is around the corner, and I'm a little vampire happy. Have a great weekend!

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jeff · 670 weeks ago

Love it....

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manderleypaul 2p · 670 weeks ago

re staurophobia: there's a story by f.paul wilson, can't remember title or much about it, a vampire story ,that ends with the main character holding up a crucifix to the vamp and he replying: "Oy vey, have you got the wrong vampire."

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jeanniecampbell 76p · 670 weeks ago

this got me curious, as what you wrote sparked recognition for me. was it the movie, The Fearless Vampire Killers? there was a Jewish woman who holds up a cross to the innkeeper in that movie and he replies with the same line. it's a roman polanski film, i think.

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jenniferkhale 17p · 669 weeks ago

Funny!! I like your vampire theme.

I just tried to get through a book I thought I would love-- Vampires, God, love...

I made it 50% in and gave up. I'm SO disappointed. (I'll email you the title. Don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.)

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jeanniecampbell 76p · 669 weeks ago

definitely let me know. i'm curious now.

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curiosity · 586 weeks ago

An important motive that is apparently inborn or learned early without formal training is curiosity. As early as 1881 it was observed that monkeys would tirelessly investigate their surroundings and manipulate any new object, although no reward was to be gained except the sheer fun of it. One monkey worked for two hours (unsuccessfully) trying to open the lock of a trunk in which nuts were stored, although a plentiful supply of nuts was within easy reach (Romanes, 1881).

Thorndike (1901) reported the case of a monkey who repeatedly struck a projecting wire, apparently just to make it vibrate. Thorndike states, “He did not, could not, eat, make love to or get preliminary practice for the serious battles of life out of that sound. But it did give him mental food, mental exercise. Monkeys seems to enjoy strange places; they……like to have feelings (as much) as they do to make movements. The fact of mental life is to them its own reward.” But after this early work psychologists neglected the study of curiosity, and a period of over forty years passed before systematic investigation of curiosity were resumed.

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jeanniecampbell 76p · 586 weeks ago

interesting comment...especially under this post. sure you got the right blog?