Hello, my name is Bill and I am a psychology nut.

[Bill Hemphill]

I have been addicted or I mean to say, studying psychology for over 30 years. I can not stop. I really research everything I can get my hands on that I can at the present understand and build as much understanding as I can. I just joined this forum to broaden my perspective.  Looking forward to possibly becoming Psychology Forum . us friends with some here. Bill

[Turion]

Hi bill,

great to have another psychology addict here. you must have gained some insights over thirty years of studying.

do you have any areas that you are particularly interested in?

[Bill Hemphill]

I research the energy involved in response and decision making. Cunning verse responsibility. I have recently been interested in NLP.  Personality development and addiction are things I have a great understanding for after years of approaching Psychology from the perspective of a sexologist. Bill

[SWM]

I research the energy involved in response and decision making. Cunning verse responsibility.

this sounds really interesting. i am curious. could you give us a overview of what you have learned? maybe start a topic for discussion about some of your insights.

I have recently been interested in NLP.  Personality development and addiction are things I have a great understanding for after years of approaching Psychology from the perspective of a sexologist. Bill

i really like NLP i think it will have big future if practitioners begin to measure their clinical outcomes.

and a sexologist? i dont know what it is but we seem to attract alot of people to the forum with questions about sex. see i dont know whether that is normal for a lot of people to have questions about sex, or whether it is this forum that is attracting people. dont know maybe you could shed some light on that.

anyway your knowledge and experience will be appreciated i am sure. welcome to psychologyforum.us

[Bill Hemphill]

Sexology is the study of the psyche as it is related to sex. Sexual hormones exaggerate the energy making it easier to see the action of the energy related to the psyche.  One can then get a better idea of what is going on in other areas of the psyche. For example, the idea of someone being born gay is soon seen to be impossible. Everything in a persons life including words and letters carry a message like a symbol and an amount  of energy. Homosexuality has to be introduced. It does not have to be asked for. And if one finds oneself with an attachment to such a social component and not want the attachment, one only need to think of an another of possibilities around us just like we do a spouse. Many people have no feelings of romance for an ex. It was adapted to another. The fear is that it is permanent. Long explanations here. Hope that helps you understand Sexology.

[seekinghga]

Bill, you sound like an interesting fellow.

Everything in a persons life including words and letters carry a message like a symbol and an amount  of energy.

This statement feels significant to me.

Anyways, hello and welcome!

[Bill Hemphill]

The mind and body are responding. Thus responsibility.  We can examine how we are responding and to what. Take the time.  The next time something seems to pop up in your thoughts, detect what it was you were doing or reading when the thought arose.  You can engage in psychological efficiency. You can respond appropriately or ignore the way you are responding and to what. Actions of the mind become examinable from this perspective. I researched the mind on my own by reading and analyzing  many books and magazine articles. That way I did not have to learn from a group or institution that learned from someone that did not know how the mind works. The greats of Psychology admitted that they did not know how it worked. And we enjoy reading their babble. I do. They paved the way for us to figure  it out. I understand the psyche and go to great lengths to refine my understanding through broadening my scope of vocabulary and subject.

[SWM]

Hope that helps you understand Sexology.

yes indeed, thank you. do you find then, that people in general have a lot of questions about sex?

[Bill Hemphill]

Generally, people think 'what is there to learn?'. 

There is a woman named Sue Johanssen in (I am thinking she is from Canada) she has a show on television and callers can call in and ask all sorts of sex related questions, but she does not get into the mind and sex. As a sexologist, I mainly study the mind.

ALTHOUGH, I have come across some great authors like Naura Hayden. She writes books to help people actually 'do it' and do it for satisfaction. I once read while I was in college these words that have stuck with me all these years. 99% of people have never had sex. They have only committed acts that tend to occur during 'sexual relations'. Only those people who take the time to read and learn about sex will 'know' how to have sex and will actually have sex. They will be the true "Cassanovas and Cleopatras " in their own time.
   I got all excited when I read this thinking that I was a true Cassanova and  . . . well when it got right down to it. I did not really want a bunch of different sex partners. I just wanted to be the best husband that I could be.  Check out Naura Hayden.

[SWM]

what are your thoughts about sex as a motivation in daily life activities, i mean things like buying close, buying flash cars, following hairstyle fashions etc etc.

[Bill Hemphill]

When you use the word 'following' a person should be concerned with the Oedipus and Electra complex. Otherwise these things are just healthy narcissistic tendencies. I don't wish to rise to such a high level of enlightenment that I am reduced to leaning on a one legged chair for seven years, without sleep, with an assistant to feed me a raw egg and four glasses of goats milk.

For one to want to look their best is healthy. For one to want to show someone else up or outdo another shows signs of homosexual neurosis. But don't be quick to judge. It takes understanding.