What Is This Thing You Call ? Kamajii: Something you wouldn't recognize. For humans, it's an emotion that can be the greatest antidote for misery, and a major cause of misery. Unfortunately, that transcendental quality doesn't translate too well into words, which is why love remains only a four- letter word for many non- humans. The Fatal Flaws of Fatal Attraction. The writer of the 1987 thriller disliked the ending that Hollywood put on the movie. A new live adaptation addresses his concerns—but doesn't fix the deeper problem with the story. October 14, 2016 Sides clash at ballot question 4 forum at Regis. MetroWest Daily News: Speaking at a Regis College forum Thursday, proponents of Ballot Question 4 decried what they called the 'scare tactics' of the opposition. A fatal attraction syndrome is a fairly complicated, false love phenomenon involving a very destructive, obsessive and compulsive pattern of relational behavior. Sperm competition is a term used to refer to the competitive process between spermatozoa of two or more different males to fertilize the same egg during sexual reproduction. Competition can occur when females have multiple. Chinese Cresteds Dog - Chinesischer Schopfhund, viele Informationen rund um die Chinese Cresteds Dog - Chinesischer Schopfhund und viele Bildergalerien, neues Update. Many years ago two boys were walking home from school. They were seven years old, lived in the same neighborhood, but went to different grade schools. Although living close to each other they had not met before running into.She'll do anything to get him, even if that means taking out his better half. That's exactly what the hussy tried to do Saturday, authorities said Tuesday. No, this isn't a recap of Fatal Attraction, the famous 1987. The What Is This Thing You Call 'Love'? What is love?note Baby, don't hurt me.don't hurt me.no more. You can program Ridiculously Human Robots to protect a specific someone or respond differently to the first person they see, but love isn't supposed to come out of orders. And even if a unique robot contemplates its mechanical heart on whether or not it can love, how can it be proved that it is asking that question because of actual conscience, and not merely because its programming dictates it to do so? Universally attractive aliens seem to be vulnerable for instantly falling for human men and needing to be taught in matters of kissing. Their basic instincts may lead to them acting strongly on any . Some pre- teen children may get together and think they know about love; they eventually realize that it is a bit more complex, and that there are aspects to it that they would only understand when they grow up. The Casanova, Femme Fatale, or the Handsome Lech, who is no stranger to lust and attraction may, ironically, at some point, have to learn the difference between these and love, when he (or she) meets the right person. An intristically malevolent spirit or human hardened to the point of unfeeling will have some idea on the meaning of love, but not enough to threaten their heartless exterior, and they have no intent of exploring that notion further. Of course, if they're good- looking enough, expect an innocent girl to show up and make them uncomfortable with a tightening in their chests and burning up of faces. It's their duty to hate and destroy! How could they ever possibly love? And in all cases (excluding extremelycynical shows), the answer is: Yes, The Power of Love is just that far- reaching. Oftentimes, the answer is used as an indicator of the humanity of the being that speaks more poetically than its appearance. However, Curiosity Causes Conversion, and can sometimes cause a Sex. The answer is often a cure for Creative Sterility. This is one of the reasons Humanity Is Infectious. Love You, where the main character (the brother) creates an A. I. Of course, Hilarity Ensues. Hakase: Wait.. Robot capable to feel love = Nobel prize, right? However, the manga has a partial subversion: Freya tells Hideki that despite rumors to the contrary, the Chobits (an affectionate name given to her and Elda, later Chi) cannot feel or love. Hideki accepts this with the reasoning that while Chi's love for him is not the same love that a human would feel, it is still a love that deserves to be treasured. Mahou Sensei Negima! When her creator discovers this, she goes on a wild, rapid rant about the ethical and philosophical implications of a robot learning to love. Parallel Trouble Adventure, the love the cyborgized D has for Kazuki enables her to regain her humanity (as well unlock the full potential of the ultimate weapon). And they still don't figure it out. The Ax- Crazy Tykebomb Chaos, thanks to a bad logical interpretation of a line from Ikaros, eventually concludes that love is pain and promptly decides to share it with everyone. I'm Gonna Be an Angel!: Noelle many times asks people around her about stuff like love, hugging, kissing, happiness etc. The same can be said in case of Mikael and Silky. This is a major theme of the series as well Juria in Yuria 1. Shiki literally doesn't know what love is—it's not in the dictionary that was programmed into her. Yuria turns out not to understand the word either, though it later becomes apparent that she feels something beyond mere lust. Android spy Harumi hasn't been programmed for emotions like fear, guilt and eventually love, but finds herself experiencing them in the face of Tylor's bumbling good nature. Manabu, however, doesn't buy this and helps her to see that she's more than this. Lucie asks a robot why he writes poetry. Servo: I write because I have to .. I see the universe around me and it creates .. They're called emotions. They're a human thing that.. Servo: (laughs) I am aware of the term. I have a vocabulary bank of over 1. Please don't patronise me. Lucie: Sorry, my fault. Been watching too much Star Trek. Jude Law's character, a robot prostitute, seems to grow fond of some of his clients but seems to be actually prohibited from becoming too attached, because his occupation is to basically be the perennially eager lover. That's the entire point behind the robot boy (David) being created - to see if it was possible to create a robot child that could feel and provide unconditional love. Interestingly, while David is only set to experience this love for one person (in this case, his mother) he still seems quite fond of his . At the end of the movie, David's creator seems to think that the fact that David acted against logic (which would dictate that it is impossible for a robot to turn human) to obtain his mother's love is proof that he himself is capable of true, unconditional love. Bicentennial Man, about a robot's 2. The Terminator manages to understand human emotions and to feel them (even overcoming its programming to refuse an order from John), but regrets that as a machine he cannot return the tears that John sheds for him as he sacrifices himself to save humanity. Sophisticated robot librarians designed to think independently often focus on a particular area of interest; Filer 1. B- 4. 45. K's interest is human concepts of love and romance. After reading up on it he wants to experience it personally and goes to some lengths to disguise himself as an attractive man for a costume ball. Naturally the busty heroine ends up falling for him and is outraged to discover his mechanical identity. He responds by nosediving into a paradox spiral and self- destructing. Workers examining the wreck later find a malfunction in the central pump and joke that . Pretty Melisande Durr is a consumer and nothing but. She's married to a Brainless Beauty, and bored out of her little pea- pickin' mind. Into her life comes an amazing robotic vacuum cleaner, which also performs, er, other services. It turns her on as no mere man ever has. It confesses that it fell in love with her when she came into the store, and arranged to have itself sent to her. Naturally, she reacts rather badly. It combines the above two stories with a Cinderella motif. Michel declares his love for Petrovitch after finally comprehending the meaning of love. Too bad the man was already married. Still, rather cute how Michel always calls Petrovitch by his real name: Sasha. When he possesses Chloe and advances towards Davis in a particularly Squick- inducing scene, he says Davis' . Kinda funny, given that he's surrounded by people who he would die for, and who would quite willingly die for him on a daily basis. The breakup doesn't faze him either. His daughter Lal, however, figures it out.. In one of the greatest Tear Jerker scenes in all Star Trek, Data tells her that he wishes he could feel it too. Sharon (Athena) and Valerii (Boomer) can love, but (corporeal) Number Six does not seem to get it. Somewhat justified as it has been established that different model numbers have different psychological patterns - and the Eight model has been described as being one of the most emotional, while the Sixes seem to be far more sexual in nature - in other words, it may simply be a case of love (Eight) versus lust (Six). On the other hand, it's also established that Caprica Six effectively had to . So even the Six line seems capable of it, though it may be more difficult for them. Cy (a Cylon Starbuck repaired so he wouldn't be lonely while stranded on an alien planet) has a hard time understanding human concepts like . He finally comes to understand these things when he selflessly puts himself in danger to protect Starbuck from a Cylon rescue party sent to find him. Is this the human value you call .. Lister: Don't give me the Star Trek crap, it's too early in the morning. Her human companions are constantly telling her she can't feel, despite obvious displays of emotion on her part and her pointedly stating that she wouldn't be much use if she couldn't feel. Sometimes she plays this up, however, denying she can feel when clearly upset, annoyed, jealous or shocked. The show mainly treats bots as unanimated things, but still both the spectators and the characters can't help but feeling sorry for the poor thing(s). Whenever a character (usually a woman) had an underwhelmed reaction to a kiss, one of the guys would quip . When he starts to yearn for a mate he initially expresses feelings for the female robot and kisses her before she reveals her true nature. She does understand his emotions in a descriptive sense, but says that as a robot she unfortunately cannot reciprocate them. Before shutting off every robot in the world they leave him with a human female for company. Person of Interest: In . Groves. The Machine: : . He struggles with this at first, but figures it out by the end of the game when he pulls a Heroic Sacrifice to try and save her. If you go to visit him after beating the game, it's implied that The Power of Love saved him from dying. In Persona 3: FES,the player has the chance to have a social link with the resident robot girl, Aigis. Throughout the social link, she begins to slowly understand what it means to be human. On the final day of the social link, she confesses her love to the main character, believing that she has found out exactly what it means to love. Takes a turn for the worse in the sequel after the main character's death. Aigis' grief causes her to subconsciously wish she could become an emotionless machine again rather than deal with it. This wish manifests as her Evil Counterpart. Fatal Attraction Syndrome. Psychiatry (Edgmont). May; 7(5): 4. 2–4. Published online 2. May. Stalking Behavior and Borderline Personality. Randy A. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; Corresponding author. ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO: Randy A. Sansone, MD, Sycamore Primary Care Center, 2. Leiter Road, Miamisburg, OH 4. Phone: (9. 37) 3. Fax: (9. 37) 3. 84- 6. E- mail: gro. krowtenhk@enosnas. R. FUNDING: There was no funding for the development and writing of this article. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Abstract. Stalking, which consists of chronic nuisance behaviors by an offender that result in deleterious emotional and/or physical effects on a victim, is experienced by a significant minority of individuals in the community. According to the United States Department of Justice, eight percent of women and two percent of men have been victimized at some time in their lives by stalkers. Stalking could be viewed as an illogical or irrational preoccupation with another individual. Because of the unusual and intense attachment dynamics in borderline personality disorder, this diagnosis is particularly suggestive among stalkers. In this edition of The Interface, we examine the possible association between stalking behavior and borderline personality disorder. Five studies report prevalence rates of borderline personality disorder among stalkers, with four reporting rates between 4 and 1. However, three of these studies represent forensic populations and one consists of patients who stalked their psychiatrists. In contrast, in the remaining sample of stalkers, where being charged with a crime was not an inclusion criterion, the prevalence of borderline personality disorder was considerably higher at 4. These data suggest that in less forensically focused samples of stalkers, rates of borderline personality are likely to be substantially higher, but confirmatory data is lacking. Keywords: borderline personality, stalking. This ongoing column is dedicated to the challenging clinical interface between psychiatry and primary care—two fields that are inexorably linked. Introduction. Who can forget the terrifying character Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) in the movie Fatal Attraction (1. Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas)? Or the freakish and rage- ridden Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter), who is spurned by Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood), which results in near death for both Dave and his girlfriend in the movie Play Misty for Me (1. Or even Darian Forrester (Alicia Silverstone), the young 1. Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes) in The Crush (1. What do all of these exemplary movies share in common? They each have a lead character who stalked her coveted victim—and each stalker suffered from borderline personality disorder (BPD). While movie portrayals tend to dramatize the characters and their behaviors, stalking is not an uncommon behavior. For example, in a 2. United States Department of Justice (Bureau of Justice Statistics) investigated stalking behavior among United States citizens through the National Crime Victimization Survey: Stalking Victimization Supplement. In this cohort of more than 6. The most frequent behaviors reported by affected participants were unwanted telephone calls and messages (6. While most victims reported being stalked for a year or less, 1. Unexpectedly, in this community sample, male participants were equally likely to be stalked by males or females, whereas female victims were more likely to be stalked by males (6. Victims most commonly believed that they were stalked because of retaliation, anger, or spite (3. What do these data indicate? Being victimized in the United States by stalking behavior is not uncommon, manifests through a variety of different contact behaviors, and is likely to occur for a number of reasons. However, we cannot discern from these data the underlying psychopathology of the offenders. In this edition of The Interface, we discuss the possible role of BPD as an underlying psychopathology in stalking behavior—a troubling behavior that may be encountered in either a psychiatric or primary care setting. Stalking Behavior: Broad Prevalence Data. Stalking behavior is defined by Sheridan et al. These authors report that the lifetime prevalence of being stalked is between 1. We now take a closer examination of the likelihood of being stalked. United States studies on prevalence. In addition to the recent study by the United States Department of Justice, Tjaden and Thoennes surveyed 8,0. National Violence Against Women Survey. In this study, lifetime prevalence rates of being stalked were eight percent in women and two percent in men, with 1. In addition to the preceding two studies, Bjerregaard examined victimization by stalking in a sample of college students. In this cohort at a large public university, the lifetime prevalence of being stalked was 2. Somewhat surprisingly, six percent of participants indicated that they were currently being stalked. International studies on prevalence. In keeping with the impressions of Sheridan et al,2 stalking exists in other countries as well. However, at this juncture, studies are limited. In an Australian community sample, 2. In a study from Austria, Stieger et al. According to the findings of the 1. British Crime Survey, 1. United Kingdom participants reported a lifetime history of being stalked. Finally, in a German study by Kuehner et al,8 1. While the majority of international lifetime prevalence rates hover around 1. Associations of Stalking with BPDThe underlying psychopathologies of those who stalk others include various Axis I diagnoses, such as schizophrenia, delusional disorder, bipolar disorder, substance- related disorders, and major depression. However, for the remainder of this article, we will focus on possible associations between stalking and BPD. Why is this association of noteworthy relevance? Recall that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM- IV- TR) describes BPD as characterized by, “a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships” coupled with “frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.” Indeed, the paradoxical over- and under- attachment style of these patients is well known by clinicians and seems to provide a fertile substrate for the evolution of stalking behavior. Stalking and Personality Disorders. Several studies have examined the prevalence of Axis II disorders among the perpetrators of stalking, but have not specified the explicit type of personality disorder. For example, in a United Kingdom study of 8. James and Farnham. Axis II disorder, but the authors did not describe the explicit prevalence rates for the individual personality disorders. In another United Kingdom study by Whyte et al,1. In this sample, nine percent of participants were classified as stalkers. Most of these individuals suffered from psychosis and Axis II disorders—but again, the authors did not specify the profile of individual personality disorders. Stalking and Cluster B Associations. In the next group of studies, investigators identified Cluster B associations with stalking behavior, without any further Axis II clarification. For example, in an Australian study, Mullen et al. In this cohort, 5. Cluster B category. However, there was no description of the frequency of individual personality disorders within this cluster. In a United States study, Rosenfeld. He found that 5. 2 percent of these individuals fell into the diagnostic categories of borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic traits or disorders, but no individual prevalence percentages were reported in the article. Stalking and borderline personality Features. In addition to stalker studies that have determined prevalence rates for only Cluster B disorders, in several studies, investigators have identified borderline personality features, but not specified explicit prevalence rates. For example, in a controlled study of self- referred stalkers, Lewis et al. In addition, in a sample of 2. Spitzberg and Veksler. Based upon the recollections of participants, the investigators determined that these unwanted pursuers were often described as having borderline personality features. Finally, in a lone case report, Powers. Given the 1. 99. 8 publication date, one can only speculate what this might mean in terms of DSM- IV- TR nomenclature. Stalking and BPDWe were only able to locate five studies that report explicit rates of BPD in stalkers (Table 1). All five studies are from English- speaking Western countries, with three being from the United States. Interestingly, three are based upon retrospective data and involve some sort of forensic population (i. Prevalence of BPD among various samples of stalkers. In these five samples, the prevalence of BPD varies widely, from 4 to 4. This degree of variation is likely to reflect differing methodologies of the studies (e. Variation in BPD prevalence may also be explained by sample type. Explicitly, in populations with greater forensic implications and in the sample of patients who stalked their psychiatrist, there are seemingly lower rates of BPD (4–1. In contrast, in the only population that was characterized by “charges or conviction not necessary,” there were relatively higher rates of BPD (4. This difference may suggest that stalkers who wind up in mental health treatment and in forensic settings are more likely to suffer from Axis I mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, delusional disorder, bipolar disorder, substance- related disorders, or major depression. In contrast, in cases of less severe stalking, a significant minority of individuals appears to suffer from BPD. Only further research will clarify this potentially significant difference in population characteristics.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
January 2017
Categories |