Psychological Problems
and Their Big Deceptions
Psychological Problems
and Their Big Deceptions
Introducing Predicate-Equating Cognition, Metaphorical
Communications, and the Unconscious Entity
David W. Shave, MD
Universal-Publishers
Irvine • Boca Raton
Psychological Problems and Their Big Deceptions: Introducing Predicate-Equating Cognition, Metaphorical Communications, and the Unconscious Entity
Copyright © 2018 David W. Shave. All rights reserved.
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Universal Publishers, Inc.
Irvine, California • Boca Raton, Florida • USA
www.Universal-Publishers.com 2018
978-1-62734-243-8 (pbk.)
978-1-62734-244-5 (ebk.)
Cover design by Ivan Popov
Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Shave, David W., 1931-, author.
Title: Psychological problems and their big deceptions : introducing predicate-equating cognition, metaphorical communications, and the unconscious entity / David W. Shave.
Description: Irvine, CA : Universal Publishers, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018932501| ISBN 978-1-62734-243-8 (pbk.) | ISBN 978-1-62734-244-5 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Psychology--Popular works. | Psychotherapy--Popular works. | Psychology, Applied. | Mental health. | Self-help techniques. | Human behavior. | BISAC: PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General. | PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health. | SELF-HELP / General.
Classification: LCC HN64 .S53 2018 (print) | LCC HN64 (ebook) | DDC 158/.1--dc23.
Classification: LCC HN64 .S53 2018 (print) | LCC HN64 (ebook) | DDC 158/.1--dc23.
Table of Contents
Our Most Important Emotional Need
The Illogical Way Our Unconscious Thinks
How We Gain Emotional Strength
How Psychological Assets Can Become Liabilities
The Unconscious Component Of Our Feelings
Recognizing Our Disguised Emotional Problems
How Our Talking Resolves Our Emotional Problems
The Hidden Causes of Our Relationship Problems
The Metaphorical Nature of Our Small Talk
What Makes People Want To Kill
Two Good Ways To Resolve Our Emotional Problems
Why Advice Or Counsel May Not Help
Our Deceptive Emotional Problems
When PTSD Is A Faulty Diagnosis
Introduction
Because of our having to live in reality, we’ve all experienced being emotionally uncomfortable in the past, and many of us may be experiencing that state now. But that doesn’t mean we’re mentally
