BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

2002 saw me deeply depressed, physically more ill than ever and exhausted. 2002 also saw me get sucked into something horrible by someone I had mistakenly trusted for years. That trust was a hideous mistake. In the two years that followed this person who led me to believe they were my lifeline of sanity in an environment of oppression and abuse - twisted my mind, shattered my heart and lead me down the road to perdition. To a place where I didn't know myself, I was saying and doing things I would never have done under normal circumstances and where my emotions and trust were raped repeatedly. In the months that followed, with a lot of help - I forced myself back on track. The track of doing the right thing. This person had suggested Mussar to me. This person followed a lot of marketing/ mind control tactics and had a great way of giving me something with one hand - while lying and coercing me to do the polar opposite with the other. But I did look into Mussar - and I am stil...

I tripped on this article while helping one of my kids with an over-the summer project. What it fails to do, scientifically - is account for those who SAY they have high morals and ethics or BELIEVE they have high morals and ethics... But their actions prove otherwise! (these are usually personality disordered pathological Cluster Bs... who pass for normal but lie like they breathe.) Hey Barack, Gov. Sanford, John Edwards -- you listening? Oddly, Hypocrisy Rooted in High Morals by Jeanna Bryner Morally upstanding people are the do-gooders of society, right? Actually, a new study finds that a sense of moral superiority can lead to unethical acts, such as cheating. In fact, some of the best do-gooders can become the worst cheats. Stop us if this sounds familiar. When asked to describe themselves, most people typically will rattle off a list of physical features and activities (for example, "I do yoga" or "I'm a paralegal"). But some people have what scientists c...