“DEFENSE PESSIMISM: According to psychologist Julie Norem, positive thinking doesn't work for some people, who should try defensive pessimism. Here's how it works: in the face of an anxiety-producing task instead of psyching yourself up, psyche yourself down by consciously… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
“GRUBELEIEN: German word for a not entirely unpleasant form of brooding; a sort of inward directed schadenfreude, i.e., perverse delight in one's own troubles” — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
I see therapy as a substitute for friendship. I see it as a commentary on the impersonality of society that people have to pay… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
“DEFENSE PESSIMISM: According to psychologist Julie Norem, positive thinking doesn't work for some people, who should try defensive pessimism. Here's how it works: in… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
“HOLLOW-TOOTH SYNDROME: Compulsion to torture oneself mentally, based on the fact that nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
“BYSTANDER EFFECT: Phenomenon documented by social scientists in which people are less likely to help someone in distress when there are others present who… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
“TUCKE DES OBJEKTS, DIE: Literally "the malice of things," the sneaking dread that machines are biding their time until they can turn on us… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
“NOCEBO: Latin for "I will harm"; a negative placebo; physical manifestation of pessimism; self-fulfilling prophecy of disbelief. In the nocebo effect, a bad result… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
“KVETCH:(Yiddish) verb: to gripe or fret; noun: a chronic complainer, a whiner” — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
To a dog, motoring isn't just a way of getting from here to there, it's also a thrill and an adventure. The mere jingle… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
“SITUATIONAL INTIMACY: Intimacy generated by a shared situation rather than a romantic or familial relationship, as when random train or airliner seatmates share their… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
They give unconditional love and undying loyalty in return for regular meals and an occasional pat on the head. — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
