How is it that a 4 day workweek feels more like 7?
Actually, it doesn't.
Rather today just seemed long and I believe it had to do with hormones. Though being irritable does not help when dealing with narcissistic people.
I am reading a book called The Sociopath Next Door, about the sociopath next door.
Interesting and the rate of sociopaths is about 4%, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are about 1% each, which means there are way more sociopaths around than one would think. I think that rate in the book may be a little high-antisocial personality disorder (which sociopathy is a subset of)is about 2-3% if I remember correctly.
It discusses the concept of conscience which I find interesting and uses the example of the Milgram experiment-where Milgram told people that during the study, the subjects were to administer an electric current to other participants if they got a wrong answer. The subjects never actually delivered an electric current, but thought they did and Milgram kept pretending to increase the voltage-with the people pretending to get the current would act as if they were. The current would be increased to life threatening levels and the subjects kept going along with it-something like 90+% went along with it. Interesting on many different levels, though of course his experiment has a lot of ethical issues-like how did those people feel administering the current? Anyhow, when the person telling the subjects to increase the current wore a lab coat and was a doctor, people were more likely to go along with it. If the experimenter was presented as a working class citizen, people were less likely to continue shocking.
Authority plays a big part in what we are willing to believe and influences what we think is the right thing to do.
This reinforces to me the importance of understanding and carefully considering what I think and considering how my actions as an authority figure (ie nurse) may impact patients etc. And also to consider how it is important to develop and stand by my beliefs, after a lot of reflection, and not just blindly follow.
The book sort of boils down conscience to the ability to love/care for others, and that by considering how our actions impacts others leads in part to our conscience.
All very interesting and I would write more, but have to go nap.
