Let's look at the enigmatic “Big Five Personality Traits" again. They aren't new. The idea began in United States Air Force in the 1950s, then psychologist J.M. Digman proposed the "five factor model" of personality in 1990. Human resource departments in large corporations have been using it for a long time to assess potential employees. … Continue reading Rescuing psychology | The Big Five Personality Traits | Shouldn’t it be the Big Ten?
Rescuing Reality and the Future | Highly sensitive people in an insensitive world | and where does autism fit in?
I believe in aristocracy though.... Not an aristocracy of power... but of the sensitive, the considerate. …
Shy and/or autistic Confidence, and its rewards
In my book The Shyness Guide, I say that when you learn to accept your shyness, you become less shy. It's true. When you're no longer concerned about being shy, you no longer experience that kind of anxiety, so it's easier to talk to people. Simple as that. But that isn't all you gain from … Continue reading Shy and/or autistic Confidence, and its rewards
Autism | Learn from Autistics – connecting parents and caregivers with autistic voices | Alan Conrad interviewed
Recently I had the good fortune to be interviewed by Jenna Gensic for the website Learn from Autistics - Connecting Parents and Caregivers with autistic voices. The result was published this week - I've provided a link below. This website offers interesting autism news, books, free downloads, and other resources. But the core of it … Continue reading Autism | Learn from Autistics – connecting parents and caregivers with autistic voices | Alan Conrad interviewed
Rescuing shyness, autism and introverts | How being alone is good for your health
Because it seems to be a given in this society that social isolation is bad for your health, here is an opposite view.
Rescuing science | Autism and shyness | on the yet-to-come discovery of their origin
There is another possibility.....that people who were unable to talk a million years ago are still with us.
Rescuing psychology | Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘I am a Rock’ | Incels and detachment
In The Shyness Guide, I make the case that detachment is a tool one can use to enter and explore the social world.
Rescuing psychology | socialization is good for us | but is it good for you?
What's good for some people sometimes isn't always good for everyone all the time.
Autism | People who don’t need People
Do you know the Barbara Streisand song......'People Who Need People'? - which said that such people are are the 'luckiest people in the world'?
Alan Conrad 