What the 2018 Horror Film, Hereditary, Can Teach Us About Mental Health and Psychotic Cults!

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The symbol for the cult of King Paimon! The following article/post represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. Many have suggested I watch the 2018 horror flick called Hereditary, written and directed by Ari Aster. They all stated it has an arresting plot twist and...

The Psychological Meaning of Work and Sacrifice

Written by: Matthew Sabatine Adam and Eve deceived by the snake! The following post/article represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. Let's talk about the postponement of pleasure! It is bothersome but necessary. In fact, it is more necessary than you want it to be. Your playful and overindulgent...

Writing a Letter To Your Future Self

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The following post/article represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. "A man never steps in the same river twice. For he is not the same man and it’s not the same river.” — Heraclitus Are you the same person you were yesterday? What about a...

The Dangers of Self-Pity

Written by: Matthew Sabatine This is you, sitting on your sofa and pining away. The following article/post represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. After several hours of searching on Google about self-pity, it appears to me that empirical, clinical and expert research is lacking. I was hoping to...

Why We Are So Likely To Repeat Past Terrible Events

Written by: Matthew Sabatine You should be tired after going around the same mountain, just like this cow is tired. The following post/article represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. Do you ever witness a friend’s or loved one’s history repeat itself in their life? It could be a...

You Spend Most of Your Life Fighting and Avoiding Pain

Written by: Matthew Sabatine You can't act as if pain is unreal when you awake in the morning. The following article/post represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. Pain is a strange thing. Pain matters more than anything else conceivable. You can't stop acting as though it is real....

The Social Forces that You Absorb Without Knowing It!

Written by: Matthew Sabatine Introjection is sneaky like this raccoon getting into your stuff The following article/post represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. The ability known as introjection is the mental act of absorbing the expectations and projections (the driving out of unwanted impulses) of others, which is...

Pretending That Your Bad Parts Are Not Yours But Someone Else’s–An Unhealthy Defense Mechanism

Written by: Matthew Sabatine This post represents the views of only the author and not everyone at Common Issues. Psychological projection—you may have heard of it before. Someone, with their self-qualified overconfident wisdom, may have even tried to pin that diagnosis on you. The concept is often used pejoratively. Projection activates itself when the human...

Ladies, Is Your Man Forgetting Too Much?

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The Human Brain and Memory in Comparison to Computers “No memory is ever alone; it’s at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.” ~ Louis L’Amour (1908-1988) Have you ever pondered the idea that the success of your man’s remembering important details...

How Does Language Affect Your View of the World?

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The following article represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. What is the relationship between language and thought? Something that is quite vital to this topic is the linguistic relativity hypothesis. It originated with Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1940), which was quite long ago, so I...