Recent content by DoW Lowen

It's all really based on what your expectancy of a student life is really. I finished two degrees at the University of Western Sydney and making friends came naturally. In my experience, you shouldn't force it. I tried making friends but going out of my way to talk to people, I made friends...

Chances are you know you're doing the right thing, but you're probably looking for validation. So here it is... yes you did A right thing. Whether you're a good person? Well that's relative. Would you have been a better person had you been more patient, the relationship was toxic and was...

I don't believe people are talking about depression, the only time it was really mentioned was in the OP where I stated disorders in general. Or at least I hope they're not...

I agree with you. GAD is characterized by a persistent state of worry, I was merely musing whether that anxiety manifests itself in irrational decision making that is deliberating counter productive. If you don't mind me asking, how are you coping with your GAD?

This is similar to a theory of how Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder develops in people. We experience heightened sympathetic responses and the bio-feedback does not reset and never experiences a resting level, meaning our brain believes we're constantly in a state of threat or distress. In...

The problem with the arguments so far is that people are inherently driven to be content, if not happy. Of course this doesn't apply to everyone (as with all psychological principles) however people don't enjoy excessively whining and I've dealt with enough people suffering from clinical anxiety...

Title says it all. I'm about to enter my PhD in Psychology and for the life of me I still can't find a reasonable answer to this question. Happiness is a rather overrated emotion and we often tell people to 'be happy' as if that is the solution to all the problems. It teaches us the least and...

I'll be honest, based on my lifestyle (work and insomnia) I'm always asleep during the moment of silence. However if it helps, I'm not a snorer and my dreams are usually of war and violence, so in my own unconscious way, I'll be paying tribute.

Okay having actually read the study (and being in a position to understand it) and because I don't want this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8903-Critical-Miss-Gamer-Science] to occur, I'll break the research down, but first... Please don't shoe Australian...

If you haven't watched Community [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_(TV_series)] than the latest episode 'Remedial Chaos Theory' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedial_Chaos_Theory] is an exemplary model of show at it's finest. I highly recommend watching the new episode even if you've...

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Condescending? Apologies if you're offended, but I said 'I don't want you to think the idea of X is Y' I never assumed you didn't know anything about it. Even if I did, to quote you: 'Sorry, I refuse to classify a comic as blending satire and dickjokes with critical thinking, just because...

I think you're putting words in my mouth by saying I ONLY enjoy the intellectual insightful parts of it. I used the phrase 'dick joke' that alone should have absolved me of any assumptions you hold for me. You forget this a gaming website, and we're talking about a gaming based comic strip. For...

Write all you wish. The internet is nothing if not a buffet of angry letters written to people who will never read them. Although I find it odd that you've waited this long to make a statement about how you don't find this strip funny. For most normal people it shouldn't take more than a 10...

I guess you're one in a million. Even my girlfriend who never plays games finds Critical Miss hilarious (albeit sometimes a bit of explaining is needed). You're welcome to your opinion, although if you don't find the the blend of critical thinking, satire and occasional well placed dick jokes...