Mind Games

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(idea) by trega (2.2 d) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Aug 01 2000 at 2:46:28

You've all had one played against you at one point in your life. You may not have even noticed, you may have played one against someone else knowingly or not but it is almost certain that you have encountered one.

A mind game can be anything from reverse psychology to taunting and teasing.

Generally any time that you think you've been played for a fool or are being played for a fool it's the result of a mind game. They are annoying but sometimes useful. It all depends on the context.

Mean spirited people like to play them to extremes and get some kind of delight from making other people hurt. Watch out for these people. When you do discover that they're playing mind games with you don't just confront them, they can usually make you feel bad for doing that. Instead play along and throw it back in their face ever so slightly. Eventually the tables will turn and you'll be the one playing the mind games. :) That's only fun for awhile though and you have to move deal with the issues and move on. This is a very difficult thing to do. :(

I don't like them, but they haunt my life, a life that could be so much more....

(thing) by Stealth Munchkin (2.7 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Aug 30 2001 at 2:58:27

Also an album and song by John Lennon. Written and recorded at the time of his temporary break-up with Yoko Ono (it was mostly completed before their split but released afterwards) it is one of his blander albums, but was more commercially successful than his previous album, the more political Some Time In New York City.
Tracklist:

All tracks written by John Lennon

printable version
chaos

Reverse Psychology	Turning your computer off with your foot	People are not my personal playthings	Stealing your best friend's girlfriend
Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.	If the only sexual organ you have is a penis then everything looks like a vagina	0100101110110101.org	The closer you are to someone, the easier it is to hurt them
The guy at the end of Half-Life	A Child Called "It"	adult self-education	hatefuck
I have lost my power	How to fight and not get your ass kicked	John Lennon	Rubik's Cube
Shall we play a game?	Complete silence	Techniques for Creative Thinking	Dissertation defense
The great web site background music conspiracy	Pimp: The Story of My Life	I am thinking of a number between one and ten	Hammock Heaven

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