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Roedy Green wrote:
> Gene Wirchenko wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>>     Get over the block.  And that is what he ought to do.
> 
> People usually don't recognise their phobias as something they should
> get over.  People afraid of spiders and snakes see their phobias as a
> sensible reaction to a danger.
> 
> It was quite late in life when I realised I had to get rid of my
> phobia of needles.  It took about three days of intensive EMDR work.
> It was so strange not being afraid of needles. 
> 
> In my case, profs were simply scary people, unless approached in the
> presence of a large number of people.  I had an unconscious need of
> witnesses to discourage the prof from attacking me. It didn't occur to
> me at the time that my extreme reluctance to be in a room alone with a
> prof was in any way unusual.  I probably imagined other people felt
> the same way, but were braver than I was. I did not think about it.
> That  was just the way the universe was.
> 
> In general, I feel uncomfortable around other people unless there is a
> large audience. You might say I have reverse stage fright.
> 
> I think this comes from the fact my Mom behaved herself in the
> presence of outside witnesses.
> 
> These are not rational thoughts. You can't argue yourself out of them,
> any more than you can argue yourself out of feeling horny.
> The most powerful tool I have discovered for neutralising them is
> EMDR.
> see http://mindprod.com/livinglove/methods/emdr.html

That is fascinating information, Roedy, thank you.

That is perhaps the most interesting and potentially useful off-topic post I've seen here, so much so that it became honorarily on topic.  I'll draw another thread to the topic in that to be a programmer, Java or otherwise, is a human activity.  Pyschological impediments reduce one's effectiveness as a Java programmer, as in the OP's case.  Programming isn't just about the code, the language, the logic, the models and the idioms.  It's also about the practitioner and being mentally and physically capable of the act of programming.

So actually, your post is quite on topic.  Your suggestion speaks to the maintenance and enhancement of the most universal, misunderstood and essential tool in the (Java) programmer's toolkit: their own mind.

-- 
Lew

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mod calculation Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-11-13 08:20 -0800
  Re: mod calculation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-13 08:56 -0800
    Re: mod calculation Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-11-13 09:26 -0800
      Re: mod calculation Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-11-13 13:08 -0800
        Re: mod calculation Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-11-13 13:12 -0800
          Re: mod calculation Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-13 13:49 -0800
  Re: mod calculation Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-13 09:02 -0800
    Re: mod calculation Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-11-13 09:09 -0800
      Re: mod calculation Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-13 20:20 +0000
      Re: mod calculation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-14 09:55 -0800
        Re: mod calculation Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-15 13:05 -0800
          Re: mod calculation Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-15 14:17 -0800
            Re: mod calculation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-17 07:23 -0800
              Re: mod calculation Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-17 07:51 -0800
              Re: mod calculation Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-17 09:35 -0800
              Re: mod calculation Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-17 10:10 -0800
                Re: mod calculation Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-17 19:09 +0000
                Re: mod calculation Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-17 14:17 -0800
                Re: mod calculation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-19 21:11 -0500
                Re: mod calculation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-18 20:35 -0800
                Re: mod calculation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-19 21:13 -0500
                Re: mod calculation Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-19 23:47 -0800
                Re: mod calculation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-18 20:54 -0800
                Re: mod calculation Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-19 08:34 -0800
                Re: mod calculation Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-19 21:16 +0000
                Re: mod calculation Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-19 16:11 -0800
                Re: mod calculation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-19 21:13 -0500
                Re: mod calculation Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-20 08:45 +0000
                Re: mod calculation Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-20 08:12 -0800
                Re: mod calculation Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-20 19:42 +0000
                Re: mod calculation spk <jhic@speak.invalid> - 2011-11-20 23:18 -0400
                Re: mod calculation thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-21 02:11 -0500
                Re: mod calculation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-19 13:40 -0800

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