Questions tagged [psychology]

Questions regarding the view(s) of Judaism about issues related to psychology and the social sciences, including psychological disorders and normal psychology.

Questions regarding the view(s) of Judaism about issues related to psychology and the social sciences, including psychological disorders and normal psychology.

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Freud and the Torah

I am thinking of training as a psychotherapist, and one of the approaches I would be studying would be Freud's psychodynamics approach. I have some pre-knowledge of what this is about (from previous study and readings), but would like some guidance…
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Psychology behind sinning

Here’s a simple mashal- if you’re told that if you drive you’re car really fast you’ll guaranteed die, you’ll 100% not drive your car really fast. But when it comes to religion, we’re told that we’ll be punished and go to Gehinnom if we do X sin,…
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