mentalese
language and thought are separate. interpersonal connection is complex
mentalese
possible psych study: instead of simply CBT, something more integrative with feelings and embodiment and visualization? (has this been done before? look into it)
maybe I struggle to overcome patterns of self-criticism and struggle to even articulate exactly what thoughts run through my head when I start spiraling negatively because my thoughts do not entirely consist of language. What underlies those articulated thoughts of “I’m not good enough” is the mentalese, it’s the abstract ideas and images and
... See moreeye contact… it’s so powerful in attraction possibly because it skips straight to the source… that common knowledge…that lack of language actually builds something deeper that then is aided by language after the fact, but it starts with an unspoken understanding of the person beneath, the other being experiencing you as you experience them. It’s an
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“words do not matter, because meaning is often felt, not said.”
How Common Knowledge Shapes the World | Steven Pinker | TED
youtu.beA new idea can be spread quickly if someone can explain it and communicate it to others before they have to discover it themselves. But the chief advantage of language is not communication but autogeneration. Language is a trick that allows the mind to question itself; a magic mirror that reveals to the mind what the mind thinks; a handle that... See more