Psychology

i used to be pretty 'traumatized' in the classic sense - nightmares, difficulty sleeping, etc. Over the course of a 1-2 years I managed to fix nearly all of it. I used a lot of techniques - but one thing that was noticeably absent in my healing was psychological narrative. 1/

to be very clear, attachment styles are not real, IFS parts are not real, none of that stuff is real, in a specific sense. it's scaffolding. it's pointers to the rough shape of more subtle dynamics that one can come to understand in much more granular phenomenological detail

The concerning parts of therapy normalization to me is how many people have abandoned: 1. Developing deeper relationships where they could comfortably talk through their problems with peers / elders. 2. Developing a spiritual practice to help manage negative emotions / thought… Show more

How to become more aware of your projections: 1. Psychological projection Notice that every time you are triggered, or any way in which you idolize somebody, you are projecting a disowned part of yourself. 2. Projection onto the world List 10 things that are important to you.… Show more

What is projection? 1. Psychological projection If there are aspects of ourselves that we cannot own, we project those aspects onto other people. This happens especially when we are triggered. This can also happen with positive qualities. When you put someone on a pedestal –… Show more

i dont know who needs to hear this but the inner core of your "personality" is the series of tricks you used to get your parents' attention when you were two, which is to say your first survival mechanism, which was so load-bearing you never were able to abandon it and instead… Show more

Happy Thanksgiving About 10yrs ago, this section from The Black Swan changed how I see the world. Try not to be the turkey.

Updated v2: Self-Regulation Cheat Sheet 🤓

Some seven types of stupidity.. via @mrianleslie https://ianleslie.substack.com/p/seven-varieties-of-stupidity?s=r... See more

This video is a masterclass in psychology. The first person to do something always looks weird. People laugh. Then somebody else joins. Then the crowds come in and the person who started the whole thing goes from looking like a goon to looking like a genius.