Mary Martin

There is indirect evidence to support this idea. For instance, individuals tend to act in a way that is consistent with or constrained by how they have imagined themselves in those situations (Johnson and Sherman, 1990), implying that some record of that simulation influences later behavior. There is typically a high correspondence of stated... See more

suffering is the result of the event coupled with the person experiencing the event inside a culture

The model was helpful—but only to an extent. They found that while AI improved the output of less creative writers, it made little difference to the quality of the stories produced by writers who were already creative.

You're not being selfish when you know that someone isn't good for you and you therefore decide to opt out of them. That's healthy.

With that said, people don't like it when you grow into boundaries. They want the old you back; the one they could walk over or gaslight or worse.

But anyone who doesn't respect your boundaries can be archived from your... See more

your emotional experiences feel like they are the truth of the world around you, when in reality the culture we live in shapes your emotions...and your emotions serve as a lens for interpreting the world around you.