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Julius Wagner-Jauregg was a 19th-century psychiatrist with two unique skills: He was good at recognizing patterns, and what others saw as “crazy” he found merely “bold.”
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
In the first place, it is of great consequence whether there was an energetic reaction to the affectful experience or not.
Sigmund Freud • Studies in Hysteria
When we respect our body’s responses, we move from this more evaluative state, we become more respectful of ourselves, and this functionally contributes to the healing process.
Stephen W. Porges • The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
Feelings are uncontrollable directly by the will.
David K. Reynolds • Constructive Living (Kolowalu Books (Paperback))
Emotions are a reflection of our physical state, our actions, beliefs and what is going on around us.
Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
The thinker behind the thoughts and the feeler behind the feelings are only thoughts;
Alan Watts • Still the Mind
The neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux and his colleagues have shown that the only way we can consciously access the emotional brain is through self-awareness, i.e. by activating the medial prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that notices what is going on inside us and thus allows us to feel what we’re feeling.5 (The technical term for this is “inte
... See moreBessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Everyone else in the world knows you only by your actions.