psychoanalysis
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free-flowing mind
this quote from Thus Spoke Zarathustra has been on my mind all day. I've seen many interpretations—what do you think it means?
In Mark van Diem's movie, Character, a dialogue between Jacob and his cruel father:
"-Congratulations.
-You’re congratulating me? I cannot accept it. Not from someone who has opposed me my entire life.
-Or collaborated."
Character is built through struggles.
"-Congratulations.
-You’re congratulating me? I cannot accept it. Not from someone who has opposed me my entire life.
-Or collaborated."
Character is built through struggles.
isn't it strange creating something that hates itself?
learning to untangle the data and experiences that made me
Which is your QI?
it all starts and ends in the mind
Today's session reflections: building someone's trust, making oneself trustworthy, allowing oneself to trust, and recognizing the fragility of trust while not underestimating its strength.
I’ve been thinking about a malignant shame. A shame that makes it hard to speak, turns the experience of being seen into something terrifying, stops a person from taking action, makes them feel like an imposter, and convinces them they don't deserve anything good. This shame is like a darkness that leads a person to feel ashamed of their very existence. Once trapped in it, a person loses all their light and doesn't want anyone to light it again.
Predictive Processing
A theory suggesting the brain is essentially a prediction engine, constantly generating and updating models of the world based on incoming sensory data.
thoughts?
A theory suggesting the brain is essentially a prediction engine, constantly generating and updating models of the world based on incoming sensory data.
thoughts?
Realizing that we have an impact on every living being helps us care about their well-being and encourages us to be more thoughtful in our words and actions. It’s a serious responsibility, and maybe that's why sometimes it feels easier to ignore this.
When I hear people say things like, “This is just how I am—I can be blunt or hurtful, and I feel comfortable with people who won’t take it the wrong way,” I often feel they’re taking the easy way out. Often, the thing they don’t want misunderstood is actually understood well; it’s just that when they don’t see or accept their bad parts, they don’t want others to see them either.
Trying to understand the impact we have on others means connecting with both our bad and good sides. If we can recognize the darker parts of ourself, we’ll be able to share the good in a genuine way.
When I hear people say things like, “This is just how I am—I can be blunt or hurtful, and I feel comfortable with people who won’t take it the wrong way,” I often feel they’re taking the easy way out. Often, the thing they don’t want misunderstood is actually understood well; it’s just that when they don’t see or accept their bad parts, they don’t want others to see them either.
Trying to understand the impact we have on others means connecting with both our bad and good sides. If we can recognize the darker parts of ourself, we’ll be able to share the good in a genuine way.
Sometimes, I feel as though my mind freezes, as if it's resisting the pressure to keep processing more thoughts. Perhaps it’s not just resistance, but a signal that I’ve reached the limit of my mental capacity. Like a vessel that has filled to the brim, my mind stops taking in new thoughts, and instead, it overflows, spilling into other areas. These times, I need a partner in thought.
There are moments when I think about how much we affect each other. Even if we don't know each other or don't speak, there seems to be an invisible connection between us. This is something I often observe in psychodrama and psychoanalysis: There're unspoken forces that bring people together.
Even without speaking, something is communicated. These aren't just simple feelings; we are conveying parts of ourselves, things that resonate in the other. And these feelings, often without us realizing, shape both our actions and those of others.
It's hard to control how we act in relationships. The only thing we can do is just be ourselves in the moment. Because no matter how much we try to control things out of fear or anxiety, there are so many factors beyond our control. So, perhaps the best thing to do is to let go and be present, as the exchange of feelings and influences is happening beyond our control.
Even without speaking, something is communicated. These aren't just simple feelings; we are conveying parts of ourselves, things that resonate in the other. And these feelings, often without us realizing, shape both our actions and those of others.
It's hard to control how we act in relationships. The only thing we can do is just be ourselves in the moment. Because no matter how much we try to control things out of fear or anxiety, there are so many factors beyond our control. So, perhaps the best thing to do is to let go and be present, as the exchange of feelings and influences is happening beyond our control.
About our relationship with time
Reality comes to us in a raw and unprocessed form, often too intense, complex, or overwhelming for the mind to fully grasp. The mind processes reality, softening it through thought production.
Grotstein: What we believe we experience is a kind of virtual reality.
a "virtual reality"—a Reality that is "virtued/laundered" by the refractions of light created by fantasy, imagination, illusion, and symbolism.
Thinking is a tool for thought production. Sometimes no matter how much you think, nothing comes out of it. Because it is still raw and has time to cook.
Grotstein: What we believe we experience is a kind of virtual reality.
a "virtual reality"—a Reality that is "virtued/laundered" by the refractions of light created by fantasy, imagination, illusion, and symbolism.
Thinking is a tool for thought production. Sometimes no matter how much you think, nothing comes out of it. Because it is still raw and has time to cook.
"Leiblichkeit" is a way of looking at the body as more than just something physical—it’s part of how we live and experience the world. Imagine your body as the lens through which you experience everything around you. Your thoughts aren’t separate from your body; they’re shaped by what you feel, touch, and sense. This means your body and mind are always working together. So, in simple terms, the way you experience the world with your body plays a big role in how you think about it.
In the creative process, holding in mind what something will become and feeling the passion and dedication towards it, can be the most pleasurable aspect of creation.
"There is an early communication from skin to skin; the skin is the first organ of meaningful exchange. Acts of mirroring movement and words can only develop on the foundational ground of mirroring rhythm, warmth, and touch."
Anzieu
Anzieu
The pain a person feels does not come from the thoughts they think, but from the thoughts they can't think. The thoughts they believe are causing their pain are not the cause, but the result. The thoughts that rise to consciousness take on the emotions of the ones that can't. It's believed that once these thoughts are resolved, the emotions will go away. But they don't. Even when problems are solved, they remains.
One sees in others the flaws they repress in themselves.
why do we assume the things that make us different(unique) are more important than the things that make us the same?
Psychoanalyst Yolanda Gampell's concept of radioactivity offers a powerful metaphor to help us understand the destructive effects of sociopolitical violence on individuals. Radioactive particles spread through the body, gradually accumulating and causing damage over time. Similarly, the effects of sociopolitical violence can be observed in the human psyche, much like the effects of radioactivity on the body.
The first generations directly experience this damage, and the traumas are passed down to future generations. Just as radioactive waste spreads and creates serious problems over the long term, the violence leaves lasting scars on the fabric of society, affecting collective memory and identity.
The first generations directly experience this damage, and the traumas are passed down to future generations. Just as radioactive waste spreads and creates serious problems over the long term, the violence leaves lasting scars on the fabric of society, affecting collective memory and identity.
does suffering exist outside of resistance?
"The world judged is not a product. It is the judging alone that is the product. A judgement about the world is a finding, sometimes in the form of a shaping, but what is found is not the finding."
Justus Buchler
Justus Buchler