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Dostoevsky: A Psychologist We Can All Learn From

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His intuitive grasp of how childhood trauma could repress and obliterate memory, fuelling the repetition compulsion of self-destructive patterns of behaviour, was central not only to psychoanalysis, but also our modern understanding of psychological trauma.

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Everything About Us Without Us

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However, there was a favorable reference to hydrotherapy as a way to calm patients. You might lose months of memory and some loss of self-esteem. with) a specially constructed instrument, a thin, sharp knife like a blade about four inches long. Simply becoming aware of the concept is a start.

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The Core Error of Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Certainty about “Consensus Reality”

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Ignored by establishment psychiatry, many renowned thinkers have questioned the entire wheel of current consensus reality, concluding that it is an unnatural construction that has dehumanized us. Many of these prominent thinkers—such as Erich Fromm, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Lewis Mumford, Ivan Illich, and E.F.

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We Are Amidst the Age of Behavioral Alchemy

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The former group tends towards what I would refer to as emotional. My anecdotal explanation is that psychologists and psychiatrists are more concerned with self-preservation and their own ego, despite the latter actually being medical doctors. The answer lies in the fundamental nature of any tribe, band or clan; self-sufficiency.

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The Iatrogenic Gaze: How We Forgot That Psychiatry Could Be Harmful

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I had some vague awareness that patients occasionally had a “bad reaction” to a pill, but I assumed that these reactions were one in a million and it never crossed my mind that something like permanent genital numbness could occur. As far I am aware, there is zero mention of iatrogenesis in the OCD literature.

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The Psychological Humanities Manifesto: An Interview with Mark Freeman

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In this interview, we’ll explore his personal journey toward the psychological humanities, delve into his work in narrative psychology , and discuss his approach to the concepts of ‘self’ and the ‘Other.’ I’ve sometimes called them narrative self-analyses. It’s challenging work to do.

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Toxic Interactions: Social Circumstances and Well-Being

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For some of those present at the conference, it seemed to refer to certain kinds of people, for some, to certain kinds of behaviours, for others, to the consequences of certain biochemical events, and for some, to comprehensible psychological strategies. The exchanges uncovered multiple, often conflicting uses of the term.