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The outcome I would like to joke about this evening is that I develop a brain-emotions model, drawing on evolution, probability theory, lessons from psychoanalysis and psychiatry, that is so simple it is hard to imagine life without it.
Replying to @buttonslives
Maybe even the most intense betrayal we can feel is when we betray ourselves
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“you can’t fix him” I don’t wanna fix him! I wanna FUCK him! I’m a pervert not a psychologist
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The hate Aella gets seems uniquely American. I can't imagine it coming from anywhere else.
Incredible thread
"What is particularly terrifying when this psychic structure falls apart is that the patient feels stalked by the darkest and most painful parts of themselves and their memories that they would much rather repress yet they cannot escape."
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“Psychiatric treatment is often enough a frustrating affair, for the patient, for the clinician, for the caregivers, basically for everyone involved…”
On imperfect tools
psychiatrymargins.com/p/mayb…
"The human mind ... only has shape when prodded and pushed by the presence of other people."
On social isolation, from @a_m_mastroianni











