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[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

One of the most dysfunctional illusions is that a monogamous relationship will provide us with one person who can and should meet all of our needs.

[Chris @chriswlcsw]

Psychoanalytic Twitter may appreciate this (not spam)

https://t.co/0wgLsmq5iE

[Falafen @Falafen2]

@CoachElizabethS Sounds funny, though sad🤭

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

"Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery.

You have to get to a point where your mood doesn't shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else.

Don't allow others to control the direction of your life.

Don't allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence."

[Nabeel S. Qureshi @nabeelqu]

A cursed fact of the world is that the most important life lessons you learn are the hardest to communicate to others. They always sound like clichés.

[Béa Gonzalez (sophiacycles) @SophiaCycles]

The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard observed that the most common form of despair is that of not being who we really are, adding that an even deeper form of despair stems from choosing to be someone other than oneself.~Howard Sasportas

[Kemtrup @KemtrupTweets]

Some presenting concerns I tend to hear: can’t calm down easily, can’t enjoy, can’t get motivated, can’t get out of recurring interpersonal conflict(s), can’t stop feeling empty, can’t do or stop doing X, family member thinks I have a problem and I can’t figure out what I think.

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

People rarely come for help for something they explicitly identify as personality. Even though that's where the action is clinically.
They come for acute concerns like depression or anxiety, not realizing they're woven into the fabric of personality—their recurring life patterns

[Falafen @Falafen2]

@davetrott In other words Sir, "strategy" is, "doing what Mr. Trott does well"🤗

[Samantha Rose Hill @Samantharhill]

"For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live."

— Theodor Adorno

[Falafen @Falafen2]

@PaulPortesi "Mother nature is very generous but very unforgiving". The Late Prof. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Laureate

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

If Judith Herman is correct (she is), treating trauma requires a meaningful psychotherapy relationship—actual personal connection

So much for therapy apps, self-help programs, online courses, & parasocial relationships with ppl playing therapist to 100s or 1000s from a distance

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

"Recovery [from trauma] can take place only within the context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation. In renewed connections with other people, the survivor recreates the psychological faculties damaged or deformed by the traumatic experience."
-Judith Herman

[Falafen @Falafen2]

@stewfortier @BooksChatterBot May his soul continue RIP.

[Falafen @Falafen2]

@stewfortier @BooksChatterBot Loved Felix's subliminal satire in the text...he discloses his cheeky plot and intentions in his 2010 title, "The Narrow Road"

[Falafen @Falafen2]

@PaulPortesi "Allowing others to be wrong, is a form of forgiveness"....Wow! Quite quite insightful which I truly appreciate

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

Best books I read in 2022

1. The Daily Laws @robertgreene

"long term goals tend to generate anxiety...break tasks into smaller bites...have microgoals..what you are after is a series of practical results and accomplishments, not a list of unrealized dreams and aborted projects"

[Paul Portesi @PaulPortesi]

Be careful of those who announce they care.

They're going to want to impose, sanction & mandate their caring on to you.

They care so much, they hurt.

Others.

It ain't about the caring.

It's about politics.

That's what they really care about.

Careful of the announced care.

[The School of Life @TheSchoolOfLife]

The best way to separate out ambition from fear is to ask oneself what one would do if one could not fail (Paul Klee, Der Luftballoon, 1926).

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

In times of uncertainty and change

some cry "the sky is falling"

some insist "everything will be fine."

Some can accept not knowing.

It can be hard to resist the pull of omniscience.