one of my favorite niche psychoanalysis ideas is winnicott’s Dead Mother Complex
the theory goes like this: when a child grows up with an emotionally absent primary attachment figure (symbolic Mother; could be actual mother or other guardian), they tend to grow up to be particularly charming and magnetic as adults. the reason this happens is because the child, unable to cope with the reality of having a detached caregiver, learns to “reanimate” the emotionally lifeless corpse of the Mother; the more detached and abandoning the Mother, the more the child learns to read subtle signs of pulling away + how to effectively entertain, validate, and bring life to the attachment object.
this explains at least in part some of the “charisma is a trauma response” hypothesis. there’s not much literature or research on it but i find it incredibly fascinating despite being relatively unknown
Estoy viendo "réplicas" en Netflix sobre el terremoto en Nepal 2022 y adivinen de qué nacionalidad eran los que robaron dinero de muertos de un pueblo que desapareció y después pidieron ayuda armada por satelite porque se sentían amenazados por los locales?
Exacto Israelies.
🚨#BREAKING: NBC News crew reportedly beaten with clubs by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, leaving five journalists injured and their camera smashed.
mi hermana se enteró que mi sobrino empezó a fumar y me dijo “si te pregunta decile que es lo peor que hiciste en tu vida”
yo cada vez que me prendo un pucho:
“don’t toss stones from a glass house” im tossing grenades. fuck you buddy. i’m not even in a glass house. or any house. i’m outside YOUR house throwing straight fucking grenades.