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“Moralizing displaces compassion, and prejudice substitutes for inquiry”
― In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
― In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
“The sun had already set. The Greater Khingan Mountains were gray and indistinct, just like Ye’s life. In this gray life, a dream appeared especially colorful and bright. But one always awoke from a dream, just like the sun—which, though it would rise again, brought no fresh hope. In that moment Ye saw the rest of her life suffused with an endless grayness.”
― The Three-Body Problem
― The Three-Body Problem
“to live for others despite still not knowing how to live for herself.”
― Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
― Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
“Deegan elaborated that the goal of such recovery “is not to become normal” or to “get mainstreamed,” but to “embrace our human vocation of becoming more deeply, more fully human.”
― Administrations of Lunacy: A Story of Racism and Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum
― Administrations of Lunacy: A Story of Racism and Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum
“However, after a negative evaluation at work Joan went into a tailspin, berating herself for not protecting herself, then feeling clingy, weak, and powerless. When I asked her to see where that powerless part was located in her body and how she felt toward it, she resisted. She told me she couldn’t stand that whiny, incompetent girl who made her feel embarrassed and contemptuous of herself. I suspected that this part held much of the memory of her abuse, and I decided not to pressure her at this point. She left my office withdrawn and upset.”
― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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