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‘Fernweh?’ ‘It’s a German word,’ he said. ‘The pain of not being in foreign parts. A desire to travel. An ache for distant places.’ Fernweh. Fernweh. So that’s what it
“You see, the acting-out, the yelling, the screaming and even the hitting, all that a person does, serves as a defence against the experience of the anger. It’s a defence against keeping the anger inside where it can be deeply felt. Discharge defends against anger being actually experienced.”
― When the Body Says No
― When the Body Says No
“Unfortunately, our culture doesn’t seem to remember much about how you celebrate things without buying a bunch of unnecessary stuff and without consuming a bunch of unnecessary sugar.”
― Year of No Sugar
― Year of No Sugar
“The other way we can avoid the experience of anger is through repression. So repression and discharge are two sides of the same coin. Both represent fear and anxiety, and for that reason, both trigger physiological stress responses regardless of what we consciously feel or do not feel.”
― When the Body Says No
― When the Body Says No
“Well, science and religion are not competitors, they’re two different languages trying to tell the same story. There’s room in this world for both.”
― Origin
― Origin
“Nothing is invented, for it’s written in nature first. Originality consists of returning to the origin.”
― Origin
― Origin
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