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I think my mum might benefit from the islands of safety framework.

“My patients often bring in fragments of writing and drawings about memories that they may not yet be ready to discuss. Reading the content out loud would probably overwhelm them, but they want me to be aware of what they are wrestling with.” — oof, wish my therapist would read the things I wanted her to read but was clearly anxious about discussing. I don’t miss that therapist.

“two forms of self-awareness: The first, our autobiographical self, creates connections among experiences and assembles them into a coherent story. This system is rooted in language. Our narratives change with the telling, as our perspective changes and as we incorporate new input. The other system, moment-to-moment self-awareness, is based primarily in physical sensations […]”

“Feeling listened to and understood changes our physiology; being able to articulate a complex feeling, and having our feelings recognized, lights up our limbic brain and creates an "aha moment." In contrast, being met by silence and incomprehension kills the spirit.”

“drugs cannot "cure" trauma; they can only dampen the expressions of a disturbed physiology. And they do not teach the lasting lessons of self-regulation. They can help to control feelings and behavior, but always at a price because they work by blocking the chemical systems that regulate engagement, motivation, pain, and pleasure.”

"Mainstream Western psychiatric and psychological healing traditions have paid scant attention to self-management. In contrast to the Western reliance on drugs and verbal therapies, other traditions from around the world rely on mindfulness, movement, rhythms, and action. Yoga in India, tai chi and qigong in China, and rhythmical drumming throughout Africa are just a few examples. The cultures of Japan and …"

I can finally pick this up again through my library after the audiobook copy I was listening to on YouTube ended at the 2/3 mark 😅 Please hold.

“Technology and media are not uniting the world. They pretend to provide a world that is internetted, but in reality, all they deliver is a simulated world of shadows. Accordingly, they make our human world more anonymous and lonely. In a world where the computer replaces human encounter and psychology replaces religion, it is no wonder that there is an obsession with relationship. [...] cont in comment--

“These stirrings of love and affection, it seemed to me, were quite different, somehow quite separate, from Copulationtrieb.” Wherein Mori Ogai in freakin 1909 recognised the viability of asexual love (though not explicit nor his point, but still). Go figure.

WHAT THE SHIT, HENMI?! What a rough life, meiji (ish) dorms...

I ran out odd audiobook hours on Spotify 😭

really honouring my ADHD tendencies with how many books I have on the go lmao let's see if I finish them

THE POODLE NOOO LOL. Why do they let the general spin this shit 😂 this is hilarious

Well chapter 6 was depressing. MARIEEEEEE.

Nastasya is in her villain era

“What interests him in these stories is the psychological condition under which the authors wrote.” Relatable

EXCUSE ME? RHYS IS WHAT?

Yay Lucien!

CHAPTER 54 BROKE ME

The summer solstice celebration is how humans should live ♡

Chapter 21 had me ROLLING LAUGHING 🤣 mild spice is just funny to me I guess. She is THIRSTY.

"Mindfulness increases activation of the medial prefrontal cortex and decreases activation of structures like the amygdala that trigger our emotional responses. This increases our control over the emotional brain."