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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
8 hours ago

When Even a Neuroscientist Feels Overwhelmed

Modern crises create a 'Traumademic' where overlapping global and personal stressors trigger emotional hijacking, causing the ancient feeling brain to override rational thinking through constantly activated alarm systems.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Toward a Grounded Depth Psychology

Unconscious processes are automated learned patterns formed early in life; psychological health requires integration and executive governance of brain systems.
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

A Look Behind the Camera Into the Productions of Our Minds

"The man (person) behind the camera" refers to an observer or witness not only to the surrounding world, but also to one's own sensations, feelings, impulses, instincts, thoughts, and experiences. Seeing more than their external and internal environments, this observer has a higher level of awareness, the cognitive awareness of awareness, or meta-awareness. Within the animal world, humans have been described as uniquely being aware of being aware.
Philosophy
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