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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychology says the reason most people never truly change isn't laziness - it's that they've built an identity around their flaws that they don't know who they'd be without them - Silicon Canals

People struggle to change not due to laziness, but because their flaws are integrated into their identity, making change feel like a threat to the self.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

The Shift That Happens When You Write a Non-Fiction Book

Writing a book transforms tacit knowledge into explicit frameworks, forcing experts to articulate intuitions they've developed through experience into clear, communicable ideas.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Story You Keep Telling Yourself and How to Rewrite It

Identity is the sum of the memorable life stories people tell themselves and others, shaping behavior, perception, and future development.
Television
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

What a Reality-TV Novel Understands About Reality

Treating life as a narrative and manipulating that narrative can lead people to sacrifice their humanity for drama.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

What if Your Stories Are the Root Cause of Your Problems?

Stories people tell themselves shape identity and well‑being; self-stories can be supportive or toxic, commonly manifesting as self-blame or world-blame.
fromThe Beer Thrillers - Central PA beer enthusiasts and beer bloggers. Homebrewers, brewery workers, and all around beer lovers.
5 months ago

Book Review: A Significant Life (Todd May) - The Beer Thrillers

First off, Todd May has quickly become one of my favorite philosophers of the present. I first got acquainted with Todd May via the show "The Good Place". His first work I read was Death, which helped me a lot with my own understandings, feelings, and thoughts about death. Especially around the time of Bart's death, and I remember going for a hike at Governor Dick and reading it.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
5 months ago

Slackers Against Narrativity

Slacker does not follow a traditional narrative structure. It follows 100 characters around the UT Austin area in a way that seems completely random. There is no protagonist, no story, no thread linking the individual events. Yet, somehow, it is a completely coherent and engaging movie that sparks as many reflections as the number of scenes it has.
Philosophy
Writing
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

The Secret Power of Seeing Your Life as a Story

Reframing life as a story with oneself as protagonist reveals meaning, uncovers strengths, and enables growth by changing the meaning of events.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

Chronic Illness and Storytelling

Life stories are time-embedded narratives combining memories, present circumstances, and future hope, and can be deepened to find meaning despite illness and loss.
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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

What Disabled People's Stories Show About Interdependence

Disabled people emphasized interdependence in their life stories, which supported resilience during COVID-19 despite disproportionate harms to employment, quality of life, mental health, and mortality.
Mental health
fromThe New Yorker
8 months ago

Clare Sestanovich on Balancing Hope and Despair

Jesse joins an environmental protest, reflecting on his personal struggles and the perceived futility of his role as an artist compared to his wife's work.
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