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Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Everything filed under family family Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under EMDR EMDR Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Difficulties show what people are, like a trainer matching a wrestler with a rough opponent Difficulties show what people are, like atrainer matching a wrestler with a roughopponent EP Epictetus — holds since c. 89–135 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: People are not fully determined by conditions; they decide whether to give in to them or stand up to them — tap to centre the map on it People are not fully determined byconditions; they decide whether togive in to them or stand up to them VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans need struggle and tension — tap to centre the map on it Humans need struggle and tension Last stated 3 years ago 24 Dec 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-12-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it. — tap to centre the map on it Competition drives skill, andsparing young people the struggleonly defers it. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are nearly alike by nature; it is practice that sets them far apart — tap to centre the map on it People are nearly alike by nature;it is practice that sets them farapart CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: The struggle of running a company is not failure, but it causes failure, always if you are weak — tap to centre the map on it The struggle of running a company isnot failure, but it causes failure,always if you are weak Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The slave trade hardens the people who deal in it; slave dealers are not born worse than other men — tap to centre the map on it The slave trade hardens the peoplewho deal in it; slave dealers arenot born worse than other men Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keep company with people who will improve you, and with those you can improve; both sides learn — tap to centre the map on it Keep company with people who willimprove you, and with those you canimprove; both sides learn SE Seneca — holds since c. 62–65 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it "Evidence-based therapy" is abranding term rather than ascientific one, and in practice itis a code word for "notpsychodynamic". Last stated 13 years ago 2 Oct 2013 JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that emphasizesself-esteem over self-knowledgeleaves people less equipped toresist doing monstrous things. Last stated a year ago 8 Sept 2025 GS Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that only trusts what can be put into words will treat unnamed inner experiences as unreal or as a disorder. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that only trusts what canbe put into words will treat unnamedinner experiences as unreal or as adisorder. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 KR Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it A therapy is only shown to be moreeffective if it is compared againstanother treatment intended to help,not against a control nobodyexpected to work. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Sept 2024 SM Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Eye movement reprocessing went from alternative to establishment, and moving your eyes while talking about a trauma does seem to help you process it. — tap to centre the map on it Eye movement reprocessing went fromalternative to establishment, andmoving your eyes while talking abouta trauma does seem to help youprocess it. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Nov 2019 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2019-11-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: If negative emotion comes from underweighting sensory evidence, that explains EMDR: it forces high-precision attention onto something the mind usually represses. — tap to centre the map on it If negative emotion comes fromunderweighting sensory evidence,that explains EMDR: it forceshigh-precision attention ontosomething the mind usuallyrepresses. Last stated 6 years ago 13 Feb 2021 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2021-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded. — tap to centre the map on it Narcissism runs along a spectrumrather than being a category, andschema therapy treats it by workingback to what early life embedded. Last stated 6 years ago 30 Jul 2020 WB Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff. — tap to centre the map on it Narcissists can change meaningfullyin therapy, though nobody changescompletely, and most of the work ispersisting with empathicconfrontation past the first rebuff. Last stated 6 years ago 30 Jul 2020 WB Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody living with a narcissist should feel obliged to become their therapist. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody living with a narcissistshould feel obliged to become theirtherapist. Last stated 6 years ago 30 Jul 2020 WB Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
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