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Read this korrent: Trying to avoid or get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings usually creates extra suffering.
Trying to avoid or get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings usually creates extra suffering.
Last stated 19 years ago
by 29 Aug 2007
RH
Russ Harris — holds since 2007-08-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Avoiding conflict does not actually resolve it, so suppressed feelings build up until they surface all at once. — tap to centre the map on it
Avoiding conflict does not actually resolve it, so suppressed feelings build up until they surface all at once.
Last stated 5 months ago
11 Jun 2026
JM
Julie Menanno — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Feeling your problems gets you further than thinking about them, because thinking is mostly useful for strategy and does little without contact with your emotional state. — tap to centre the map on it
Feeling your problems gets you further than thinking about them, because thinking is mostly useful for strategy and does little without contact with your emotional state.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
5 Oct 2026
AH
Ava Huang — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The deepest source of suffering lies in the patterns of one's own mind — tap to centre the map on it
The deepest source of suffering lies in the patterns of one's own mind
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If you do not accept your own feelings you cannot connect with other people's, and may shut them down. — tap to centre the map on it
If you do not accept your own feelings you cannot connect with other people's, and may shut them down.
Last stated 7 years ago
21 Apr 2020
EP
Esther Perel — holds since 2020-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Therapy should change a person's relationship with painful thoughts and feelings rather than try to remove them; symptom relief then comes as a byproduct. — tap to centre the map on it
Therapy should change a person's relationship with painful thoughts and feelings rather than try to remove them; symptom relief then comes as a byproduct.
Last stated 19 years ago
by 29 Aug 2007
RH
Russ Harris — holds since 2007-08-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People who turn to methods and techniques to stop suffering only add more things to do. — tap to centre the map on it
People who turn to methods and techniques to stop suffering only add more things to do.
Last stated 2 years ago
14 Apr 2025
KG
Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Envy, resentment, revenge and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought, and self-pity gets close to paranoia, which is very hard to reverse — tap to centre the map on it
Envy, resentment, revenge and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought, and self-pity gets close to paranoia, which is very hard to reverse
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
CM
Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Dreading a future experience causes much of human suffering by making that imagined suffering happen now. — tap to centre the map on it
Dreading a future experience causes much of human suffering by making that imagined suffering happen now.
Last stated 4 months ago
23 Jun 2026
SC
Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it
A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints.
Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
VR
Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it
A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it
A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck.
Last stated 4 years ago
9 Aug 2022
GK
Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — 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 a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Last stated 13 years ago
2 Oct 2013
JS
Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person strives for value and meaning, not for pleasure — tap to centre the map on it
A person strives for value and meaning, not for pleasure
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1950–1997 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Beneath the shifting multiplicity of selves lies a constant, often called the soul, that can be uncovered only at great cost to the ego. — tap to centre the map on it
Beneath the shifting multiplicity of selves lies a constant, often called the soul, that can be uncovered only at great cost to the ego.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
MP
Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it
Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Nov 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it
Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
AG
Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it
Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Sept 2026
PF
Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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Trying to avoid or get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings usually creates extra suffering.
Last stated by 29 Aug 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Russ Harris
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Similar wording
Avoiding conflict does not actually resolve it, so suppressed feelings build up until they surface all at once.
Last stated 11 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Julie Menanno
Similar wording
Feeling your problems gets you further than thinking about them, because thinking is mostly useful for strategy and does little without contact with your emotional state.
Last stated 5 Oct 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Ava Huang
Similar wording
The deepest source of suffering lies in the patterns of one's own mind
Last stated c. 2018–2019
Holds Yuval Noah Harari
Similar wording
If you do not accept your own feelings you cannot connect with other people's, and may shut them down.
Last stated 21 Apr 2020 · 7 years ago
Holds Esther Perel
Similar wording
Therapy should change a person's relationship with painful thoughts and feelings rather than try to remove them; symptom relief then comes as a byproduct.
Last stated by 29 Aug 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Russ Harris
Similar wording
People who turn to methods and techniques to stop suffering only add more things to do.
Last stated 14 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Kapil Gupta
Similar wording
Envy, resentment, revenge and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought, and self-pity gets close to paranoia, which is very hard to reverse
Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Charlie Munger
Similar wording
Dreading a future experience causes much of human suffering by making that imagined suffering happen now.
Last stated 23 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Sasha Chapin
Same subject: behavioural science
A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints.
Last stated 17 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Venkatesh Rao
Same subject: behavioural science
A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally.
Last stated 25 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Cohen
Same subject: behavioural science
A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck.
Last stated 9 Aug 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Gary Klein
Same subject: Psychodynamic therapy
"Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Last stated 2 Oct 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds Jonathan Shedler
Same subject: Psychodynamic therapy
A person strives for value and meaning, not for pleasure
Last stated c. 1950–1997
Holds Viktor Frankl
Same subject: Psychodynamic therapy
Beneath the shifting multiplicity of selves lies a constant, often called the soul, that can be uncovered only at great cost to the ego.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Maria Popova
Same subject: attitude change
Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition
Last stated 6 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: attitude change
Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Adam Grant
Same subject: attitude change
Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today.
Last stated 12 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Paul Ford