During our first conversation, I shared that when MDMA is taken therapeutically, it can reduce the fear of difficult emotions, and she could help move forward past her trauma. I asked her to promise not to commit suicide if ...
really serious things which just flipped my life upside down and all of a sudden I was inundated with thoughts, inundated with difficult emotions that I didn't know how to cope with. Every time I sort of pushed one down, anothe...
inundated with difficult emotions that I didn't know how to cope with. Every time I sort of pushed one down, another one would pop back up again. It was a really very stressful time.
[How to Deal with Difficult Feelings] 【如何处理困难的情绪】 [What's the difference between shame and guilt?] 【羞耻和内疚的区别是什么?】 These are emotions that we often use interchangeably, but it turns out they're quite different. So when people feel shame, they feel bad about themselve...
You can’t numb those hard feelings without numbing the other affects, our emotions. You cannot selectively numb. So when we numb those, we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. 你无法只麻痹那些痛苦的情感而不麻痹所有的感官,所有的情感。你无法有选择性地去麻痹。当我们麻痹那些(消极的...
them so that we have a way of talking about all those humanpeccadilloes(a small unimportant thing that sb does wrong)andquirks( a strange and unexpected turn of events)of the human condition that we all feel but may not think to talk about because we don't have the words to do it....
Yourabilitytoconnectwithotherssomewhatdependsonthecoordinationofactions,emotions,physiology,andthoughts.你与他人相交的能力略微取决于行动、情绪、体格与思想的协调度。Thisiswhatpsychologistscallinterpersonalsynchrony.这就是被心理学家们称为人际同步的概念。Youfirstshowsignsoftheabilitytosyncwithothersasinfants—...
And in the 20th century, medical anthropologists, like Arthur Kleinman, gathered evidence from the way people talk about pain to suggest that emotions aren't universal at all, and that culture, particularly the way we use language, can influence how we feel. ...
feel rage when you read the news, that rage is a signpost, perhaps, that you value equity and fairness -- and an opportunity to take active steps to shape your life in that direction. When we are open to the difficult emotions, we are able to generate responses that are values-aligned...
I have a slight office supply addiction, but that’s another talk. So I had a manila folder, and I had a Sharpie, and I was like, what am I going to call this research? And the first words that came to my mind were "whole-hearted." ...