#psych

Veil, you see, if I vas to say something portentous like "zer dark eyes of zer mind" back home in Uberwald, zer would be a sudden crash of thunder,' said Otto. 'And if I vas to point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is . . . zer castle" a volf would be bound to howl mournfully.' He sighed. 'In zer old country, zer scenery is psychotropic and knows vot is expected of it. Here, alas, people just look at you in a funny vay. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#psychotropic #uberwald #vampire #funny

She realized, when relationships failed to last, it was not because love was no longer present, but because people had stopped believing in themselves and in their partners. ↗

— Christina Westover

#christina-westover #inspirational #literary-quote #love #poisoning-sylvie

We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#life

The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life. ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#fear-of-life #orgasm #pleasure #psychoanalysis #psychology

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it. ↗

— Socrates

#psychology #relationships #life

A healthy woman is much like a wolf: robust, chock-full, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, inventive, loyal, roving. ↗

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

#life

One thought-murder a day keeps the psychiatrist away. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#psychology #true-to-life #life

They say that right before you die your whole life flashes before you – a medley of your own personal greatest hits. Well then, I must be about to live, because events that haven’t happened yet are constantly pushing themselves into my head. ↗

— Emlyn Chand

#fiction #paranormal #psychic-powers #ya #yalit

Meditation did not relieve me of my anxiety so much as flesh it out. It took my anxious response to the world, about which I felt a lot of confusion and shame, and let me understand it more completely. Perhaps the best way to phrase it is to say that meditation showed me that the other side of anxiety is desire. They exist in relationship to each other, not independently. ↗

— Mark Epstein

#buddhism #desire #psychology #spirituality #life

Move on. Be well. Go for it! ↗

— Sally Stubbs

#happiness-life #hypnotherapist #hypnotherapy #psychotherapist #resolve-problems