#psychology

Dissociation, in a general sense, refers to a rigid separation of parts of experiences, including somatic experiences, consciousness, affects, perception, identity, and memory. When there is a structural dissociation, each of the dissociated self-states has at least a rudimentary sense of "I" (Van der Hart et al., 2004). In my view, all of the environmentally based "psychopathology" or problems in living can be seen through this lens. ↗

— Elizabeth F. Howell

#child-abuse #childhood #depression #dissociation #dissociative

...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power-almost all our energy is used for the learning of how to achieve these aims, and almost none to learn the art of loving. Could it be that only those things are considered worthy of being learned with which one can earn money or prestige, and that love, which "only" profits the soul, but is profitless in the modern sense, is a luxury we have no right to spend energy on? ↗

— Erich Fromm

#psychoanalysis #psychology #the-art-of-loving #art

În clipa când ți se impune să nu te gândești la un lucru, te vei gândi doar la el, obsesiv. Interdicția devine obligație. ↗

— Jean-Claude Carrière

#philosophy #psychology #inspirational

Human intelligence is nothing but the stupidity acquired through repression. ↗

— Georg Groddeck

#intelligence

Improving intelligence is possible, but it is more likely to occur if children are given the right experiences at the right ages. ↗

— Dennis Garlick

#psychology #science-fiction #age

A love-based psychology views social prejudice as impacting people's well-being, and the promotion of social justice as an important psychological intervention. ↗

— David Bedrick

#dr-phil #love #love-based-psychology #phillip-mcgraw #love

Our destiny is aligned with our heart's innermost longing, a longing embedded within our soul before birth. This longing is a unique pattern or configuration reminiscent of the constellations in the night sky. When we express (press out) our unique configuration, it shines through us with an otherworldly luminosity, manifesting abundance in our lives and the lives of others. Our sole task is to yoke our inner destiny, thread it through our lives and weave it into the world. All else is just shadows and dust. ↗

— Thea Euryphaessa

#destiny #fate #inspirational #memoir #mythology

With my ninth mind I resurrect my first and dance slow to the music of my soul made new. ↗

— Aberjhani

#inspirational-quotes #modern-authors #music #paranormal #parapsychology

I harbor ill feelings toward a society, and a clergy, that allows marriage partners to split over the smallest incompatibility, where divorce comes in a multitude of flavors, like Baskin Robbins ice cream, where men and women can blame one another and everything except themselves for matrimony's mess. They look for externals over which they have no control and, fingering them, take no responsibility. ↗

— Robert Dykstra

#marriage #men #men-and-women #psychology #women

Human empathy, while not found on any chart of human anatomy, is the reason we instinctively hurt for our children… it is the reason that one human being’s intensely personal tests and triumphs can be harnessed to the good of countless others. ↗

— Keith Ablow

#psychology #change