Psychology

Paradoxical Intention

Request: a therapeutic technique developed by Viktor Frankl that involves encouraging clients to intentionally do or wish for the things they fear. It's based on the idea that by explicitly engaging with or desiring the feared behavior, anxiety and the undesired outcome can be reduced.

exposure therapy

Technique in behavior therapy to treat anxiety disorders. Exposure therapy involves exposing the target patient to the anxiety source or its context without the intention to cause any danger -- wikipedia.

statement: fear of life is fear of emotions

Request: Therefore we don't need to handle life, we just need to handle our emotions towards life.

"hurt people hurt people"

Request: Meaning people who hurt others are themselves hurting. I heard someone say it on a podcast, and they said it helps them forgive anyone who has wronged them.

conscience

"an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior" -- Google dictionary.

cognitive dissonance

By request. "The psychological discomfort or tension experienced when a person holds conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes, or when their actions contradict their beliefs” -- Google AI.

3-2-1 Shadow process

By request: "A process to help us reverse and own the projections we make on the world and others."

shadow work

Priority request: “Working with your unconscious mind to uncover the parts of yourself that you repress and hide from yourself” — betterup.com.

Spiral Dynamics

"A model of the evolutionary development of individuals, organizations, and societies" -- wikipedia.

self-actualization

By request. “a concept central to humanistic psychology, is the process of fulfilling one's full potential and becoming the best version of oneself” -- Google AI.

free association (psychology)

The expression (as by speaking or writing) of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes -- wikipedia.

polyvagal theory

"A collection of proposed evolutionary, neuroscientific, and psychological constructs pertaining to the role of the vagus nerve in emotion regulation, social connection and fear response... [It] is not endorsed by current social neuroscience" -- wikipedia.

tribalism

"... putting one's own group above every other consideration, including kindness or justice. Tribalism can lead to bigotry and racism and, when taken to extremes, even war" -- vocabulary.com.

living in a bubble

Metaphor for being insulated from the real world.

existential crisis

Priority request. "Inner conflicts characterized by the impression that life lacks meaning and confusion about one's personal identity. They are accompanied by anxiety and stress, often to such a degree that they disturb one's normal functioning in everyday life and lead to depression" -- wikipedia.