Psychology

addicted to politics

Request: Being addicted to politics is a recognized behavioral pattern where individuals become obsessively engaged with political news and partisan conflicts, driven by neurochemical rewards rather than civic duty -- Brave AI.

"The meaning of life is to justify your suffering"

Request: ... the meaning of life is to find a "why" that justifies the involuntary suffering that might come along with it. I came across this idea in Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search for Meaning.'

mind running involuntarily

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self-sabotage

Request: engaging in behaviors, either consciously or unconsciously, that lead to the end of a relationship. This might involve pushing the other person away or finding reasons to get out of the relationship.

identity crisis

Request: portraying oneself as something else to hide a deeper issue

ambivalence

"simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action" -- merriam-webster.

narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)

"NPD manifests in two primary forms: grandiose ("thick-skinned") individuals who display arrogance, social dominance, and exploitativeness, and vulnerable ("thin-skinned") individuals who experience shame, inferiority, hypersensitivity to criticism, and extreme rage when rejected" -- Brave AI.

fake apology

A statement in the form of an apology that does not express remorse, or assigns fault to those ostensibly receiving the apology. It is common in politics and public relations -- wikipedia.

aversion to involvement

A posture of aloofness about participating in life.

social pressure

Includes rational argument and persuasion (informational influence), calls for conformity (normative influence), and direct forms of influence, such as demands, threats, or personal attacks on the one hand and promises of rewards or social approval on the other -- dictionary.apa.org.

false humility

"In a society that glamorizes humility, the enactment of humility becomes more important than a true embodiment of it" -- psychologytoday.

let it be easy (attitude)

Sometimes we get "locked into" an attitude or mental posture that makes / believes things harder than they have to be. We can snap out of that with this decision.

daydreaming

Request: I just watched a Hawkins lecture where he mentioned at some point we must surrender all thinkingness to God. However, sometimes daydreaming gives me hope and motivation.

level: all emotional traumas are resolved

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mental illness

Request: Wondering whether there is a field as a central attractor pattern to the umbrella term mental illness. Thank you!