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[ pt 2 ] No BS: Using self-defense knowledge for healing self and other pt 2 | Video+Tscript
Back to compassionate understanding and acting in the face of immature self-defense mechanisms! A few additions to...
4.7 Major-Image Distorting self-Defenses [Splitting and Projective Identification]
Splitting (AKA – Reality-Obscuring Compartmentalization)
What do the Salem witch trials, serial killers, and extremist political figures have in common? Today we discuss...
Presentation Video! Splitting (AKA – Reality-Obscuring Compartmentalization)
Too sick for facetime. But here's the most recent episode, cc'd and set to slides! What do the Salem witch trials,...
Video+Transcript | self-Defenses Level 2: Major Image Distortions
In this episode, we delve into level two immature defenses, specifically major image distorting defenses. These psychological mechanisms protect individuals from anxiety by simplifying perceptions of self and others into all-good or all-bad categories. While these defenses may provide temporary relief, they often lead to negative consequences in relationships and can contribute to depression. Understanding these defense mechanisms can help individuals recognize patterns in themselves and others, potentially leading to more nuanced and healthier ways of processing emotions and experiences.
(lack of) Nuance x CPTSD | Video+Transcript
Y'all wanted to keep talking "implications of narc research," and ya've not been forgotten! Let's talk Nuance and...
7.21 Cheers | Yer Self can’t take it anymore
Editor's Note: Yo, we'll talk societal trauma in a minute. Can't keep up. Bear with, facing my 2020-22 final boss rn...
6.30 Top Brain Concepts | 2021 Reflection
Today let’s do a broader recap of what seem to have been the best conceptual lessons we picked up in 2021 from the...
6.29 Top 5 Socially Learned Lessons | 2021 Reflection
There's been a looot of learning in this hell-year. If you're experiencing new events, you're putting new data points...
6.10 DECATHECT; Anxious-turns-Avoidant Attachment
Let's talk about the emotional detachment self-preservation tactic known as "Decathecting." You might know it as...
Bite Sized | The Stigma of Covert Abuse [Beware the Nice Guy]
Ready to rethink how you think about your trauma life? Because this is just the bite-sized summary of a much longer...
Stigma of Covert Abuse
Looking a bit long for the casual read? Yeah, this is the transcript to a whole podcast... and I'm thorough. Luckily,...
4.24 Bite Sized | Stigmatizing Covert Abuse
Back with a quick, consumable rundown of the full episode on Abuse Stigma. For the complete recording… uh… click...
✭✭ 4.23 Stigmatizing Covert Abuse [AKA Beware the Nice Guy]
You've probably realized, abuse is a dirty topic not to happily discussed in the public sphere. Victims are blamed....
Fragmented Relationships from Fragmented Selves; Good vs Bad
You know those times when you can’t escape a particular person, place, thing, or idea? Everywhere you go, you hear...