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Coffee table is love, coffee table is life

*Best joke ever

Because Leo is the coffee table

Dr Ramani is a boss! I'd personally look into IFS and DBT for BPD. Also, I get the symptoms of BPD can often make seeing a therapist a very difficult thing. I think seeing a BPD specialist would be a must. From what I've heard, some otherwise useful therapies, can actually be detrimental when it comes to BPD.

?? A large chunk of philosophy taught and researched about is a product of the european enlightenment or post-enlightenment thinking. The machine does require philosophers. Even on a critical view, philosophers would be vital, in providing an ideological legitimisation of the organisation of society.

By tradition, I don't mean ethics, metaphysics etc. its like in the continental tradition you're likely to have more poststructuralism, critical theory, where as in the analytical philosophy departments you'll not really study things like that.

Derrida's an example of someone who enjoyed life too

Have you considered sociology? Especially if you're a determinist. Also, what perhaps think about what tradition of philosophy you'd like to engage with? I.e. Analytic, continental, pragmatist

I actually see a lot of what people claim is stage green as stage blue. Its full of moralism, where Stage green is supposed to be love of all things, at least to my understanding. So, I'd say its stage blue v blue/ orange here. I don't see radical feminism as being stage green but instead as stage blue phenomena. Its v similar to how spirituality gets co-opted by religion, at least the stage green aspects of spirituality.

lmao same

Based Leo

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I'd say formal education is essential.

Have you heard of the Harrod–Domar model?

That thumbnail is cringe lmao

@Tudo You got your easy fundamentals down? I.e. Eye contact, fashion.

I like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDrymMvc31k

Thanks Irina. Sounds like you've been doing a lot of great work on yourself. Congrats on the progress

If your eyes are literally getting fucked by the sun, ye go for it lmao. However, gonna be making things harder. Eye contact is sooooo key

Nah not a lost cause imo. Just had an unfortunate life which has pushed parts into adopting extreme, yet well meaning roles. IFS can deal with it. Tho, I think it would require a managerial part to be open to the treatment modality for there to be a change, which, with a narcissistic psychic structure, may not be likely. I've heard good things from the psychodynamic realm, too i.e. Otto Kernberg and Frank Yeomans. I find Kernberg's theory of NPD pretty interesting. He believes that Narcissistic structure is a defence structure that sit atop a BPD structure. So, once you deal with the NPD you have to deal with BPD. (Btw BPD = Borderline personality disorder, and NPD = Narcissistic PD) Though, from what I understand, it can be fucking tough re the psychodynamic route. And ye I agree re the dark ages of mental health. Mainstream stuff like CBT isn't going to do anything substantial for NPD sufferers.

Ye this is gold. But, I think the main mistake you're making is where you're asking these sorts of questions. I'd start asking questions in healing sections of forums like this. I'd go and do IFS asap. Dating without sorting out your trauma first is just essentially getting dodgy therapy and replaying your life traumas again and again. It won't go with time and experience. You'll just get better at papering over the cracks. Prioritise the right work.

Depends what you mean by happiness. If you integrate, and connect with enough aspects of your psyche most falls will be met with love. Imagine if you were in a community where everyone was psychologically integrated and loving. However, one member got really sad all of a sudden. Would the other members become sad too, and lose all their happiness. Or would they more likely become a loving form of support for that sad member, with the likely outcome that the sad person retains their psychological wellbeing. Well, that's what, to my mind, its like inside an integrated/ connected-enough psyche when most falls happen.

Think its important to keep in mind. However, I think folks with more severe difficulties have to integrate a lot of green to actually be able to do stage orange things. So, think it often depends on individuals. I.e. if someone is rendered non-functional by a mental health phenomena.

@StarStruck Right on dude! Sounds like you're killing it atm