Neil Gorman
Bollas on analyzing our problematic unconscious stuff
From the preface to Christopher Bollas [http://christopherbollas.com/]'s book
Meaning and Melancholia: Live in the Age of Bewilderment
[http://christopherbollas.com/portfolio/meaning-melancholia-life-age-bewilderment/]
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> Any psychological analysis of human behaviour involves us in making judgements
about the psychotic and non-psychotic parts of selves, about the homicidal and
Old School Ritual & Sci-Fi? | 12/31/21
I spent some time in my RSS feed reader today, and I read the words below on
James A. Reeves's blog [https://atlasminor.com/midnight-mass/]Atlas Minor
[https://atlasminor.com/midnight-mass/], where Reeves writes about going to a
Catholic Midnight Mass.
> I wonder what it would have
The noise of the world | 12/30/21
I read the following in an article titled The Cost of Engaging With the
Miserable
[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/twitter-facebook-misery-misinformation/621073/]
, by Charlie Warzel [https://www.theatlantic.com/author/charlie-warzel/].
> Every morning, I wake up and grab my doom machine. My phone is a piece
InForm | Interview w/ Peter Rollins
The episode you're about to listen to is a conversation with Peter Rollins, a
thinker, writer, podcaster, and community organizer who works at the
intersections of psychoanalysis, theology, and philosophy.
Before getting started I'd like to say the following: Getting to do this was
something that
⌬ Lecture № 11 | Object Relations: An Overview
AM⌭PM | 016
One of the first jobs I had in mental health was working in a substance abuse
treatment center. There are different kinds of substance abuse treatment
centers. Some are like luxury spas; the people you find being treated there are
members of wealthy families. The treatment center I worked in
AM⌭PM | 015
I felt like I needed to change things up a bit, so rather than writing first
thing in the morning, I did other things. One of the things I did was take a
walk in the cold. It was 14 degrees Fahrenheit-10 Celsius, and there was a wind.
The walk
AM⌭PM | 014
Very early
It is 5:27 am as I write this. I've managed to make my body get out of a warm
bed. I can look out the window and see Christmas lights on homes, which is a
pleasant thing to look at as my body adjusts to
⚯ Reading Notes | Craig Mod: Roden 063
Hi,
Usually, I don't send out my ⚯ Reading Notes as an email; I just post them to
[S][J][P] in the Reading Notes section
[https://www.surplusjouissance.com/tag/reading-notes/]. However, I'm sending
this one out to make anyone who reads these missives aware that