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Serdika's avatar

I want to read more on this topic

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chantelle Karttunen's avatar

I just read this (they ref this article) https://melrack.substack.com/p/no-mud-no-lotus

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eva's avatar

Just yolking around don’t worry about it

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Christopher Shinn's avatar

Very sad to me that analysands were discussing White Lotus...

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Rokicki, Chris, HS Diplo.'s avatar

I was really surprised recently too when the dynamic changed. And when it shifted I was shocked. But my therapist explained that that was completely normal. Sometimes that happens. I told her that no-one had ever been so kind to me. She thanked me because as she told me she had never felt so validated, so seen by a client before. I made myself special for her. To restore her dignity. It’s a beautiful story. When we reach the inner sanctum of another’s heart with a word or gesture we become who we are meant to be.

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David Navas's avatar

Please don’t use AI Zizek

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Jared Bart's avatar

Which part of this is ai?

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Osheen's avatar

Maybe the cover image

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Michael Kowalik's avatar

Or may be it is AI pretending to be Zizek. I hear that the real Zizek died years ago.

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KW Fitzpatrick's avatar

Could someone help me find where Freud discusses this? I’d love to learn more. It’s quite similar to something I’ve been thinking about lately:

“We can love someone both anaclitically and narcissistically, and if another person has qualities we wish we had ourselves, this does not mean that they in any way resemble us. They might seem quite different, but they embody what we want to be, what we aspire to.”

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eva's avatar

I am in this picture and I don’t like it

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dopenation's avatar

this is not written by zizek

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Paul Hossfield's avatar

One of my BFs' sister married a convicted murderer. Of course he maintained his innocence but those guys lie like rugs. When my brother was in prison he strung me along with an elaborate lie to manipulate me so that I'd help him get out of a jam. Of course I forgave him but I will never forget.

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