Your brain is a prediction machine. The best in the universe by far. Your brain is constantly creating and revising your mental schemas through predictions and corrections. One of the brain’s main functions is to make sure you stay alive, and this is how we humans have been able to accomplish and progress. We use […]
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She has talked about the dysfunction in her family of origin to such an extent that she is out of words. The topic now seems irrelevant. She is a middle-aged adult with a history of childhood neglect and serious physical injury. She has been through years of psychotherapy. She has laser-like insight into her trauma […]
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I was doubled over in a fetal position, curled up under my desk. Unable to control the crying, I began to tremble and shake. The fear that overcame me was equally sudden and unexpected. It happened in the aftermath of a dramatic breakup, and coincided with the anniversary of my father’s premature death. That was […]
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