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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
16 hours ago

Psychology says people who've mastered not caring aren't detached - they went through a period of caring so much it nearly broke them, and came out the other side with a much shorter list - Silicon Canals

Mastering the art of not caring comes from exhaustion, not indifference, after deeply caring and learning what deserves emotional energy.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

Psychology suggests people who adopt their parents' bad traits as they get older aren't becoming their parents - they're reverting to the most deeply installed operating system they have, the one that was running before they were old enough to choose a different one, and stress, age, and the slow erosion of self-monitoring are simply the conditions under which it boots back up - Silicon Canals

Behavioral patterns from childhood can resurface under stress, revealing deep-rooted psychological templates formed from early experiences.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Research suggests the most exhausting kind of love isn't unrequited - it's the kind where you love someone completely and they love you completely and neither of you knows how to receive what the other is offering because both of your systems were calibrated in homes where love was either conditional, inconsistent, or delivered in a language the other person's body doesn't recognise - Silicon Canals

Understanding attachment styles can reveal why some loving relationships still feel unfulfilling.
fromThe Atlantic
4 months ago

The One and Only Sammy

When I was a kid, I was Sammy Davis Jr. before I was anyone else. I started my entertainment career as a tap dancer. That was what led to my first appearance on television, in Philadelphia on KYW-TV. I was 5 years old. Later that day, the parents of other dancers and talent-show participants complained that my afro had covered up their kids on-screen.
Television
Philosophy
fromemptywheel
5 months ago

More Responses to Existentialist Ambiguity - emptywheel

Childhood-shaped responses to existential ambiguity determine how people confront freedom, with types like serious persons and nihilists who either cling to or deny creating meaning.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

Why You Keep Falling for Emotionally Unavailable People

People often unconsciously pursue relationships with those who cannot love them back, equating emotional unavailability with love.
fromHarvard Gazette
8 months ago

What your credit score says about how, where you were raised - Harvard Gazette

A strong predictor of an adult's bill-paying habits is the environment in which they grew up, revealing lifelong differences in repayment behavior by early adulthood.
Public health
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 months ago

Vladimir Putin: After 25 years in power, what next for Russia's president?

Vladimir Putin's early experiences shaped his worldview, instilling a deep sense of resilience and the need for strength in political survival.
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