Posts by Jonathan Hernandez4

http://www.susannealbers.de/04psycho-gruen-werk02.html

I found some writings by this Swiss psychoanalyst, Arno Grün. They’re in German, and honestly, they're far too long for me to bother translating myself.

It mostly deals with identity—how we actually build a sense of self. It touches on authority and how we challenge obedience, suggesting the only way to forge an identity is through identifying with a parent or authority figure, then later seeking out and accepting a different one. There's also this idea of fighting against what an authority labels as "bad"—which is really just a struggle against parts of ourselves we want to suppress to protect a fragile, carefully constructed identity.

It’s all a bit convoluted, and I can't exactly summarize the whole thing in a couple of sentences, but it sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Anthony Kim18 said:who even knows where this interview was filmed or how they got it.
well, she’s well-read—apparently! what exactly was she reading besides picking up the newspaper every now and then?
they say intelligence comes from what you eat—so I guess that explains why she's smart!

honestly, it’s a two-way street; just as the media needs her, she needs the media.
but who’s going to foot the bill for her college tuition?
or her medical bills?

it wasn't exactly just a few times
that was pretty much her only real connection to the outside world (aside from those little "trips" with Prikropil). she read the papers and weeklies regularly and listened to the radio; do you really think if you were locked away somewhere, you wouldn't just soak up everything you saw and heard? plus, it looks like he actually tried to get her an education, making sure she had books and everything else.
she’s entitled to a settlement—I don't know the exact figure, but we're talking several hundred thousand dollars—which should be more than enough to cover her schooling.
on top of that, he left her his estate in his will.

I’ve been drifting through various databases for a bit, but honestly, I haven't stumbled upon anything substantial that suggests a clear-cut link between IQ and mental disorders. Unless you're actually deep into some academic paper or have a genuine obsession with the subject, I don't see much point in me digging any further.
I managed to grab a few abstracts, and since I have access to most of these studies online, I can send them over if you want to take a look and see if anything catches your eye.
If this is all just pure curiosity on your part, then I suppose we'll just sit tight and wait for someone who has already spent their life wading through the literature to chime in.🙂

Laura Green96 said:We keep circling this trivial point: how can anything actually manifest or show up without having some underlying cause?
It’s just basic logic, isn't it?
How could I possibly experience symptoms of pleasure if there wasn't some specific trigger that actually felt good to me?

You've got the order backwards.

Can you feel satisfied without actually showing it? Or maybe you're dissatisfied but choose not to let it show? Or perhaps you don't even recognize the source of your own satisfaction or lack thereof.

Laura Green96 said:Do you honestly believe the symptoms and the underlying causes are independent of one another? Behavioral therapy works by neutralizing the root of the issue.

What exactly are you basing that conclusion on?

Lily said:but if you’re just obsessing over the symptoms themselves, you aren't actually making any headway. The answer lies somewhere else entirely, rather than just forcing yourself to stop washing your hands. If you manage to force it, some other symptom or a new kind of 'shame' will just pop up to take its place.

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@ Laura Green96

how exactly is behavioral therapy supposed to fix a problem like this?

not that I'm looking into Freud or anyone else, really.

I’ve heard quite a bit about toxoplasmosis
In the US, doctors usually run blood tests during pregnancy to check for that specific parasite, mostly because of the potential risks to the baby, right?
Because of that, you generally hear the advice to steer clear of any undercooked meat, regardless of what kind it is,
and to be careful when handling cats.

Since these precautions are really targeted toward pregnant women, I’m assuming it doesn't pose much of a threat to healthy adults,
or at least, that's what I'd like to believe.😁