#Psychology

[nousrose]

The opposite of anxiety is not calmness, it is desire. Anxiety and desire are two, often conflicting, orientations to the unknown. Both are tilted toward the future. Desire implies a willingness, or a need, to engage this unknown, while anxiety suggests a fear of it. Desire takes one out of oneself, into the possibility of relationship, but it also takes one deeper into oneself. Anxiety turns one back on oneself, but only onto the self that is already known. There is nothing mysterious about the anxious state; it leaves one teetering in an untenable and all too familiar isolation. There is rarely desire without some associated anxiety: We seem to be wired to have apprehension about that which we cannot control, so in this way, the two are not really complete opposites. But desire gives one a reason to tolerate anxiety and a willingness to push through it.

Open to Desire

Mark Epstein

[trees-expertise]

Science side of Tumblr PLEASE share your tips/advice/hacks for academic conferences!

Im attending my first academic conference in a couple weeks and I’d appreciate anything you’d like to share with a lil baby bio undergrad like me

[thoughtstherapy]

[unbfacts]

Studies reveal that a defendant's physical appearance can influence sentencing outcomes. Unattractive individuals may receive sentences up to three times longer than attractive ones, despite similar offenses.

[armchair-lethroe]

Idk who needs to hear this but a parent defending or “staying out of” the abusive actions of the other parent is abuse in its own right. Yes I am also referring to emotional or verbal abuse.

[schn-tgai-saavik]

Development of Vulcan attachment styles and in relation to telepathy: an analysis based on human developmental psychology and trek lore - P.1

I have been taking psychology classes in Uni and thinking about the development of attachment in Vulcan culture/civilisation

(Author's note- familial bonding in Vulcans is not exactly plainly stated in any Memory Alpha page, but it seems implied at the very least- either way, I might be borrowing from fanon.)

Attachment, in (human) children, develops toward their primary care-taker from the moment their cognitions allows object permanence, generally solidifying into an attachment structure at ~4-5 years old.

The behaviours from caretakers that encourage the development of a secure attachement style are, according to Boyd and Bee (2015) to keep the child in a calm, safe and non-stressful environment, to not let it cry too long before satisfying their needs, to encourage contact with others and to allow for exploration periods while also ensuring a reassuring and secure presence. Moments of synchrony between the caretaker and very young child allows the child to understand habits, and that their need are met with constancy, building the trust between the child and the caretaker.

Now, depending on these interactions in early childhood, a child can develop one of four internal models of attachments.

Secure attachment: The child will search the proximity of it's attachement figure (primary caretaker) after a separation or a stressful situation and will use it as a base of security when exploring

Anxious-avoidant attachment: The child avoids the contact to it's attachment figure and does not seem to prefer it to other people.

Insecure-ambivalent attachment: The child has a tendency to go on few explorations and seems perturbed when separated from it's attachment figure, but isn't secured when it returns or tries to comfort the child.

Disorganized/disoriented attachment: The child seem confused or afraid, and adopts contradicting behaviours with the attachement figure.

Now, in Vulcans, if we assume attachment is still a part of their development, how does telepathy and familial bonds play into it?

Telepathic bonds developed naturally between parents or close caregivers and children would play a great part in the development of attachment, as the bond would be the best indicator of the child's need, ensuring they are fulfilled. Also, despite Vulcan's general impassivity, such bond would allow them to give emotional feedback to their children, allowing them to feel, rather than see, the love, care, security and reassurance they needed from their parents/caregivers. As the child grows up, it would allow for the explorative behaviours crucial in the development of attachments, with the child being strongly aware of the strong base of security they have with their parents. It is why to outsiders Vulcan child appears more independent and detached, because they physically seek their parents for comfort less, benefiting from a mental reassurance if needed. As the child grows, frequent meld with attachement figures could be used both as displays of affections and as a safe place where the child could express and show their emotions to their parents while they learned to regulate them in the Vulcan way.

Now, what would be the implications of such a method for the development of attachment for a hybrid child like Spock, who might have not been able to naturally bond with his primary caretaker, his mother, a psy-null human, and who had a father we know never melded with him? And for Saavik, a half-romulan who's Vulcan parents likely died when she was very young and whose Romulan parent probably never met, who did not have a stable figure in her life until T'Pren and then lost her, and then only had a proper caregiver when Spock took her in?

Because these two in particular can be good examples of Anxious-Avoidant (Spock, namely in The Naked Time, Amanda's conflicting demands of him in Journey to Babel and the distance with Sarek, and him leaving for Gol when his feelings for Jim grew too much) and Insecure-Ambivalent (Saavik's aggressivity to anyone except Spock when on Symmetry in The Pandora Principle, her feeling still stuck in the events of her past later in her life, which lasted until Hellguard was destroyed.)

There's a lot of potential exploration I might do another time, and maybe this is all wrong because it's human psychology applied to Vulcans, but hey.

[blockcheddar]

To anyone who struggles with eating disorders: I don't know how to say this kindly, but you will never be skinny enough for your disorder to stop. That's not how it works. The only way to be happy again is to see a psychologist and get help. Please, for your own sake, and for those who love you. It's the only way.

“nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”

damn you must suck at cooking. check out some youtube tutorials man. i believe in you.

[phenixa]

The Lilia Psychological Analysis (aka, I psychoanalyse everything, and I love that guy.)

CW : Spoilers for Book 7 (EN serv) and mentions of Book 7 (JP serv)

Okay, so, Lilia. The one I lovingly call "Twisted Wonderland’s Loli" because, have you seen him ?

ANYWAY. I have seen a lot of people on Tumblr and Twitter talk about Lilia’s characterisation, through character analysis, headcanons and everything, and the main argument I saw was that, just like Floyd for a lot of people, Lilia is hella hard to write and not mischaracterise. And as a Lilia Yume, yeah. Yea he’s hell to write. (one of the reasons I haven’t written my Lilia HCs or some x Readers is mainly because every time I start to write him, he ends up looking really not like Lilia at all)

And I think one of the main reasons that so many people "mischaracterise" him, have so many different HCs for him or just plainly say that he’s hell to write is because that little shit is fucking mysterious. He can go from teasing to serious and wise, was the key factor of two overblots and in Book 7 we learn that he used to be a War General ? What’s next ? He’s the father of 1 ¾  sons ? Oh, wait.

What I mean to say is that, Lilia keeps his cards very close to his chest, for a lot of reasons, but when he reveals important pieces of information regarding his person, it’s always in a way that looks like a "Oh, you didn’t know ? It was quite obvious." (him giving his age to Vil and Rook in Chapter 26 of Book 7, like it’s the most normal thing to say and everyone knows that he’s around 700 years old), or we learn it through the rest of the Diasomnia family. The most of Lilia’s past we learn is through his dreamscape during Book 7, and to be honest, the most things we learn about Lilia is in Book 7. And, let’s be honest, Lilia’s dream is fucking special, in so many ways. I’m still early in Book 7 (still in his dream) but I know what happens in the others’ dreams. And like, Lilia’s dream is the longest we see, and is not a dream per se, but a whole flashback.

So, with that in mind, I started to research. And, as the person that isn’t scientific at all, I ended up reading scientific papers just to see what could be the explanation to his character and its specificities. And uh... Psychology special interest came knocking at my door... So here’s my two cents on Lilia’s character using psychology.

Little disclaimer, I am not a psychiatrist, or therapist. I only have a special interest in psychology and a passion for psychoanalysing people and fictional characters. Oh and, I am probably completely wrong on many points, I just saw his character, saw some diagnoses and went "yeah. That matches."

So if you want to add anything or correct me, feel free to ! Just, please, be respectful.

Oh and, I also might be biased with my own HCs, as I said, I’m a Lilia Yume, and I have not finished Book 7, so I might have missed things. (I keep myself updated on what happens on JP server, so I know how Book 7 ends, but I don’t have all details)

So, let’s start with Lilia Vanrouge as we know him in NRC. He is described like this in the in-game album :

"Vice Housewarden of Diasomnia and Malleus's overseer. He often makes surprisingly thoughtful remarks for someone of his youthful appearance." Twisted Wonderland, Lilia Vanrouge

A loli, as I was saying-

So, the game tells us two things : he’s Malleus’ overseer and looks way too fucking young to say so many philosophical shit. What a lot of things that we learn about him !

In comparison, here is the in-game album description of Malleus :

"Housewarden of Diasomnia. Descended from fae, he is one of the most powerful mages in the world. He is highly respected on campus, yet his demeanor is less than approachable." Twisted Wonderland, Malleus Draconia

Outside of his position as Housewarden, we learn 4 things : descends from Fae, hella powerful, very respected, hella scary. It is, let’s be honest, still not a lot of information, but it’s still more than what the game tells us about Lilia.

And sure, that is supposed to be a quick description of the character that doesn’t really go into details, and makes you want to play the game and see, but I still find this kinda "funny" that the game gives us next to nothing. Even compared to Silver, where the game really doesn’t want you to clock in that he’s Lilia’s son, it still gives you more basic info on Silver than on Lilia. Same for Sebek and the others.

So, basically, Mr. Vanrouge is mysterious, the game wants you to know that, and Lilia also acts mysterious in so many ways. And I think it’s not just because admitting that he’s a 700 years old fae that has 1 ¾ sons (I’ll come to that later) and attend school with his children would be really weird. I mean, that is probably one of the reasons, possibly the main one. But there’s one thing that usually makes people really secretive about their past.

Trauma.

And in Lilia’s case, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

I mean, the guy was active in a war. He’s an orphan. He bore Malleanor’s death on his shoulders. Raised two children, one being the child of his childhood crushes/friends and the other being the child of the guy that killed his childhood crushes/friends. You don’t go through all of that unscathed and not traumatised. Lilia has lost so much. That brings me to the second disorder I think our peepaw has.

Prolonged Grief Disorder.

Once again, Maleanor. (unrelated, but I really would like to write a fic where Lilia goes through the 5 steps of grief, could be interesting) It is said in the game that Lilia loved Maleanor and Raverne. I am not at the moment where Maleanor says that to Lilia (soon. Soon.) but on Lilia’s wiki page, this is what is said regarding his relationship with Maleanor and Raverne :

"He used to have a crush on Maleanor having once proposed to her when they were children" Twisted WonderLand Wiki, Lilia Vanrouge, Relationships, Maleanor Draconia "he loved both Raverne in the past like he loved Maleanor" Twisted Wonderland Wiki, Lilia Vanrouge, Relationship, Raverne

Lilia was persuaded for many years that Raverne hadn’t died like Maleanor, and that he hoped that Raverne had only been a prisoner to some humans, but Raverne’s fate is left unsaid (leading to the Crowley is Raverne Theory, for example) while Maleanor’s death is there. We know she died. Hell her whole wiki page is written in the past tense without a real mention of her death (it just says that she "fell in battle").

And I will add, I do not know if the Love Lilia had for Raverne was romantic or platonic, or if the Love he had for Maleanor at the time of her death was still romantic. English is a sad, sad language, having only one word for Love (two if we count "Like") and maybe, just maybe one day we will know if that Love was platonic, familial, romantic or something else.

Regardless of that, Lilia still grieves Maleanor and Raverne a lot. And it seems that his grief goes beyond the "usual" time of grief. I quote both the DSM-5-TR and the ICD-11 on the matter of Prolonged Grief Disorder :

"Prolonged grief disorder represents a prolonged maladaptive grief reaction that can be diagnosed only after at least 12 months (6 months in children and adolescents) have elapsed since the death of someone with whom the bereaved had a close relationship" DSM-5-TR, Prolonged Grief Disorder, Diagnostic Criteria, Criterion A.

"Prolonged grief disorder is a disturbance in which, following the death of a partner, parent, child, or other person close to the bereaved, there is persistent and pervasive grief response characterised by longing for the deceased or persistent preoccupation with the deceased accompanied by intense emotional pain" ICD-11, Prolonged Grief Disorder, code 6B42.

The two books then go to length describing how it is usually followed with deep numbness or crying, and while I will accord to everyone that NRC!Lilia isn’t seen crying or completely numb regarding Maleanor and Raverne’s deaths, it isn’t really the case for General!Lilia. Yes, we see him crying only once, just after Maleanor’s death, but it is also said in the game that it took our peepaw around 200 years to hatch Malleus (for a plethora of reasons) and that, after that, Lilia travelled. A lot. Everywhere and anywhere. That he didn’t really spend a lot of time in Briar Valley during that time.

I’ll be really personal a second, but, as someone that has been recently diagnosed with Prolonged Grief Disorder, I tend to not cry a lot regarding the deaths that caused this disorder, and I am less numb today than I was a few years ago. But I still had a long period of time where I avoided places related to the deceased like the plague. And I somewhat still do (I mean. I changed countries to avoid memories.) and that leads me to my point about that disorder regarding Lilia.

The ICD-11 tells us that, in the Required Features for diagnosis :

"A persistent and pervasive grief response characterized by longing for the deceased or persistent preoccupation with the deceased accompanied by intense emotional pain. This may be manifested by experiences such as sadness, guilt, anger, denial, blame, difficulty accepting the death, feeling one has lost a part of one’s self, an inability to experience positive mood, emotional numbness, and difficulty in engaging with social or other activities." ICD-11, Prolonged Grief Disorder, code 6B42.

"Blame". Lilia blames himself for Maleanor’s death. He was supposed to be his Right General, the one that was supposed to protect her, even if she was perfectly able to care for herself. Yet, he ran away. With Malleus, yes. To protect the egg, yes. But he ran away. He left the princess to die.

And you know what is an additional feature of grief that is exacerbated with Prolonged Grief Disorder ?

"Persistent preoccupation may focus on the circumstances of the death or manifest as behaviours such as the preservation of all of the deceased person’s belongings exactly as they were before their death. " ICD-11, Prolonged Grief Disorder, code 6B42.

Malleus Overseer. Who is protecting Malleus tooth and nail ? Who acted really immature in Book 2 when Malleus was endangered during the Spelldrive tournament, causing a certain Lion to Overblot ? Who is the one that so fiercely loved Malleus that he managed to hatch him when it’s supposed to be the parent’s jobs ? Yeah. That alone can be a good example.

While I do think that Lilia made his peace with his grief, it’s still present, especially in how fiercely protective he is of Malleus. You can’t go years loving (romantically, platonically...) someone, see them dying and be just fine with that. Especially when the task of caring for the child of this person is relayed to you and not to the child’s living grandmother.

That leads me to my second point. The parentification of Lilia.

Maleficia is still alive. Why isn’t she the one to care for the unhatched Malleus ? As his maternal grandmother, she would have been perfectly able to love him and give him the magic necessary to hatch Malleus. Yet, that task was relayed to Lilia. Because he was the only person Maleanor was close enough to ask him for that ? She could’ve told him to bring the egg to her mother. But Maleanor asks Lilia to care for Malleus. Why ?

Parentification is a process where a child is asked to act as the parent to their caregivers. It is oftentimes present in dysfunctional families where the parents are addicts, or struggle with mental health. One of the best examples of parentification in media can be Brock in Pokemon, who has to care for his 9 siblings at a young age (he is 15 in the anime) while his parents are away doing Arceus knows what.

Thing is, Lilia isn’t a child. He’s 300 years old. A War General at that. He’s an adult. Not a child. So why do I bring parentification in that case ?

It is said at some point that Lilia was adopted by Queen Maleficia when he was very young and raised with Maleanor and Raverne. But, even with his status as a ward of the Queen, he was no noble. Thus, the role of looking after the stubborn princess fell onto his shoulders.

Yup. That’s parentification. Even while taking into account that he did not play the parent with Maleficia herself, he had, just like in so many cases of parentification, to care for someone his age or younger, a "sibling" of some sorts.

And when you grow up being the parent of another child, you stay the parent of that person well into adulthood (I, once again, have personal stories on that fact.). And it is very possible that Maleanor put this weight on Lilia’s shoulders because she knows she can rely on him, more than she can rely on her own mother (this is up to debate, of course, especially when seeing how Maleificia was/is somewhat present in Malleus’ life). And I feel like, in Maleanor’s head, at that moment, she knew that, because Lilia had cared for her when they were children, he would be able to care for Malleus as well. I mean, Lilia was the parental figure in Maleanor’s life in some ways, he would be able to be the parental figure in her child’s life as well.

(Well done, Maleanor, Lilia gained 1/2 of a child !)

So basically, our poor 300 year old General of the Right, Lilia Vanrouge suffers from parentification towards his childhood crush, but also a deep, Prolonged Grief regarding her death. What could be worse ?

PTSD !

(Let’s go deeper into the "I read the DSM and the ICD as a past time" shit I keep spewing at you !)

So. If you’re on Tumblr, I can assume you are aware of what PTSD, aka Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is. After further research, aka, I re-read the chapter on C-PTSD and I now have doubts on him having the complex form of the disorder, so let’s settle on just PTSD and not its complex form. The ICD-11 is a bit more understandable on what ptsd is, so here’s the WHO’s definition of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder :

"Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may develop following exposure to an extremely threatening or horrific event or series of events. It is characterised by all of the following: 1) re-experiencing the traumatic event or events in the present in the form of vivid intrusive memories, flashbacks, or nightmares. Re-experiencing may occur via one or multiple sensory modalities and is typically accompanied by strong or overwhelming emotions, particularly fear or horror, and strong physical sensations; 2) avoidance of thoughts and memories of the event or events, or avoidance of activities, situations, or people reminiscent of the event(s); and 3) persistent perceptions of heightened current threat, for example as indicated by hypervigilance or an enhanced startle reaction to stimuli such as unexpected noises. The symptoms persist for at least several weeks and cause significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning." ICD-11, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, code 6B40.

And that’s where some people I read have doubts. And I mean, yeah. Me too. Because the diagnostic criteria specifically mentions an avoidance of everything reminiscent of the event(s), and Lilia seems fine.

Except he isn’t.

Remember when I said that his dreamscape was special, that, compared to the others, Lilia’s dream is just plainly a flashback ?

Yup. There you have it. Lilia still has flashbacks of the events that lead to Maleanor’s death, 400 years later.

Add to that, that PTSD is very common in veterans and you have the whole thing.

I saw someone say on Tumblr that they had this little theory that Lilia tended to sleep really late and game all night not just because he is a nocturnal fae, but because sleeping meant having flashbacks, remembering the war, the horrors, the loss.

Aka. Avoiding any thoughts of the events.

That man is raising the literal children of his childhood crush and the man who killed her, so he’s bound to have everyday memories of those two. And I mean. Malleus and Silver are literally a copy/pasted version of Maleaor and the Dawn Knight respectively. Poor Lilia can’t run away.

But isn’t seeing the next generation grow up in relative peace better than reliving the war, the bloodshed, Maleanor’s death every time he closes his eyes ? Malleus and Silver haven’t done anything, yet they bear the faces of people long lost, people that haunt Lilia every time he dares to try to sleep.

And I mean, why would he have picked up gaming when he came to NRC otherwise ? He already plays instruments and sings, artistic grounds that let the artist a window to their deepest secrets and fears. And Lilia raised Malleus and Silver, so he had 178 and 17 years to get used to those two copy/pasted children (really, Raverne, Leah, your genes haven’t even tried.), why would Lilia suddenly pick a new hobby ?

There is no real reason for that, unless the fact that Malleus and Silver, now nearing adulthood and thus the ages Maleanor and the Dawn Knight had before their respective deaths, are the reason for Lilia's flashbacks coming back full force. And what better coping mechanism than gaming to escape reality (Idia approves this) ?

(Okay, so, I feel like the more I analyse Lilia, the more I see my twin in him. It was already bad enough, it’s worse now, help.) Personal story time, but my twin also has PTSD (I do too, but mine is "milder" than hers.), hers is nearing the c-ptsd diagnosis to be honest. And we are nearing the age that the reason behind our shared grief, and beginning of our ptsd, was before that person died. And the closer my twin and I get to this age, the more my twin experiences really bad flashbacks about that person’s death.

Basically, I think that Lilia experiences the same with Silver and Malleus aging. Because the more adult they get, the closer they get to become like Maleanor and the Dawn Knight. And I think that in some, dark, traumatised part of himself, Lilia is scared that these two will get the same fate as Maleanor and the Dawn Knight (cough, end of Book 7, cough (okay, but not really, there is SO MUCH to say about the end of Book 7)), he is scared that he’ll have to go through that once again, scared that he’ll be alone once again. And this time ? Lilia is no longer 300 years old. He’s nearing the end of his life. And what is more scary for the living than to die alone, with the ghosts of your past mistakes as only companions ? Dying alone knowing that you failed to protect your loved ones not once, but twice.

So, Lilia games the night away, avoiding real sleep, avoiding dreaming.

And what does Malleus do ?

He locks everyone in dreams.

Well done Malleus.

No, really, I don’t hate Malleus for his overblot or anything, his, much like the other six overblotees, has his reasons to overblot, and is completely justified in that. But I find it ironic that Malleus’ will in his actions is to lock everyone in a "happy" place, somewhere where no one has to say goodbye, where you have everything you ever wanted. And that is more or less the case with most dreams. Except for Floyd’s Lilia’s dream. Everyone except Lilia (and Floyd, but that’s something else) is stuck in a real dream, something their brain has created to bring them some sort of comfort. That is why most of them are hella distressed when they are awakened (my poor Riddle...). But Lilia ? His dream isn’t some perfect world where Maleanor and Raverne stay alive. They still Die (and disappear for Raverne’s case), the Fae still lose the war, Lilia is still left alone to hatch Malleus, sacrificing his life and magic for the unborn heir before the Senate humiliates him for that action (I hate these guys nearly as much as I hate Riddle’s mother or Henrick.). Lilia isn’t in a dream. He’s struck in a fucking traumatic flashback that, if Silver, Sebek, Yuu and Grim hadn’t intervene to wake him up, would’ve lasted for fucking eternity.

In the name of Samael’s tears, Malleus I love you but you fucked up real bad here.

So that’s basically it, my proof that peepaw has deep PTSD (I’ll die on that hill. You can debate about the Prolonged Grief Disorder or the Parentification, but unless officially proven otherwise in canon, I’ll continue to claim high and proud that this veteran turned gaming grandpa has PTSD).

So, that’s basically it for the psychological analysis of our Peepaw, my dear dear Lilia Vanrouge. But I have something I’d like to add, not as an "I am sure of myself, this is my interpretation based on solid psychiatric evidences" but more in a "please correct me if I’m wrong, I just thought of that while doing my research" thing.

Hypermnesia. Basically, the opposite of amnesia.

Little etymology class, "mnesis" is the Ancient Greek term for "memory", the prefix "a-" is a privative (I think that’s the word in English) prefix, meaning "lack of" (the same prefix that is found in "asexual" and "aromantic" for example), so "amnesia" is the lack of memory. On the other hand, "hyper-" is another prefix (That I don’t have the specific name in English at all) that basically means "over" (like in "hypertension" or "hyperactive"), so hypermnesia would be having too much memory.

I think that Lilia’s trauma regarding the war and Maleanor’s death has caused him hypermnesia. He isn’t hypermnesic since birth, as highlighted with the fact that he doesn’t remember anything before becoming Queen Maleficia’s ward (how he became an orphan, who are his birth parents etc.) but he has really detailed memories of the whole war, Maleanor’s death and everything that follows. Like, his dream (sorry, flashback) is really over-detailed for something that happened 400 years ago. Like, most people can’t remember things that happened to them 5 years ago outside of really big event (Hey, do you remember how you reacted to the announcement of the Covid lockdown in your country ? Yup, that was five years ago.) and that guy clearly remembers something that happened to him 400 years ago. That’s 40 years in human years !

But again, I am a really, really bad example since I have dissociative amnesia, so, for me, it’s nearly impossible to remember traumatic events (and again, my condition is somewhat specific in some ways too)

Going back to Lilia and what I think could be trauma induced hypermnesia, we see in his dream that he had kinda forgotten proposing to Maleanor when they were children (around 200ish years before the events leading to the princess’ death) but starting from the war, he is able to recall in clear details everything that happened to him, from Maleanor’s death to making Malleus hatch, to finding and raising Silver.

And I mean, if a traumatised brain can shatter into different identities, if a traumatised brain can forget everything... Why wouldn’t a traumatised brain be able to remember everything in deep, clear details ?

Thing is, I haven’t found a lot of studies done on hypermnesia regarding their possible link to trauma (only have one hypermnesic and traumatised friend. And uh, they can’t be sure if they are hypermnesic since birth, or since their trauma), so, if anyone knows anything, please, do tell me, I really would like to know if Trauma-induced hypermnesia is possible.

Oh and unrelated, but I keep mentioning that Lilia has 1 ¾ sons, that’s basically because Silver is his adopted son (1), Malleus was hatched and partially raised by Lilia, but still has his grandmother (½) and Sebek was trained by peepaw, but still has his entire family (¼) that makes a total of 1 ¾ children, nothing more.

ANYWAYS ! That’s all I have concerning my inherent need to psychoanalyse anyone and everyone, especially Lilia. As I said in the beginning, I am still playing through Book 7, especially through Lilia’s dreamscape, so I might have missed tidbits and everything, so feel free to correct me if you see any errors.

I might go back trying to write a fanfic or some of my Lilia headcanons, who knows.

Have a nice day/night !

Pheni, out.

[wojakgallery]

Today, May 6, is Freud's birthday.

Title/Name: Freud and Psychoanalysis Known As: The Oedipus complex, a key part of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, is widely considered to be a theory that lacks scientific support and has been largely discredited in modern psychology. While Freud proposed that all children develop an unconscious desire for the parent of the opposite sex and jealousy towards the parent of the same sex, many critics argue that there is little empirical evidence to support this theory. Sigmund Freud's most significant contribution to psychology was the development of psychoanalysis, a therapeutic approach focused on exploring the unconscious mind to understand and treat mental health issues. Psychoanalysis is often considered a pseudoscience due to its lack of falsifiability and reliance on subjective interpretations rather than empirical evidence. While psychoanalysis remains influential in psychiatry, critics argue that its broad and often unfalsifiable claims deviate from scientific quality standards. Freud also revolutionized understanding of the human psyche by introducing the concept of the unconscious, which continues to influence modern psychological thought. Wojak Series: Zoomer (Variant), Boomer (Variant). Image by: Unknown Main Tag: Psychoanalysis Wojak

[atomicradiogirl]

presented my psych research last week. 2 of my friends and my gf (she surprised me w flowers 🧡) and the DEAN OF MY COLLEGE showed up. it was very cool. partly inspired by my video essay research.

somebody get me on a TED talk.

[izana-enjoyer]

i just know all those ”left brainers” are lying because a true ”left brainer” would not believe such a nonsense pseudoscientific classification so it’s already a contradiction to believe that and then go and say you’re leftbrained. thanks for coming to my ted talk.

y'all know that whole left-brained/right-brained thing is fake right? and the "brain fully develops at age 25" thing? and the "we only use 10% of our brains" thing? yeah they're all complete horseshit please yell at anyone who says them

[within-stars]

The people around you are a reflection of you. If you hate the people around you, you hate yourself. And there is a part of you that you need to reflect on in order to free yourself.

In order to build consistency, you must grow into a community you enjoy and appreciate enough to be consistent with.

If your patterns drain you, you will be inconsistent.

[nousrose]

Grief: this is the level of sadness, loss, and despondency. Most humans have experienced it for periods of time, but those who remain at this level live a life of constant regret and depression. This is the level of chronic mourning, bereavement, and remorse about the past; it is also the level of habitual losers and those chronic gamblers who accept failure as part of their lifestyle, often resulting in loss of jobs, friends, family, and opportunity, as well as money and health. Major losses in early life make one later vulnerable to passive acceptance of grief, as though sorrow were the price of life. In grief, one sees sadness everywhere: the sadness of little children, the sadness of world conditions, the sadness of life itself. This level colors one's entire vision of existence. Part of the syndrome of loss is the notion of the irreplaceability of what has been lost or that which it symbolized. There is a generalization from the particular so that the loss of a loved one is equated with the loss of love itself. At this level, such emotional losses may trigger a serious depression or death.

Power vs. Force

David R. Hawkins

[its-a-me-dre]

I still tell people about that one statue in that one church ever since that one art project.

Also did an essay on Wertham, though in my attempt to seem less biased, I think I went too soft on him... I wasn't fooling anyone, mind you, I read comics during downtime. I always have at least one comic book on me.

you ever get assigned something as a project in school and for the rest of your life you have a strange attachment to the subject. in like seventh grade i had an assignment to make a poster about the elemental propoerties of osmium and to this day everytime someone mentions it im like 'YEAAAAAAH OSMIUM MENTIONED!!!!!!!!'

[imgonnafaintttagggh]

Hes so cuteeeee omg like a snicker doodle fresh out of the oven