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wave whisperer
@cymatiste
You'd have to convert these into questions, but... George Simon says the zeitgeist slogan of the Victorian era was "Don't even think about it" vs our current era's "Just do it".
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Chaos
@chaosprime
you can always tell the central question of an era because it's a question the era desperately needs answered and doesn't know how to ask, and that the next era considers insufferably basic
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wave whisperer
@cymatiste
He argues the psychology we've inherited from Freud et al is limited by being formed in an era dominated by neuroticism (hysterical blindness, where ppl lost their sight purely to avoid seeing things that would prompt them to sinful thoughts, was a thing in need of explanation!)
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wave whisperer
@cymatiste
Neurotic psychology was theorized to apply to everyone... but the pendulum has swung and now many have underdeveloped, not overdeveloped, consciences, but the theory has not kept pace and still assumes manipulative abusers are driven by fear, shame and guilt like neurotics.
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wave whisperer
@cymatiste
∴ traditional therapists have thrown up their hands and declared predatory types untreatable. But they actually do respond to a different treatment: not standing for their bs and offering respect conditional on their willingness to directly address their character disturbance.
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