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"model helped Lacan describe the dynamics of identification and explain how psychoanalytic treatment works. [...] working with free association, psychoanalysis aims to articulate unconscious desire, and bypass the tendency of the ego for misrecognition" https://t.co/kDyVp9SfE4
So thats cool, he's basically using inferential distance + early insights into aphasia's indirect "subconscious" to be able to listen to echos of unmet desires. I bet that works well when paired with narrative identity techniques. https://t.co/zQQf2GAC7m
Using literal self reflection to reflect on the self.Or was the double mirror device just a way to undo a distortion related to autism/schizophrenia's trouble with optical illusions?There's weird things here https://t.co/VWJRO7vHc6
I could see how "identity" and "self" could be framed under a disconnected sensory processing disorder or vice-versa. Having a cohesive sense of one's senses and distinguishing self from other is something I struggled with growing up.https://t.co/dQLh7PTc5v
I wrote a thread on that topic in the past, relating these states and mental framework formations to 'trauma' theory.https://t.co/QGOkXrf5es
It becomes problematic when the self-other boundary is deteriorated to the point where it feels like someone is invading your head. It's basically Pareidolia, but for mind reading. It combines with underlying anxiety into one that expresses paranoia.https://t.co/iIxamQqk0v
Oooh, cool."This article explores the implications of Lacan’s linguistic framework for his understanding of trauma. It argues that the Lacanian concept of trauma offers a timely antidote to dominant psychiatric notions of trauma today"https://t.co/dUqtZp0xp0
Its fun to rethink psychoanal in terms of literal butt bacteria.There is likely some truth in what they were on about, but IMHO ties between mental health and physical health can't be fully illuminated without also considering butt health.https://t.co/XflaPK7pLi
"new evidence that fear and anxiety reflect overlapping brain circuits. [...] counter to popular scientific accounts, highlighting the need for a major theoretical reckoning. [...] distinction between 'fear' and 'anxiety' dates back to the time of Freud"https://t.co/1wJtIP7MMq