@amix011 yeah this has been churning in my mind for awhile, just how small a role rational thought plays in life, and yet its the level where we argue w each other, where therapy happens... is our opportunity to intervene & redirect habits & emotions, but imperfect & better w time
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Reply · Dec 6, 2023@reggaj or at least... its application is so mediated by emotions & subconscious expectations & attention/energy in a way i don't feel able to spell…Reply · Apr 26, 2024@rob_mcrobberson by rational i mean like comprehensible for a human's conscious mind to manipulate and reason aboutReply · Feb 15, 2025@maxsucksballs i think the therapy is often about fixing habits that make them bad friends?Reply · Nov 9, 2023@MindEnjoyer when you said intuition doesn't matter and only rational arguments do... do you mean you think no one acts on intuition or it can't be…