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In an earlier blog post about contradictions we stated that: "paradoxical messages can seriously paralyze human relations and even lead to schizophrenic behavior. However, at the same time paradoxical communication can also be used to jolt someone out of his current mindset." Above we have symbolized "main stream thinking" or "current mindset" with the trajectory …
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This post is about patterns or logical bubbles in psycho therapy. As we will see there are some parallels with lateral thinking. There are several reasons why a person attends psychotherapy. Someone may attend psychotherapy because she is suffering because she thinks herself into a situation she doesn't want to be in. She visits a psychotherapist to …
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In earlier posts "Contradictions and Aggression" and "Don't Think You Can Think" part 1 and part 2 we did some thinking about contradictions, dilemma's and paradoxes. A special case of these are double binds. A double bind exists when an impossible ultimatum is put forward (either/or, however, both alternatives are unacceptable) two directives are in …
In a previous blog post about the relation between contradictions and aggression we suggested that on-going paradoxical messages could affect a person's mental health. Also, contradictions, if not noticed, can lead to feelings of powerlessness and furious destructive aggression. The title of this post is such a contradiction or a paradox. Some of our readers have asked …
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Ever had an undefined feeling that something is wrong? That there is something that does not make sense but "you can't put the finger on it"? You have this tingling feeling but you can't point to exactly what it is. . . yet you know that there is "something". It's intangible knowledge or understanding, and you …
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