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Just one: talk of ideation is off limits due to his not being able to create a safe space for me to discuss the topic. We had one conversation early on that referred to it, in which he asked me if I think about it. I told him that as long as I couldn't be sure he wouldn't take action based on something I told him, that I wouldn't be able to discuss anything of that nature with him. I guess he took that statement at face value (a rare treat) as he's never brought the topic up since. I've been told by many people that as long as I don't have a specific plan, it should be fine to talk about, but I figure if possession is nine tenths of the law, interpretation has to be at least eight.
I'll talk about anything else though. I think my therapist is actually a whole lot more squeamish about my history than I am.
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.”
— Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)
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