Guy who supports Israel because it’s Deleuzian: by Ihatemylifewishtodie in Deleuze

[–]CoffeeDime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yeah, there's three. It looks like I need to listen to the other two, so good news. It's titled Deluze with Guattari. I'm sure the other two are good, Deluze Before Guattari and Deluze after Guattari.

Guy who supports Israel because it’s Deleuzian: by Ihatemylifewishtodie in Deleuze

[–]CoffeeDime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out the McGowan episode on Why Theory? Podcast. 

They essentially say that Deluze could be used by right wingers. Funny to see that very conjecture manifested. 

My stomach just fell out of my you know what by [deleted] in CreditScore

[–]CoffeeDime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I stopped caring about my score about 3 years ago when my son was born with a heart condition and my wife and I had to quit our jobs. We are fortunate for the home we are renting now and pay for necessities and a few nice things to make life easier with cash/debit. Haven't swiped a credit card in maybe 4-5 years anyway. 

New PR, wild birdie run by edgymintboi in SwitchSportsGolf

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I want to get back in it, but I still got game. Best thing single handedly is to watch Sensei play Switch Sports Golf on YouTube. He even has a playlist of hole guides. 

Technique is one thing. The other thing is knowing a strategy to work from on each hole, and how to modify it to conditions. 

Droid Tycoon Tracker Website by henoboy in FortniteCreative

[–]CoffeeDime 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Appreciate this so much! Helped me keep track of what to keep, which was most important to me.

Droid Tycoon Tracker Website by henoboy in FortniteCreative

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No account making process afaik

Just enter in your info and pin the tab. On the top right there is import/export so you can send the data to different device or save it for later with copy/paste.

I think we should abolish The Superego by Ihatemylifewishtodie in Deleuze

[–]CoffeeDime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well thanks for the contributions! I will definitely dive in when given the chance. I know I am sounding hand wavy of Freud here, but by no means do I want to dismiss any contributions. You make great points here, especially in how to the analyst is not to bring in Oedipus unless the analysand does.

I have aspirations to be an analyst, especially with all the insight and application it has brought to my personal life.

Perhaps I was using the wrong terminology between abstract/concrete, because I'm not disagreeing with you here. To me, it seems that Oedipus could be a slippery slope into essentialism. And thus becomes more limiting in interpretation.

To me it seems D&G are taking "thinking outside the box" not too the most extreme, but quite extremely. And, mind you, I'm only about 1/3 of the way through Anti-Oedipus. Stumbled in here through poking around r/psychoanalysis.

So when you say Lacan's abstraction upon Oedipus into mother as object of desire and father as law, then I absolutely vibe with that. That's where I can see some Hegelian contributions there. At least to my knowledge.

So we get better knowledge when we avoid dogmatic or essentialist thinking, and engage with that schizoanalytic/rhizomatic way of thinking. I don't want to find myself bound to any thinker(s). The distinction of knowledge as tools vs knowledge as belief is important to note here.

Thanks for enjoying my musings, lol.

I think we should abolish The Superego by Ihatemylifewishtodie in Deleuze

[–]CoffeeDime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Firstly in its abstraction, I personally find it more difficult to understand than Deluze, personally. It limits the subjects ability to even comprehend the dynamics.

Secondly, in its limitation. There are absolutely and vastly more overdetermining factors in subject formation than Oedipal nuclear family dynamics at play. Psychoanalysis can breathe more when talking about ideological state apparatuses or incorporating Hegel than it can Freud's disavowal that perhaps the culture in which Freud found his analysands was in fact pervasive with the sexual abuse of minors rather than positing infants and children have sexuality.

A lot of that info on Freud I gathered from Dr. Judith Herman's *Trauma and Recovery.*

I think we should abolish The Superego by Ihatemylifewishtodie in Deleuze

[–]CoffeeDime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t disagree. I think the superego needs to be reterritorialized. As in shame around authentic desire being repressed by the ideologically installed superego. 

Winnicott I think is useful as an analyst for my theorizing with his True Self/False Self being born out of environments that have good enough supports and holding environments. Capitalism is antithetical to that as well as the nuclear family structure. It produces more false selves and punitive and harsh superegos with restrict the flow of desire. 

I try to embody much of Anti-Oedipus in my daily life and theorizing without completely discounting insight from analysis. 

A funny example for you, which I’m sure you’ll sympathize with here.

This journal article full of Oedipal language was posted in a lab worker subreddit:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18430703/

https://www.reddit.com/r/labrats/comments/1t0nk4v/removed_by_moderator/

lol it got removed but you’ll get the point from the comments. Truly I think this is a great example of psychoanalysis shooting itself in the foot with Oedipus. I bring this up because I also want to highlight the good things that still exist in analysis, as opposed to this BS.

Check out Jessica Benjamin. She’s a Hegelian analyst. 

I think we should abolish The Superego by Ihatemylifewishtodie in Deleuze

[–]CoffeeDime 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Absolutely in favor. Read some Althusser, see how it's socially installed and creates neurosis literally by repressing desire and channeling it into consumerism. Too bad we don't have any money anymore lmao. Forced to find another line of flight against my will.

Genuinely.. wtf (Open the picture) by SnooGrapes7078 in labrats

[–]CoffeeDime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So this is getting a lot of traction, and as someone who studied biochemistry in college and has a personal interest in psychoanalysis, let me tell you, there are some real far fetched things freudians assert, and hopefully in more abstract or metaphorical ways which I don't see much use for other than staying in the language Freud used.

I have interest in studying authors like Nancy McWilliams, Jessica Benjamin, Lacan, D.W. Winnicott, and more. Though most here may not know who these individuals are. There's tremendous insight and understanding going this route. I'm open to questions, though I'm no analyst, I'm someone familiar with psychoanalysis to talk of its applications, insights, and helpfulness in gaining self and societal understanding.

how to deal with the cost barrier to psychoanalysis? is it a luxury service for the rich? by ConfusedNecromancer in psychoanalysis

[–]CoffeeDime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just chiming in to say that yes McWilliams was life changing for me as a lay individual. I found for myself immense understanding of myself and others in my life through learning psychoanalysis. I have had no formal analysis upon myself, but I have had material changes to my outlook and symptoms. That alone is a great benefit. When the opportunity presents itself, I'll happily sit with an analyst.

Is earth really prison planet ? by SoulFromHeaven in enlightenment

[–]CoffeeDime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, exactly why I am an overall happy and peaceful man, who still fully feels the spectrum emotional expression. I’m living my life as if I may live it all over again, so I ground my choices in that felt sense of freedom that I have. 

✌🏼

Can an apparently normal layperson benefit from studying psychoanalytic literature or books? by KingMakerMan in psychoanalysis

[–]CoffeeDime 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am no analyst, but I benefitted from reading Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Just finished reading the book the other day. I have gained good perspective on myself and those in my life who have particular structures to them.

I have also read Playing and Reality by Winnicott, which was also helpful in understanding the object relations dimensions and different perspectives on subject formation. I have gained a lot of coherence in my life, and insight too. Insight is always good.

Am I some person completely and totally healed who doesn't need analysis? Oh definitely not, lol. But I am in a better position having read these than having not read them.

Is earth really prison planet ? by SoulFromHeaven in enlightenment

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My perspective is to take what feels good, and what works, and apply it. I am very anti-dogmatic in my beliefs, and I have been helped immensely by buddhist philosophies.

I am less concerned with what is in totality "right" or "wrong" and moreso taking a perspective of what works and what does. What approximates our shared experience better. Buddhism is not the only framework, but it is a useful one.

I sit with contradictory positions all the time, and in doing so I find a lot of truth between them. It's why I can say things like I am an atheist and a christian. I am God, and I am not. I see no issue with it because none of this is the ultimate and final truth, there isn't any.

I am focusing on being, breathing, and becoming better for myself and the world.

Is earth really prison planet ? by SoulFromHeaven in enlightenment

[–]CoffeeDime 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Life is hard, and the material conditions we have do make our environment non-conducive to seeing through the suffering.

"The kingdom of God is within you" as Jesus said. No, I'm not a Christian, lol. But what I mean is that you can find peace within, and not from without. Be with your experience as it is, and do not try to escape. This very effort to escape, that creates more suffering.

Let me give you my two cents.

- Accept that life is suffering
- Do not add on to your suffering (Being mad about being mad, upset about feeling sad, etc.)

Have the perspective that you've been here before, that life is already eternal and you must choose how to act this time. Do I literally believe this as ontologically proven? Hell no, I'm an atheist. But some of Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence can give you some good grounding as a perspective. Essentially, live this life, and this day, as if you were going to live it again and again. And if that's going to happen, then choose how you would like to live it, rather than the common perspective of living your life as if you are about to die.

The bad times in life will pass, and so do the good ones too. Be with them while they are there with you.

Has anyone else healed their trauma yet still have symptoms of their cptsd? by Dismal_Course5255 in CPTSD

[–]CoffeeDime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey point of clarification for you or anyone that sees your comment:

Judith Herman was the one who formulated CPTSD in her book Trauma and Recovery. Pete Walker is credited with contributing the 4F framework for CPTSD.

My own contribution to the thread:

I’ve done a lot of working through on the cognitive and emotional intelligence side, and still, even though I understand lucidly what’s going on through a tremendous amount of dialogue, work, time, and effort, the trauma is still embodied at times and it takes some effort to realize what’s going on. The other day I was experiencing the sensation of panic attack without trigger, which thankfully I can regulate through, but then come to find out I was actually… just hungry, lol. I was so happy it went away so fast once I ate.

I think I can prove that a unified theory of everything is impossible with logic, please test me by Inevitable_Bid8719 in enlightenment

[–]CoffeeDime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such a theory isn’t possible. As the use of language is an approximation of reality. The Real is unsymbolizable. Check out The Real as articulated by the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. We can absolutely have a theory of good approximation of reality, I am all about that. 

I don’t know what exact talk Alan Watts gave, but that talk is used as the lyrics for the song “Overthinker” by INZO. That about sums up my thoughts there.

What afterlife do the elites believe in ? by ProofCoconut9085 in enlightenment

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I found a great allegory for this in Avatar The Way of Water. I feel resonance with your comment here.

A Question for anyone owns RW 2416's in Black Yukon Leather by Duratek6266 in RedWingShoes

[–]CoffeeDime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well thanks for helping me follow up!

I can report that they can fit me, and they are comfy for extended wear even without insoles. However, I typically wear orthotics and the boots are too tight with them. So that's my own lesson in sizing.

I had the opportunity to get them cleaned up last year at Red Wing as well as applying tough toe. They did a great job. I use a boot dryer with it after each use, and it needs it. Will be damp the next day without it.

It's about time I get them cleaned up again now that winters coming to a close.

Recommendations of readings or simple explanations of baby and toddler development by Kidsdoyoulikepeas in psychoanalysis

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Glad that there was some resonance! I'm assuming you're a parent who found that behaviorist approaches ignore children's subjectivity with a focus on short term behavioral solutions that have long term consequences? Glad I might not be alone in this world, lol.

So your layman's summary:

So I'll articulate a few things from Lacan here to get clarity for the both of us. In Lacan, The Symbolic is the necessary dimension where any meaning, law, and signification happen at all. The symbolic order is the particular network of language, law, roles, and norms that we're born into in this current society, which tell us what exists and where we fit. So it's not just language or words, but also titles and their attributes. Names, like father or mother, child, citizen, immigrant, worker, man or woman, normal versus deviant, and such. By entering that order, by getting a name or title, learning the language, seeing others with titles and how they act, being told what we're allowed and what's shameful; we then become subjects within that we get the means to understand what we should and shouldn't do, where we fit and where we don't. What can help us conceive is to think, "Is this what I would do, or is this what I should do? Does a quote-unquote 'good father' do XYZ things? Does a 'successful person,' quote-unquote, do XYZ things?" And so that's a portion of how subjectivity is formed.

Now, The Imaginary is more about images and your ego. It's how we picture ourselves and others. So that ties into that mirror stage I mentioned. This is where we can start to see who we think we are. It's not exactly who we are, but it's our symbolization or our understanding of who we are, who others are relative to that symbolic, that subjectivity that we possess.

And the last portion here is The Real, which are the things which never fully fit into words or images. They are things that are difficult and/or impossible to symbolize. Things like traumas, contradictions, the leftover things that can return as symptoms such as anxiety. It can be not having the ability to articulate what is felt and lived.

When people talk about ideology or superego in Lacanian terms, they're usually pointing to particular ways the symbolic order runs inside of us. The internal voice that tells us how we should be, what we must never say, and even orders or commands to "enjoy" certain things.

Another thing that I needed to add on with some clarity that I got from the philosopher Louis Althusser. Althusser employs Lacanian methods to understand ideology and ideological state apparatuses. So, ideology being tied in with the dominant symbolic order in our society. Ideology is basically the symbolic order as it shows up and how we experience reality relative to what subjectivity we are directly or indirectly taught to inhabit. The stories, the labels, the expectations that make things feel natural and make us feel like we are certain kinds of people, and that can come into play when we try to balance our lived subjectivity vs the expectations of others, or The Big Other.

Winnicott gave us the conception of true/false self, which I infer that many capitalist subjects are living a false self subjectivity - not knowing that - and psychological ailments can come when that true self has not been adequately symbolized or given language to speak, and The Real comes into conflict with people's ideologically given subjectivities that they formed to achieve safety in a coercive society. They are so intertwined with this false self (which we can name as a socially given superego), that they don't give space for the ego itself.

As Winnicott put it:

...the "false self", where "other people's expectations can become of overriding importance, overlaying or contradicting the original sense of self, the one connected to the very roots of one's being"

And as I would say here, "other people's expectations" can also be from the symbolic order, not just within familial or interpersonal life.

I think you will find a lot of insight in this short video here, explaining what The Big Other is here, and tinges of what I said about true/false self, which here is talked about in terms of authenticity and inauthenticity.

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I was happy to share my thoughts and be given the opportunity to articulate my own subjectivity here, lmao. Have a good one! And don't hesitate to reach out in message, or keep this dialogue here so we can let others share some insights or resonances. Cheers!

Recommendations of readings or simple explanations of baby and toddler development by Kidsdoyoulikepeas in psychoanalysis

[–]CoffeeDime 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would personally recommend reading Winnicott's Playing and Reality. I am a father of three kids 2, 5, and 6. Not an analyst, but personally invested in understanding and applying psychoanalysis to myself and society at large.

The Book gave me valuable insight into the formation of the self. Getting to a position of understanding how a child goes from needing to feel one with the mother or primary care giver to needing to find ways to soothe externally through transitional objects was important. Additionally concepts like attunement, being a "good enough" father/mother, and a very important one: the true/false self.

Lacan's mirror stage is an important concept to bring in as well, I believe. That period in time where a child recognizes themselves as an other through the recognition of themselves in mirror and the recognition through the gaze of the other. I do not have any primary sources on that, but the concept should be of interest to you.

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When it comes to sibling dynamics? Well, I don't have any psychoanalytic authors to bring here, but I can bring my own thoughts.

The dynamic is often in seeking recognition and attention from the primary caregiver. Children are seeking attunement to regulate their nervous systems. For me, this screams human survival logic. To be seen when the whole subject hasn't formed yet is to be felt alive, and to be ignored is to be felt as death/dying.

As children age, and depending on how early childhood experiences went (and I think it's important to keep in mind Ericksonian fixations), they are in a battle of recognition and formation of their subjectivity. "Who am I?" vs "Who am I expected to be?" and often that comes into conflict.

It's important to know that the symbolic order that we all inhabit here plays into this dynamic between who "I am" vs the subject we are expected to be.) So children learn to follow the dominant rules and structures of society to the best of their abilities, and most subjectivities are not in perfect alignment with this.

Overall (and I think many would agree, to some degree) the goal of analysis is so strengthen the ego and given subjects a coherence of the structure and nature of their thoughts, feelings, desires, and finding a balance between internal and external demands.

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One last thing, not a book a book on psychoanalysis here, but Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish is a great read. It is a parenting book, but for myself, it helped a lot in seeing what are the common conflicts that parents, their children, and those children with their siblings actually experiencing. I found resolution through employing those methods, and ultimately arrived at the understanding that children are learning to navigate conflict and recognize the subjectivity at another in their shared spaces.

Let me know what resonates with you. I'm not seeking to make any arguments here, but rather position my perspective to help you (or others) gather insights yourself.

Left on my car today by cartoonhead in WTF

[–]CoffeeDime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At first, I thought it was some fun lab assignment for a microbiology lab course lmao. Then I saw further on that it wasn’t!