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“Mistrust is the fuel for so much mental pain, so many mental disorders. I am not talking here about the suspicions we sometimes have of one another, the distant but lurking sense that perhaps our lover lies to us, our best friend whispers behind our back. I am talking about a belief that betrayal inundates the atoms of the universe, is so woven into the workings of the world that every step is treacherous, and that below the rich mud lies a mine.”

Book:Welcome to My Country

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Welcome to My Country

This travelogue takes readers on a journey through a country, showcasing its unique cultural heritage, natural beauty, and the everyday lives of its inhabitants. The author shares personal anecdotes and observations, providing a vivid and engaging portrait of the nation's character and spirit. more

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Lauren Slater

Lauren Slater is an American psychologist born on March 21, 1963. Her research focuses on psychotherapy, memory, and identity. Slater is known for her profound insights into the process of psychotherapy and her contributions to the study of memory. more

“Depression is a death within, a knowledge - terrifying - that you cannot resurrect yourself. Depression is loss of the vision that lets leaves breathe and fall, that lets the air smell of seed and soil. And there must be rage, yes I think there is rage toward such a severing, such a ragged-deep rupture with the world.”

Thinking World Fall Loss Vision Air Smell Breathe Seeds Rage Soil Ragged Rupture

Book:Welcome to My Country

Source: Welcome to My Country

“Much has been said about the meanings we make of illness, but what about the meanings we make out of cure? Cure is complex, disorienting, a revisioning of the self, either subtle or stark. Cure is the new, strange planet, pressing in. The doctor could not have known. And that made me, as it does every patient, only more alone.”