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“Are psychiatric crises so overwhelming to the mind that they inhibit the presence of ethics? Is depression at root an amoral phenomenon, its focus on the self preventing any other from really counting? Perhaps. Sometimes. Sometimes, even when we are two we are really only one; we can feel nothing but our own bones, our own difficult breaths.”

Quote by Lauren Slater

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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

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