“In these meetings Palandine was teaching me how to use my eyes and ears in a manner that complemented the teachings of Calyx and Mila.
“And you have to use that wonderful smile of yours more often, Elim.”
“What’s that got to do with listening?”
That was the subject, and Palandine had typically made a jump in logic I couldn’t follow. She also forgot that I was a Cardassian male and smiling was not one of our strong features.”
“insan beyni tüm duygulara davranışlara aracılık eden organ.”
Source: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
“Had he made the entire world his victim, he still would not have been able to banish his introjected father from his bedroom, for once own unconscious cannot be destroyed by destroying the world.”
Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
“Inna Set Like Isle? You want to buy an island and live on it?”
“Back in Syria, we’d never gave anything directly to anyone. We’d give to a charity and then they’d make sure it got to people in need. That way no one felt looked down on. I remind myself how lucky we are to have found such a generous new friends. I try to push the uncomfortable thoughts away, but I can’t help it. It’s charity and it hurts.”
Source: Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
“পৃথিবীর জেলখানাগুলোতে যত না কয়েদী আছে, তার চেয়ে বেশী কয়েদী আছে মানুষের মনে।”
“...if I was willing to sound cynical - that the only reason that psychiatrists diagnose their clients is so that insurance companies can pay the bills, and I actually believe that that's more true than the claim that the psychiatric diagnostic categories actually capture the essence of the person's problems.”
“As a human being, you can trust yourself to know when you’re emotionally satisfied. You know when you’ve been given full measure. You aren’t a bottomless pits of ceaseless demands. You can trust the inner prompts that tell you when something is missing.”
Source: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents / Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents
“(about emotionally immature people) ...their egocentrism is more like the self-preoccupation of someone with a chronic pain condition, rather than someone who can’t get enough of himself or herself.”
Source: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
“Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free