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“This dynamic, this ‘striving to preserve identity’, however strange the means or effects of such striving, was recognized in psychiatry long ago—and, like so much else, is especially associated with the work of Freud. Thus, the delusions of paranoia were seen by him not as primary but as attempts (however misguided) at restitution, at reconstructing a world reduced by complete chaos.”

Book:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

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Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks was a renowned neurologist known for his profound insights into the human brain and nervous system. His work delved into the relationship between brain diseases and human behavior, revealing the fascinating world of neuroscience to readers. more

“He faced me as he spoke, was oriented towards me, and yet there was something the matter—it was difficult to formulate. He faced me with his ears, I came to think, but not with his eyes. These, instead of looking, gazing, at me, ‘taking me in’, in the normal way, made sudden strange fixations—on my nose, on my right ear, down to my chin, up to my right eye—as if noting (even studying) these individual features, but not seeing my whole face, its changing expressions, ‘me’, as a whole. I am not sure that I fully realized this at the time—there was just a teasing strangeness, some failure in the normal interplay of gaze and expression. He saw me, he scanned me, and yet...”

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Book:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Source: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

“Ваше минуле - це ваше минуле, подобається вам це чи ні, пам'ятаєте ви його свідомо чи ні, берете за нього відповідальність чи ні. Багато з того, що сталось у минулому, було не вашою провиною (може, там взагалі не було нічиєї провини, а може, у чомусь були винні й ви), але події у вашому житті є вашими і завжди будуть вашими. Ви не можете повернутись у минуле і змінити їх, навіть якщо вони здаються незавершеними чи несправедливими.”

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Book:Procrastination: Why You Do It, What To Do About It

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“A tea master horrified his pupils by planting a hedge in his garden, blocking the view of the Inland Sea for which his school was famous,' I said, half to myself. 'He left only a gap in the hedge and set a basin before it. Anyone drinking from it would have to bend down and look at the sea through the hole.' 'Why do you think he planted the hedge to block out the famous view?' 'Tominaga explained it to me but I've only just really understood it now - the effect of seeing the view is much more powerful than if the sea has not been obstructed.”

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Book:The Garden of Evening Mists

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