What's sad about when people interact with LLM AI as if it were humans is that this mistake is understandable, especially for anyone who misunderstands and/or is prone to psychoticism. After all, it is the mashed up silly putty impressions of so much real human soul-ink.

"I really wanted to have two girlfriends. I think that would be even better. Think about it. Two girlfriends. That's better. You know what I'm saying Meredith?"

Nothing can ever meet all your needs, including the state of having all your needs met.

A forgiveness without understanding is merely a deferred attack.

One more thought. Eating disorder dynamics surely involve far more than the prominent oral phase issues. Second phase dynamics around withholding and expulsion are huge. No single developmental phase can totally control or explain a person.

Modern "therapist" to Kierkegaard: "You're in your head too much. Instead of your usual thoughts on your walk, can you use your positive affirmations instead?"

Maybe a better therapist: Imagine if you did marry her, and put you through your suffering, but she was happy nonetheless, without regret. What would you feel, what that mean about you and her, about you?

The catch 22 is that self regulation grows originally from parental coregulation. So, adults with poor self regulation are ships without a sail. They need to hitch themselves to a righted ship that moves in the right way. This is pretty inaccessible, even in the biggest metros.

If we had given Isaac Newton a steady supply of Vyvanse, would he have made even more discoveries? Would he have flattened out and become a good farmer or reverend? Or, would he have been pushed into a more permanent psychosis than his 18 month period of paranoid delusions?

Bee Movie as apotheosis of Freudian psychosexual and social theory

Writer of the CIA manual was insufficiently aware of advanced systems theories: such behavior is fundamentally part of mitigating and managing organizational suffering and unmet needs. An important function of middle management. See also: Gervais Principle

These habits, persistently executed, lull the majority of the organization into a catatonic stupor, which allows for broader and more impactful but unpopular policies to be implemented without backlash

This is literally a capable psychiatrist but you'll have to request medical records or have open notes Hygiene is even part of the mental status exam Ideally the former as the latter will induce self censorship on part of the psychiatrist