do you like activity champion and the virtual mineshaft?
their earlier work was a little schizo for my tastes... but when PSYCHOPATHY AND CHRISTIANITY came out 5 HRS AGO, I think they really came into their own. creatively and autistically.
I only bothered to read American Psycho for the first time last year. I was in a beer garden in rural Yorkshire. The book revolted me and fascinated me in an unprecedented way. I always lived the film but the book is an entirely different ball game. It is End of History genius, and degeneracy incarnate.
I've read it at least five times, it's so funny. You may also enjoy Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis. American Psycho is undoubtedly his magnum opus but Glamorama is a close second for me; the plot is basically the movie Zoolander--terrorist models-- and the protagonist is an idiot who doesn't understand what's going on, it's very funny.
I've had similar thoughts that I am schizoid, other times borderline seems more appropriate, if I read too much of The Last Psychiatrist I become a narcissist. I'm not really sure about how useful psychiatric diagnosis really is fundamentally, what is virtue to psychiatry? There's certainly some good to be found in recognizing recurrent thought patterns and behaviors across time and maybe ways to change those if that's one's goal but I think there's a danger for some people where the psychiatric diagnosis becomes a crutch or excuse to absolve responsibility. In particular I'm thinking of a person I know who is diagnosed bipolar and after the diagnosis, he became more likely to stay up late eating junk food because, well, sleep dysregulation and impulsivity are part of the disorder. I don't think the behavior would have increased in absence of some professional informing him that that behavior is part of a disorder which he has. Or a more general example, a person doesn't get out of bed and go to work because, well, he's been diagnosed with depression and that's what a depressed person does. My issue might just be with people taking psychiatry too seriously as if it's The Full Story and a diagnosis is a script they have to follow.
It's a balancing act, every diagnosis should come with a disclaimer, something like "you are still free to act virtuously." Or maybe, because psychiatry is a purely material "science" now, "this diagnosis cannot address your soul if you have one, proceed accordingly."
do you like activity champion and the virtual mineshaft?
their earlier work was a little schizo for my tastes... but when PSYCHOPATHY AND CHRISTIANITY came out 5 HRS AGO, I think they really came into their own. creatively and autistically.
look at that sensitive young man leaving a nice comment. the tasteful brevity of it. oh my god...it even has a reference
I only bothered to read American Psycho for the first time last year. I was in a beer garden in rural Yorkshire. The book revolted me and fascinated me in an unprecedented way. I always lived the film but the book is an entirely different ball game. It is End of History genius, and degeneracy incarnate.
I've read it at least five times, it's so funny. You may also enjoy Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis. American Psycho is undoubtedly his magnum opus but Glamorama is a close second for me; the plot is basically the movie Zoolander--terrorist models-- and the protagonist is an idiot who doesn't understand what's going on, it's very funny.
I like Gwern, he just did an interview that I haven't listened to yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a42key59cZQ&t=38s
I've had similar thoughts that I am schizoid, other times borderline seems more appropriate, if I read too much of The Last Psychiatrist I become a narcissist. I'm not really sure about how useful psychiatric diagnosis really is fundamentally, what is virtue to psychiatry? There's certainly some good to be found in recognizing recurrent thought patterns and behaviors across time and maybe ways to change those if that's one's goal but I think there's a danger for some people where the psychiatric diagnosis becomes a crutch or excuse to absolve responsibility. In particular I'm thinking of a person I know who is diagnosed bipolar and after the diagnosis, he became more likely to stay up late eating junk food because, well, sleep dysregulation and impulsivity are part of the disorder. I don't think the behavior would have increased in absence of some professional informing him that that behavior is part of a disorder which he has. Or a more general example, a person doesn't get out of bed and go to work because, well, he's been diagnosed with depression and that's what a depressed person does. My issue might just be with people taking psychiatry too seriously as if it's The Full Story and a diagnosis is a script they have to follow.
It's a balancing act, every diagnosis should come with a disclaimer, something like "you are still free to act virtuously." Or maybe, because psychiatry is a purely material "science" now, "this diagnosis cannot address your soul if you have one, proceed accordingly."