"Stay with the feeling, with interested curiosity, not trying to change it, or to force it to communicate: just being with it gently and curiously. Try to understand it from it's point of view. Notice any words, images, or metaphors that come to mind. Acknowledge everything that comes up, e.g., further feelings or lack of … Continue reading Staying With Feelings — Meg-John Barker & Focusing — Eugene T. Gendlin
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The Shaggy, Sharp-Toothed Thing With Thin Skin
"'As a concept,' Wang writes, 'the schizophrenias encompass a range of psychotic disorders, and it is a genus that I choose to identify with as a woman whose diagnosis is unfamiliar to most — the shaggy, sharp-toothed thing, and not the wolf... ...'the liminal' as a space in which 'thin-skinned' individuals — those who 'have … Continue reading The Shaggy, Sharp-Toothed Thing With Thin Skin
