It is the cycle of naming our feelings, of sensing that we share something essential with others, and of being in silent connection without any need for extra words. This is profoundly human and deeply special—something Dostoevsky gives us: seeing humanity from within, and speaking to us from within

Many psychologists, I think, would agree that this experience resonates with a part of the therapeutic process—though, of course, in a different form than in the consulting room.