Sun, Interrupted
@suninterrupted.bsky.social
curious person with a notebook. learning about psychology/psychoanalysis/philosophy in public.
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welcome 🌒 to my notebook left open.
some pages will be messy, some unfinished, all of them honest.
i write while i’m learning. about the mind, the self, and whatever else shows up.
#hello #writing #study #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #philosophy
some pages will be messy, some unfinished, all of them honest.
i write while i’m learning. about the mind, the self, and whatever else shows up.
#hello #writing #study #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #philosophy
Sunday really is my favourite day of the week. Nothing beats that lazy morning coffee.
September 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Sunday really is my favourite day of the week. Nothing beats that lazy morning coffee.
September 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Neuroscientists have long believed that our bodies are paralyzed during REM sleep to prevent us from acting out our dreams, and the twitches we make are movements that slip through the cracks—but recent research tells another story.
What Are Dreams For?
Converging lines of research suggest that we might be misunderstanding something we do every night of our lives.
nyer.cm
August 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Neuroscientists have long believed that our bodies are paralyzed during REM sleep to prevent us from acting out our dreams, and the twitches we make are movements that slip through the cracks—but recent research tells another story.
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My bookshelf brings all
The geeks to the yard, and they're
Like, better than yours.
#whistpr #bookshelf #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
The geeks to the yard, and they're
Like, better than yours.
#whistpr #bookshelf #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
August 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
My bookshelf brings all
The geeks to the yard, and they're
Like, better than yours.
#whistpr #bookshelf #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
The geeks to the yard, and they're
Like, better than yours.
#whistpr #bookshelf #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
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The idea of perfectionism as a form of admirable striving is a dangerous misconception. “I can’t stand it when people talk about perfectionism as something positive,” a psychology professor said. “They don’t realize the deep human toll.”
The Pain of Perfectionism
It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.
www.newyorker.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The idea of perfectionism as a form of admirable striving is a dangerous misconception. “I can’t stand it when people talk about perfectionism as something positive,” a psychology professor said. “They don’t realize the deep human toll.”
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“The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced “
- Gerard van der Leeuw
- Gerard van der Leeuw
August 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced “
- Gerard van der Leeuw
- Gerard van der Leeuw
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When a neuroscientist was stuck on a research problem, he enlisted the help of an A.I. chatbot. “The exchange wasn’t quite spitballing; it was something more organized—human and machine feeling their way through the fog together,” Dan Rockmore writes.
What It’s Like to Brainstorm with a Bot
At the frontiers of knowledge, researchers are discovering that A.I. doesn’t just take prompts—it gives them, too, sparking new forms of creativity and collaboration.
www.newyorker.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
When a neuroscientist was stuck on a research problem, he enlisted the help of an A.I. chatbot. “The exchange wasn’t quite spitballing; it was something more organized—human and machine feeling their way through the fog together,” Dan Rockmore writes.
Research links reflection to less gullibility.
But does reflection actually make us wiser, or just lonelier in our thoughts?
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20043-0
But does reflection actually make us wiser, or just lonelier in our thoughts?
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20043-0
Cognitive reflection correlates with behavior on Twitter - Nature Communications
Performance on a cognitive reflection test correlates with a wide range of behaviours in survey studies. Here the authors investigate the relationship between cognitive reflection and some aspect...
nature.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Research links reflection to less gullibility.
But does reflection actually make us wiser, or just lonelier in our thoughts?
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20043-0
But does reflection actually make us wiser, or just lonelier in our thoughts?
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20043-0
Having a full fridge and pantry but not feeling like anything that’s in it is a different level of annoying
August 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Having a full fridge and pantry but not feeling like anything that’s in it is a different level of annoying
August 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Good morning. Happy Sunday. Still deciding if i woke up, or just ran out of sleep
a cartoon character is yawning with his mouth wide open
ALT: a cartoon character is yawning with his mouth wide open
media.tenor.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Good morning. Happy Sunday. Still deciding if i woke up, or just ran out of sleep
A weekend should have more days. I’m off next week so basically shouldn’t complain, but still. More days
August 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A weekend should have more days. I’m off next week so basically shouldn’t complain, but still. More days
0:43 A.M.
Sleep has been no friend of mine lately
Sleep has been no friend of mine lately
August 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
0:43 A.M.
Sleep has been no friend of mine lately
Sleep has been no friend of mine lately
welcome 🌒 to my notebook left open.
some pages will be messy, some unfinished, all of them honest.
i write while i’m learning. about the mind, the self, and whatever else shows up.
#hello #writing #study #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #philosophy
some pages will be messy, some unfinished, all of them honest.
i write while i’m learning. about the mind, the self, and whatever else shows up.
#hello #writing #study #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #philosophy
August 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
welcome 🌒 to my notebook left open.
some pages will be messy, some unfinished, all of them honest.
i write while i’m learning. about the mind, the self, and whatever else shows up.
#hello #writing #study #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #philosophy
some pages will be messy, some unfinished, all of them honest.
i write while i’m learning. about the mind, the self, and whatever else shows up.
#hello #writing #study #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #philosophy
Lately I’ve been thinking about how much of #love lives in absence. Do you believe some bonds never dissolve, even if years pass without words?
#connection #psychology #psychoanalysis #philosophy
#connection #psychology #psychoanalysis #philosophy
August 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lately I’ve been thinking about how much of #love lives in absence. Do you believe some bonds never dissolve, even if years pass without words?
#connection #psychology #psychoanalysis #philosophy
#connection #psychology #psychoanalysis #philosophy