Julian Diep
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Why do we get attached to others?
Attachment is defined as “a strong emotional bond.” However, if we go deeper, we can find two types of attachment, secure and insecure. To feel attached (securely) is to feel secure and safe. Someone insecurely attached experiences dependency, fear of rejection, vigilance, and anxiety.
By Julian Diep3 years ago in Humans
Here’s Why The Unexamined Life is Worth Living
The widely known ancient Greek philosopher Socrates once said: “the unexamined life is not worth living for men.” Notice that the philosopher was restricting this to men; in fact, the ancient Greek society was too sexist at the time, so much that women had a status slightly higher than that of slaves.
By Julian Diep3 years ago in Futurism
How to become a Stoic and stop suffering
What Is Stoicism? Stoicism is getting quite popular and misunderstood at the same time. A lot of people are searching for a way to cope with life’s hardest blows, and as it turns out, the Stoics found it more than 2,000 years ago.
By Julian Diep3 years ago in Motivation
How to Overcome your Addiction
The average human being takes between 21 to 66 days to establish a robust habit. Dr. Maxwell Maltz (plastic surgeon in the 1950s) noticed a pattern in his patients, after performing surgery like a nose job, it would typically take patients around 21 days to get used to the look of their new face.
By Julian Diep3 years ago in Psyche
What is existentialism?
It is, perhaps, a challenge to try and define existentialism, as the definition may vary depending on who you ask. There have been many philosophers throughout the centuries that shared their views and thoughts on this subject, some of them differed, but they all had one thing in common: hunger for answers.
By Julian Diep3 years ago in Futurism