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A Pattern Break

Truth About Truth

If something is true, it doesn't have to be very true. Or absolutely true. Or always unequivocally true. Truth is case-specific…

Sep 1

Sep 1

Published in
A Pattern Break

Mother Certainty

Sep 1

Sep 1

Unprincipled Knowledge

The paradox of suicidality is that it is always ego-syntonic, all the way from ideation to attempt; no one kills themselves without really…

Sep 1

Sep 1

Usonian Architecture of Self

Our skin and skulls were the first boxes, the first boundaries between us and not-us.

Aug 30

Aug 30

Is Neuron a Who or a What?

The scientific taboo against anthropomorphizing is nearly absolute. So much so that we are hesitant to anthropomorphize the very cells that…

Aug 15, 2023

Aug 15, 2023

Reality Is Never Wrong

Say, something happens that you didn’t expect. A common thought pops into your mind: “This wasn’t supposed to happen!” In other words, you…

Jul 26, 2023

Jul 26, 2023

Inner Peace in Outer Jungle

Assume that everyone you meet is drunk, afraid and armed.

Nov 2, 2020

Nov 2, 2020

The Famous Wanderer Plays on Tattered Strings — review of Hamsun’s “On Overgrown Paths”

“Pan” was the first book by Knut Hamsun I read. Over the years I read a few more, but not all of what Hamsun wrote. “On Overgrown Paths” —…

Nov 1, 2020

Nov 1, 2020

Pursuit of Happiness

October 3rd, around 12pm, with my dog off leash and Kid Cudi’s song “Pursuit of Happiness” in my ear (for the first time!), I start up on…

Oct 20, 2020

Oct 20, 2020

World War on Ourselves

“I got a ‘Mom, I’m scared’ text message and ‘come get me at the high school.’”

May 25, 2018

May 25, 2018

Pavel Somov

Pavel Somov

Psychologist, author, speaker | I write freely, unafraid of contradiction & I encourage you to read freely, unafraid of confusion www.drsomov.com

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