Nick

Negative Psychology

Essays on radical uncertainty

Author

Nick

Category

Uncategorized

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

The Tokenistic Universe [2] 12.08.2025

Every time we think (which is the overt action) we also perform another action, a covert one, which is to assume a context within which that thought, that 'statement of fact', actually makes sense...

The Tokenistic Universe [1] 10.08.2025

When we think we create a virtual reality construct which we proceed to inhabit as if it weren't a virtual reality construct...

The Negative Approach To Anxiety [21] 28.09.2023
The Circle of Controlling 22.09.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [20] 25.08.2023

'The loss of the child' - Part 2

The Negative Approach To Anxiety [19] 24.08.2023

'Inner child' corresponds to 'Spontaneous Mode' 

The Negative Approach To Anxiety [18] 08.08.2023
Unreal Striving 31.07.2023

Audio version of article

The Negative Approach To Anxiety [16] 25.07.2023
Taking Away Our Own Freedom 21.07.2023

Our strategy in life is to compel ourselves to change by FORCING - which is to say, by 'taking away our own freedom to do  otherwise'.

Working With Emotional Pain [1] 29.06.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [15] 27.06.2023

There can be no such thing as 'concrete goals' in mental health because we don't know what mental health is!

The Negative Approach To Anxiety [14] 21.06.2023

By trying to take control we become stuck.

The Negative Approach To Anxiety [13] 09.06.2023

Social anxiety is where we can't fit into the matrix like everyone else can...

The Negative Approach To Anxiety [12] 02.06.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [11] 04.05.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [10] 14.03.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [9] 09.03.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [8] 06.03.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [7] 03.03.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [6] 27.02.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [5] 25.02.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [4] 24.02.2023
The Negative Approach To Anxiety [3] 23.02.2023

To be continuously striving for the advantage, and never being put off by any set-backs, is held up as the ideal way to be in our culture. We are exhorted to 'try, try and try again'. This message is essentially one of denial however! If we were truly 'intelligent' we would examine what we're trying to do (in a reflective rather than a logical / analytic way) and see if th...

The Negative Approach To Anxiety [2] 22.02.2023

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