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Episode description

Lot of people just passively drag through life nowadays.

Our culture fosters toxic passivity and that is a problem.

If you are here, you probably want something better.

If so, listen to the solution in this episode.


(00:01) Richard Explains Why He Stopped Face-to-face Counselling & Why He Got Back to It Now

(04:04) Importance of Personal Sense of Right and Wrong

(08:34) Passivity is a Consequence of Not Having Any Moral Philosophy

(13:12) We Are Trained to Be Seen Through Robot’s Eyes

(17:58) The Connection Between Healthy Boundaries and Moral Philosophy

(20:06) Does Porn Have Any Useful Function?

(25:32) Does Porn Destroy True Love?

(26:35) The Ancients Knew That Overindulgence Didn’t Lead to Anything Good Morally

(28:40) Are Those Who Make Pornography Sexually Autistic?

(30:35) Isn’t Labelling a Person With Toxic Passivity Problematic?

(31:59) Does General Population Find PTSD Ridiculous?

(35:12) Toxic Passivity and Solutions to It

(37:27) How to Deal With Friends Who Don’t Recognize One’s PTSD?

(38:53) Is Toxic Passivity Rooted in Learned Helplessness?

(41:45) Emotional Flashback is a Commonly Misunderstood Term

(44:39) Ruminating is an Emotional Flashback

(49:39) Talking About the Weezer and the Foo Fighters Concert

(52:46) Tips on Being Articulate

(55:12) Goodbye

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