Depression

The Interconnected Self Part 2: Depression and the Atomization of the Individual

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Depression isn’t an individual defect or disorder as the cultural understanding would have you believe. It’s a product of both our web of relations to the world and our lack of connections within this web—the result of the increasing atomization of culture. The concepts shared here resonate with my own experience of depression and in […]

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Can We Please Communicate Authentically? The Ineffability of Psychedelics, Depression, and Cuddling Cats

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Building off the previous posts on the ineffability of psychedelic experiences and language, I wanted to continue using insights from Shlomo Giora Shoham that sheds light on the topic. I’ve written a basic introduction to his ideas here. In his book, The Violence of Silence, Shoham lays out the argument that it is the participant

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OCD, Depression, and Psychedelics: Similarities in Memory and Attention

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This was a paper I wrote for a philosophy class a year or so ago. Introduction Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, also known as OCD is a disabling and distressing disorder that can be characterized as having intrusive and recurring thoughts that can result in compulsive behavior (DSM V). These thoughts are unwanted and can be obsessive in

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