What is forgetting? What happens to the memories when we’ve long since forgotten them? Until our death I suppose there remains the possibility of remembering some instance from our life, triggered by an unsuspecting sensory experience—the feeling of a leaf, a particular combination of spices—until we cease to be, our memory has not been truly […]
What does agency, your grandparents, Civil War soldiers, and the biblical book of Malachi have in common? Intergenerational trauma. Intergenerational trauma is something that likely, knowingly or unknowingly, affects the majority of us. Like it or not, the events that happened to our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents can fundamentally shape who we are and what
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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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