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Visions: notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934 by C.G. Jung by Carl Gustav Jung, edited by Mary Foote and Claire Douglas (Princeton University Press, 1997)
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Chapters:
00:00 Is he stupid?
02:07 Learned Helplessness & The Absurd
05:34 Acceptance & Amor Fati
07:20 The Self As Context & Taoist Identity
09:42 Commitment & Flow Psychology
15:00 The Will To Happiness
18:00 Between Yes & No
SOURCES
Camus, A. (2000). The myth of Sisyphus (J. O'Brien, Trans.). Penguin Classics.
Zaretsky, R. (2013). A life worth living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning. Cambridge : Harvard University Press,
Overmier JB, Seligman ME. Effects of inescapable shock upon subsequent escape and avoidance responding. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 1967;63:28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0024166. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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Hayes SC, Wilson KG. Experiential avoidance and behavioral disorders: A functional dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1996;64(6):1152–68.
Hayes SC, Luoma JB, Bond FW, Masuda A, Lillis J. Acceptance and commitment therapy: Model, processes and outcomes. Behaviour research and therapy. 2006;44(1):1–25. 10.1016/j.brat.2005.06.006
Hayes SC, Strosahl KD, Wilson KG. Acceptance and commitment therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. 2000;32(1):1–8.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Gay Science. IV, §341.
Moeller, H. & D'Ambrosio, P. (2017). Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/moel18398
Csikszentmihalyi M. (1990). Flow : the psychology of optimal experience (First). Harper & Row.
Frankl, V. E. (1992). Man's search for meaning: An introduction to logotherapy (4th ed.) (I. Lasch, Trans.). Beacon Press.
Link between flow, buddhism and absurdism inspired by this great piece of writing: https://mettarefuge.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/a-buddhist-response-to-albert-camus-and-the-absurdity-of-life/
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# Primary Sources
- "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created The World's Most Dangerous Man" by Mary Trump
- "The Mind of Donald Trump" in The Atlantic by Dan P. McAdams ([https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/the-mind-of-donald-trump/480771/]
- "Examining the Myth of Narcissus in Moby Dick" by Gerald E. Hansen ([https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=studentpub]
## Introduction
- McAdam's Theory of Personality: [https://nobaproject.com/modules/self-and-identit]
- Bundy Quote: [http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1393906/FULLTEXT01.pdf]
## A Guide To Narcissism
- Quote from Alexander Lowen can be found in "Narcissism: Denial of the True Self"
- APA: [https://dictionary.apa.org/narcissistic-personality-disorder]
- Variants of Narcissism: [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1731474?journalCode=pewo20#:~:text=Specifically%2C vulnerable narcissism is characterized,mostly](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1731474?journalCode=pewo20#:~:text=Specifically%2C%20vulnerable%20narcissism%20is%20characterized,mostly))%20a%20disorder%20of%20neuroticism.
- Suggestion that Grandiose have Fragile Core: [https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-020-00132-8](https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-020-00132-8)
- Narcissism and Psychological Health: [https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326852](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326852)
- Vulnerability and Shame: [https://www.psypost.org/2020/09/people-who-are-high-in-vulnerable-narcissism-are-more-likely-to-feel-shame-on-a-daily-basis-58026](https://www.psypost.org/2020/09/people-who-are-high-in-vulnerable-narcissism-are-more-likely-to-feel-shame-on-a-daily-basis-58026)
- Campbell Ingredients of Narcissist: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225077608_The_narcissistic_self_Background_an_extended_agency_model_and_ongoing_controversies](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225077608_The_narcissistic_self_Background_an_extended_agency_model_and_ongoing_controversies)
- Attraction of Narcissists: [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifetime-connections/201803/why-are-narcissists-so-attractive](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifetime-connections/201803/why-are-narcissists-so-attractive), [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918908/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918908/)
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886913006582](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886913006582)
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