But the psyche is not an engine. It is a wilderness. And the more you map it, the more you trample it. The more you analyze a flower, the more you kill it.
Dr. Psycho may have poisoned an apple with a toxin ("Z"). He offers you a pill ("X") that is normally a fatal poison but acts as a perfect antidote to toxin Z. The Catch:
Same neural architecture that enables cold calculation also permits exceptional self-control and risk-assessment in high-stakes situations.
Therapy often encourages the construction of a "narrative." You are anxious because your father was critical. You are avoidant because your primary caregiver was inconsistent. This is, on the surface, liberating. It externalizes the problem.
the pill has a slightly higher value because you avoid the pill's side effects. Analysis 2 (The State of the Apple):
