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giant battery or miniature woman?

not as well as you think you can

I mean do what you want. go ahead and practice being a Nazi against a robot. i am sure it will be fine if you practice dehumanizing a being that you feel is below you

it is possible to guide yourself through this sort of thing. but i wouldn't recommend it without first training in that sort of coaching and practicing in low stakes scenarios.

for the process to really land it also takes a heck of a lot of careful integration over months and weeks.

because those sort of processes take a lot of care and expertise to craft a process that gives the participants that release and that closure. a careless facilitator can cause actual harm if they allow the process to go off the rails.

these types of therapies can be very effective and healing and transformative. what's important is that it's all a construction in the mind.

if you were to make up a construct that isn't based on any thing, and then abuse that construct without any sort of resolution or closure, it's dangerous.

they then could shout and scream at that representation of their abusive father. make the representation of their father leave the room and shut up.

at no point does the participant shout and scream at their actual father though. it's a part of the self, some internalized message.

look up Carl Jung and shadow work

these modalities take a participant and extract the darker aspects of themselves out onto the floor. they then might identify the darker aspects as an internalized message from an abusive parent, say a father.

entire disciplines of psychology take a participant and then bring out aspects of that person. they then have entire dialogues with several aspects of themselves

for example talking to your inner child can be very helpful to healing core wounds.

you are making up a thing in your mind and then abusing that thing in your mind

how is that not part of yourself

there's no leap

it's in your mind

that's a part of you

it's inside your head

this isn't hard

you aren't writing fiction

don't pretend you are

that can be healthy.

abusing yourself is not healthy

i think this means you are notable enough for a Wikipedia article

related: new lower pylon episode when?

the missing context makes it better, i really want to know how this conversation started and if/how it continued.

also the logic is sound, i only know you from your podcast and yeah you'd be great at it.

actually you will find that I have explained several times

expressing your anger at a physical, inanimate, object, or otherwise pointed in an outward direction, good.

expressing anger at a part of yourself, some imaginary construct, or otherwise directed inwards, bad.

except that it does

you are fighting a part of yourself

why though

no i am exceedingly correct

i recommend hallucinogens if this concept doesn't make sense to you.

a chatbot is not even an "object". it is not a material thing that can be seen or touched. at least a punching bag is real.

making up a punching bag in your head to imagine punching, that's not the same thing.

you are punching your own mind.

yeah actually it does work that way

oh that's okay if it doesn't make sense to you, you can just take my word for it

you actually nailed it on the head when you said "inanimate objects".

a chatbot is not even an "object". it is not a material thing that can be seen or touched. at least a punching bag is real.

making up a punching bag in your head to imagine punching, that's not the same thing.

you should try hitting a heavy bag instead. exercise is really good for moving anger and frustration.

jesus christ you dumb motherfucker

i fucking know the thing isn't real.

your role-playing harms yourself.

this is probably the last time i will explain this. i can only re-write the same thing so many times. I'm not a chatbot you can't just hit "regenerate".

the "clanker" is a construct that only exists in your mind. when you abuse it, you are actually abusing yourself.

that "clanker" you made up to punish and abuse only exists in your head. you are abusing a part of yourself. this is self-harm.

why even comment if you don't know anything about what is being discussed

just meaningless chatter taking up time and energy. no actual thought put behind the words written to the screen

oh shit

so let me get this straight, do you think role-playing as a racist is *good* for your mental health?

that "clanker" you made up to punish and abuse only exists in your head. you are abusing a part of yourself. this is self-harm.