Magical Thinking: A Wish For Safety

The Positive Mind

18-01-2021 • 57 min

Following up on our show on Home, and that, “all sickness is homesickness” we discuss the phenomena of magical thinking as a way to create safety when what one really wants is a sense of home.

Magical thinking is an error in causation, attributing a cause and effect relationship when there isn’t one. We all engage in magical thinking, buying a lottery ticket is testimony to that, it only becomes a problem “pathological” when it creates significant consequences/distress viz., betting your house in a poker game. Join Hosts Kevin O’Donoghue and Niseema Dyan Diemer as they talk about magical thinking in both its pathological and innocuous versions: and as it relates to significant pathological conditions like adolescent cutting and Borderline Personality Disorder.For more information or support contact Kevin or Niseema at info@thepositivemindcenter.com, or call 212-757-4488.

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These are challenging times and we hope this episode served to validate and ease your anxiety about what you may be experiencing.

Please feel free to also suggest show ideas to the above email.

Thank you for listening,
Kevin and Niseema

www.tffpp.org
https://www.kevinlmhc.com
www.niseema.com
www.thepositivemindcenter.com

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Opening Music : Another Country, Pure Shadowfax, Shadowfax

Break Music: Geoff Brady

End Music : TFFPP Theme - Giullian Goiello for The Foundation for Positive Psychology

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Website Design and End Music: Giullian Gioello

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