identification
10 episodes mention this concept
HealthyGamerGGNov 2, 2025Overcoming the 'NPC' Feeling: Cultivating True Identity Beyond Risk Aversion and External Identification
PsychologyLack of personalityNPC (Non-Player Character) feelingExistential depressionValue-focused decision making
NewEconomicThinkingAug 9, 2023Parental Investments, Human Capital, and Intergenerational Economic Persistence
EconomicsIntergenerational MobilityParental InvestmentsHuman CapitalCognitive Skills
psychacksJun 22, 2023The Essence of Game: Cultivating Emotional Experiences in Dating and Sales
RelationshipsGame (social skill)Emotional experience cultivationTruest desiresSuperficial desires- HealthyGamerGGApr 13, 2023
Overcoming Intimidation: Reclaiming Your Potential and Expanding Your Life
PsychologyIntimidation (psychological phenomenon)Inferiority complexImposter syndromeSelf-defeating cycle - MIT Open EconomyApr 5, 2023
Empirical Analysis of Education Demand: Costs, Returns, and Policy Interventions
EconomicsReturns to educationMarginal cost of human capitalPerceived benefits vs. real benefitsDirect costs of education - psychacksSep 29, 2022
The Mastery of Life: Being In the World, Not Of It
Self-DevelopmentLife MasteryDetachmentAttachmentExistential Fact - HealthyGamerGGOct 20, 2021
The Paradox of Failure, Identity, and the Therapeutic Journey
PsychologyParadox of advertising failureInternal conflictEfficacy over placeboHidden failure vs. public success 
drekbergSep 1, 2011The Brain, Ego, and Happiness: Understanding Stress and Cultivating Presence
PsychologyNeural networksBrain developmentEmotional stressEgo (Eckhart Tolle's definition)- psychacks
Core Emotional Wounds: Origins, Types, and Compensatory Behaviors
PsychologyCore emotional woundPrimary attachment relationshipsChildhood traumaParental neglect - psychacks
The Impersonal Nature of Feelings: Cultivating Emotional Detachment Through Cognitive Control
PsychologyEmotional detachmentCognitive restructuringImpersonal nature of feelingsThought-emotion link