Psychology
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1 day agoToward a Grounded Depth Psychology
Unconscious processes are automated learned patterns formed early in life; psychological health requires integration and executive governance of brain systems.
"The man (person) behind the camera" refers to an observer or witness not only to the surrounding world, but also to one's own sensations, feelings, impulses, instincts, thoughts, and experiences. Seeing more than their external and internal environments, this observer has a higher level of awareness, the cognitive awareness of awareness, or meta-awareness. Within the animal world, humans have been described as uniquely being aware of being aware.