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Luke Burgis - Wanting - The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

Thoughts on Record: Podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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The Midlife Passage

Carl Jung talks a lot about the midlife passage, right? And the first half of life being biography and the second half of life maybe being autobiography. When people are in a highly anxious or uncertain period, then the imitation sort of increases. This is like part of Gerard's theory. Like, when you're sort of, when everything is chaotic, you're looking for something to latch onto.

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