I wanted to add something on reincarnation. I don't think it's productive to concentrate on past life memories even if it were possible. I think the life you live now is the life you should concentrate on. I don't care for philosophies of detachment and dissociation, I feel that enough and I know from experience it's not a good way to live.
The Barnum or Forer effect is the tendency for people to judge that general, universally valid statements about personality are actually specific descriptions of their own personalities. A "universally valid" statement is one that is true of everyone—or, more likely, nearly everyone. It is not known why people tend to make such misjudgments, but the effect has been experimentally reproduced.
The psychologist Paul Meehl named this fallacy "the P.T. Barnum effect" because Barnum built his circus and dime museum on the principle of having something for everyone. It is also called "the Forer effect" after its discoverer, the psychologist Bertram R. Forer, who modestly dubbed it "the fallacy of personal validation".
The more I concentrate/attach, the more I feel the deja vu actually. Help.Originally Posted by Eudaimonia
With every concrete thing I notice, the sense of “I’ve seen this before” increases. I feel I’ve had these conversations with you before along with your username and avatar, in this same setting, word for word.
At least, my mental health assessment is coming up next week finally…
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