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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 2d

#power requires the elimination of #knowledge

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 5d

The Therapy Innovation Cycle

Legendary Therapist —>
Distillation of principles —>
Fabrication of Techniques —>
Fixation on Techniques —>
Inefficient Therapist —>
This is all wrong —>
Legendary Therapist —>...

#psychology #mentalhealth #coaching #psychotherapy #Innovation #therapy

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 5d

One thing that appalls me in #therapy world is typically everything is phrased as #pathology

It's a frame that traps both clients & therapists in its perspective

It should be more about playful calibration & redevelopment

Not everything is a problem to be solved

Some things need only be retuned

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 7d

It's hard to admit the #cynical point of view we often need to pass through to be more #human

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 7d

Just canceled my #netflix subscription.

Feels weird.

#Reclaiming #focus #zerodistraction #unhooking

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 10d

The thing in #tech is everyone wants to believe they rely on #data while deep down, in the end of the day, taking decisions comes to a data informed #GutFeeling.

#entrepreneurship #technology #AI #startup

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 10d

Everyone says "I don't play games" yet we all play games.

#anthropology

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 11d

Sometimes it doesn't matter how convenient one makes for others the #LeapOfFaith needed for personal #change

They still won't take it

& the need for a leap must still be there

Willingness matters

But also one shouldn't use that as an #opportunity to shut others out. It can be a delicate #balance

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 14d

The drama of #life is the conflict of #mortality

The tug and pull between things we need to do before we #die and things that extend our #lifespan.

And in between those peaceful moments when none of it matters.

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 16d

Is #orthopedic #surgery the closest #doctors have ever been to car #mechanic?

"Who wants a tune up!"

#humour #backsurgery #chronicpain #backpain

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 16d

#ChatGPT is in the end like all machines.

Sometimes you need to #curse so it operates correctly

Intellectual Handyman vibes

#AI #handyman #intellectual #swearing #badwords

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 18d

I crossed oceans of meaning to find you.

#selflove #play

#dracula #MinaMurray #MinaHarker #nosferatu #lifejourney #personaldevelopment #clarity

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 19d

It's not #selfish. It's essential #altruism.

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 19d

Being an #adult means

Taking #care of our basic needs first

Realised after a session yesterday that as adults we often externalise our responsibilities &then we consume ourselves

Much like the #oxygen mask in an airplane our job is taking care of ourselves first so we can provide oxygen to others

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 19d

& I realise I don't formally use #hypnosis in my sessions anymore.

Yet I still use everything hypnosis & #NLP taught me.

Being able to work conversationally with #trance is a great joy that affirms client #agency.

#psychology #personaldevelopment #therapy #transformationalcoaching

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 20d

We can not ask everyone to go there

Not everyone wants

And a journey towards the edges of vulnerability adds its own value to the process

Mainstream is not the solution. It devalues

But for a more integrated & caring world we need to make room for these spaces to openly exist in the world

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 20d

Point is we need spaces of vulnerability where darker sides can come out
Not to destroy but to play the game of destruction

And we can enjoy them through us being in the game too

Unfortunately the morality of our culture often lacks such spaces Pushes them in the fringes or covers them under taboo

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 20d

And then put the dust under the carpet.

Deal with them long enough so we can cover them. And make sure others keep them under wraps too and never vulnerably witness them.

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 20d

But being afraid of our own worst traits and becoming protective through a self-centered approach is what in the end makes them come out.

In the moment the grip of our control loosens

Because we never really witnessed them in a collaborative way

Perhaps we faced them in more of a combative manner

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 20d

The innate fear the worst enemy the world can have out there is our own worst traits, and being well meaning requires being overprotective of other people's behaviours when we think they hint towards these traits, even if they don't.

Better keep it under wraps for everyone type of attitude.

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 20d

Sometimes I wonder how much of one's strong advice towards others comes from them wanting to protect the world from their own worst impulses

Effectively saying:

"Don't be like me"

from a moral high ground of not revealing themselves

&how much each of us can be like that when we least realise it

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 27d

Bold visions go beyond the current evidence.

How do you take yourself there when you can't predict the end?

#transformation #therapy #entrepreneurship #business #personaldevelopment

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · 28d

Does evidence based also mean evidence limited?

#creativity #creativethinking #leadership #intangibles #psychology #leadership #vision

Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · Oct 4

The world is in increasing disarray and I've been feeling it in my bones long time now.

Even if solving the worlds problems feels impossible we need ways to navigate in this fluid and uncertain territory/

How do we move forward with the feeling everything in front of us is possibly quicksand?

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Dr. Orestis V | Reality Artist, Hypnotherapist, Scientist @orestisvv.bsky.social · Oct 1

We are urged to advertise #therapeutic journeys through the societal expectations of a pill culture.

"We help solve X"

Fundamentally to help people one needs to capture their attention.

But that's only the wedge, opening a door. Can #marketing be #truth?