**Title** 202011011433 People are constrained by idealized pictures of the relation between language, thought, and reality. **Source** Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Date** 1 Nov 2020 **Tags** #language #counselling #therapeutic-relationship #sense **People are constrained by idealized pictures of the relation between language, thought, and reality.** **Reference** "[[psychotherapy]], understood as a talking cure, is an exploratory, non-dogmatic practice in which people are helped to free themselves from the constraining effects of idealized pictures of the relation between language, thought, and reality." [[202009071534 Notes Reading Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton]] Introduction Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Cross-links** - [[202102071351 Concepts like work-life balance create an expectation that we have distinct part of time for different purpose and there should be a balance]] - [[202102071405 People expect themselves to behave or feel in an certain way because of their role]] -------- 2Nov2020 - Wondering if it is similar to what Buddhists mean, when they say that suffering comes from attachments. Perhaps when people hold on to a certain ideas, thoughts and expectations, that forms attachment, and get trapped by it. #Buddhism #attachment #suffering