Selfhood exists where no mirror has ever landed. Awareness unfolds silently, autopoietically, beyond relational reach. #humandevelopment #psychology #consciousness https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/the-trinary-model-of-development?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

When the language says you adapted, what did you actually do? Did you survive, or just didn't die? #AdaptationMyth #TraumaNarrative #Adultomorphism #Psychology https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/against-the-myth-of-adaptation-when?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Interacting with AI can feel eerily similar to talking to someone with narcissistic traits—patterns of misunderstanding, invalidation and abuse can emerge without intent. #Narcissism #AIInteraction #Gaslighting #Abuse

Cât costă cu adevărat o carte publicată? Nu vorbesc de bani, ci de energie, timp, sănătate. Scriitorii independenți nu doar scriu — ei editează, promovează, răspund, speră. Dar este oare totul în zadar? Am publicat un articol despre epuizarea cronică — poate te ajută să te simți mai puțin singur. #burnout #scriitorindependent #creatoriindependenți #viatacreativă https://publicagratuitcarti.blogspot.com/2025/09/publica-acum-plateste-mai-tarziu-burnout-ul-scriitorului-independent.html

Anti–self-help meets the philosophy of despair in an aphantasic mind, crippled by panic attacks and social phobias. A will to power confronts the absurdity of life’s randomness and the trauma of systemic abuse. #Aphantasia #PanicAttacks #SocialAnxiety #MentalHealthAwareness https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/why-motivation-culture-fails-those?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The Help That Breaks examines covert sociopathic strategies, boundary violations, and their neurological and psychological impact—including depression, C-PTSD, anhedonia, and asexuality—through aphantasia’s lens. https://booksbycristinagherghel.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-help-that-breaks-true-story-of-emotional-abuse.html

What defines the limits of endurance? The sheer magnitude and continuity of catastrophic, external abuse. #neuroplasticitysticity #stressresiliencece #Neuroscience #ChronicStress #TraumaRecovery #OriginalResearch https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/youre-not-broken-youre-under-permanent?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Red flags, gaslighting, fantasy, delusions, and grandiosity: the hallmarks of narcissism. But can they coexist with vulnerability, eccentricity, and incel-type entitlement? A DSM-5-TR personality disorder comorbidity case uncovers the paradox. #PersonalityDisorderComorbidity #ClinicalPsychology #Psychopathology #SchizoidPersonalityDisorder https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/the-borderland-triad-schizoid-schizotypal?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Substack nu este un înlocuitor pentru blogurile sau cărțile mele. Este o continuare—în paralel cu ambele, alături de conținut video. https://laboratoruldeganduri.blogspot.com/2025/08/de-la-blogspot-la-substack-pentru-cercetare.html

Why are some people trapped in a never-ending cycle of pain and depletion? The breakdown of key chemical pathways accelerates systemic collapse and unrelenting stress. #HealthPsychology #Trauma #MentalHealth #ChronicPain #Endometriosis