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Stoic author and therapist Donald Robertson talks about his personal Stoic practice, whether or not venting is psychologically helpful, how Society acts as a kind of negative therapy, and much more.
0:24 Is venting valuable or harmful to psychological health? 7:41 Venting vs externalizing a thought to better grasp it. 12:39 Objectivity creeping into vented subjects 17:34 How society and culture give us "negative therapy." 21:31 No one would watch logical, emotionally mature characters 22:55 Are we shielding people from needed exposure to stressful situations? 29:13 Donald's personal Stoic practice 35:07 Marcus living inside Andrew's brain 37:20 Why did so many emperors adopt Marcus Aurelius's Name?51:27 Was philosophy hip because it was what the emperor was into?
