Today’s episode explores a profound psychological state termed gestalt failure, which occurs when a person's relational environment loses its coherence. Unlike traditional burnout, this experience is rooted in how gestalt-oriented minds perceive meaning through wholistic patterns rather than individual parts. When an environment demands compliance over genuine connection, the resulting field collapse forces an individual to withdraw as a means of survival. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, argues that this phenomenon is often misidentified as trauma or exhaustion because society lacks the specific language to describe it. Ultimately, Dr. Hoerricks highlights that for these individuals, a stable and authentic context is a functional necessity rather than a preference.
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/gestalt-failure-when-the-field-collapses
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