Our modern preoccupation with affirmation
Choosing your therapist must be done extra carefully
01 June 2025 - 00:00
Once upon a time, this dude named Caravaggio used a famous picture to tell the 1,000-word story of Narcissus. It was a fancy name for a fancy fellow. You see, Narcissus was a baddie. Not the kind from cops and robbers stories; the kind you find wearing Rosa Parks-embroidered panties at the Met Gala. A baddie like Anna Nicole Smith or the kind husbands dream about spending their money on once their wives have died. ..
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