The Weaponization Of Psychology

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This is something I'm seeing a lot on social media, but also in everyday dialogue and even some clients: labeling someone with a definitive psychological term to shut down dialogue or shame someone else, usually without really knowing what's being talked about. This only speeds up our polarization and harms our ability to connect. How about we...stop doing that? Note: the article in the NYT I mentioned was written by Dr. Tara Isabella Burton, not Bayo Akomolafe. I'll link it below, along with his interview on the Emerald Podcast. The Problem With Letting Therapy-Speak Invade Everything: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/opinion/mental-health-therapy-instagram.html The Emerald: The Revolution Will Not Be Pscyhologized, Part 2: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-emerald/the-revolution-will-not-be-psychologized-part-2-in/ Pick up my brand-new book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance and join me today. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to The Man Talk Show. I'm Connor Beaton.
0:06.5	Today we're going to be talking about the weaponization of modern psychological terms and terminology
0:13.8	and its impact on relationship, culture, society.
0:19.1	This is a big topic.
0:23.1	And it's something that I've been thinking a lot about. I read an article by Bioacomalafe in the New York Times recently about something along the lines
0:29.0	of like decenter, decentering modern psychology from the cultural narrative. And there's also a
0:35.9	great podcast that the Emerald did with him that I think was really
0:39.5	interesting on this topic. But I'm going to take a little bit of a different angle. I'm going to be
0:44.1	talking about how the modern psychological terminology becoming a sort of center point within our
0:51.5	culture is actually creating more separation and segregation
0:55.9	amongst couples and in dating and within our cultural narratives, within our political
1:02.0	narratives, within the education system. So we're going to do a little bit of a deep dive.
1:07.5	There's more to this conversation that I'm not going to be including in this. This is just a sort of primer.
1:12.5	And I'd like to hear your thoughts on this.
1:14.6	So before we jump into it, as always, don't forget to subscribe to the channel,
1:19.0	wherever you are watching or listening.
1:21.3	And don't forget to man it forward and share this content with somebody that you know
1:25.1	will enjoy it.
1:26.5	So look, maybe it's just me,
1:28.7	but have you noticed that in almost every single conversation about relationships,
1:37.2	about politics, about education, about just modern social issues in today's world,
1:46.7	that mental health and psychology seems to be at the forefront of absolutely everything. And that psychological and therapeutic
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