William Wyatt

Thanks for all your great responses So it seems to me that at a certain point people have to hold themselves accountable for their own actions and take control of their own life. Break out of a victim mentality and acknowledge that they can only help themselves. So in what age period does the shift go from parental responsibility to personal responsibility? For example my mother birthed me at 15, my father was 17. They were still rather young. With my own therapeutic process should I place responsibility on my parents? or my grandparents who abused my own parents? I could go back even further, so if I draw it to the philosophical conclusion am I to express anger at patterns of abuse themselves? or is it more healthy to express at and autonomous human being who had the free will to act differently, but chose to be abuse? I'm just philosophically torn on choosing a valid school of psychology, and it all comes down the the impossible question of free will vs determinism....

Watch some of his podcasts then read "The Book: on the taboo against knowing who you really are"...

Calling into the show will take a few months as their is a big waiting list... I recommend PMing or email Michael to ask if he can link you the podcast [email protected] You could also post this in the gold donator forums since you hold that subscription.

Look up Steven Summerstone, Courtney Meadows, He also linked me to this. http://journeyinward.net/counselling-services/

When you graze your skin, then keep picking at the scab, or continually roughing up you will form a callus or a scar. The scar strengthens the area from further abuse, but it many cases, it will never return to what came before.... :'( <3

I'm not making a full empirical argument here, I'm not well researched or focused enough on this issue to try. Stefan Molyneux has changed my life and I am not criticizing his work, just perhaps his lack of empathy is this instance... This is just an observation and emotional reaction to some of the emotions Stefan has expressed towards the lazy, the stoners, the weak and the dumb. He sometimes pokes fun at them without addressing the root causation of their issue. I feel as if he addressed them with more pathos, he wouldn't push away that audience as much, he would get more people to seek therapy and help. The lazy were likely punished and put down for their behavior in the past, so it has become like a sweet to them. When all the bullying goes away, they turn to their numb stagnation. Stefan is almost doing what my parents did at times, albeit at a much more reasonable scale, but it's still put down... "DON'T BE A LAZY CUNT, STOP PLAYING THE FUCKING GAME BOX!!" I'd go through all the videos to find a snippet of something. but honestly, right now I need to stay motivated in my practical life. I can't spend a few hours trying to be a critic....

I really like harlequin in your soundcloud. very dark and psychedelic, which is what I'm into. I don't understand all the negativity.... Reminds me a little of Smashing Pumpkins, without being a rip off, which I'm sure you get told a lot of... You need to market your music more man... only 31 likes on facebook. I'm just a busker, with a few low quality psychedelic post punk songs up, I already get gigs and have over 200 likes... You have a full album, market, market, market!!! Book gigs and hit your local scene hard with libertarianism! Help shift the artistic political trend from socialism towards free market anarchism!

What I mean by worse problems, is people who had far worse childhoods, and problems with addiction etc.. yet still seem to be connecting more with other people and being more productive in day to day life... Sure my parent's are to blame, sure the government is to blame... but to blame my parent's is to blame my grandparent's for the way they raised them... to blame my great grandparents etc... So in terms of the root causation, am I to blame the existence of violence and coercion itself? to express anger at somethign that exists within nature in order to limit its inlvolvement in my live" I just realized I use a lot of triple full stops out of habit to create.... the impression of more wisdom... even with my low IQ.

It's pretty much all in the title. What forms or schools of psychotherapy did Stefan find to be most beneficial to his health and progress in life? I'm fucked... I'm simply fucked... Fucked up bogan childhood, fucked up school, fucked up friends, fucked up my brain with drugs... I am more detached in relationships than other people I know who seem to have worse problems....

Earlier this year, I experienced some cognitive dissonance when heavily invested in both the perspectives of Watts and Molyneux. Perhaps I viewed them both as dogmatic bearers of universal truth, yet molyneux's lack of experience with Psychedelic drugs led me to some deep intense confusion in my search for a unified grand theory, which Watts seems to provide to some extent...

The only part I laughed at was right at the start when he said "I have to stop you right there, see it's customary to ...." The rest was filth. It was a light jab at Stefan's tendency to sometimes take a small point that a listener makes, then go on a 5 minute rant. Which Stefan personally admits is a habit of his, not necessarily a bad habit, or a good habit. But just a habit or trait, much like someone who turns leans their head wen observing things, or a singer who says "yeaaaahhhh" or "ooohhhhhh" a lot. It's not neccessarily bad. Just a trait that can be tastefully mocked. Something you and your friends could do to each other, then give them a big hug afterwards and say "but I love you for it" But I found everything after that repulsive and completely missing the point of Stefan's work, feeding into these bullshit cult accusations. I stopped the video at 2 minutes because it seemed like more of an attack. So in essence, you're dead on brother!

PLEASE READ WHOLE POST OR DON'T REPLY. I am a 20 year old male with quite a horrible upbringing, I was a 1 night stand to 2 teenagers. My mother was an ADD diagnosed girl with extreme emotional and anger issues and a traumatic childhood herself. Her parent's divorced at a young age. Her mother re-married and she was sexually assaulted by her step brother. Though I am not to product of such events, it obviously sparked sexual promiscuity within her and she birthed me at 15My Father at 17 was a reckless, angry bogan (Australian redneck), very quick to snap to anger and his teaching me to play sport involved lots of yelling and intimidation when I dropped the ball at the age of 6-8. He is very snarky, and short, even to this day. His biological father left him before birth and his mother quickly married another man. an introverted railway worker. Both parent's beat him as a child and young adult. So he grew very street smart, yet highly aggressive. My parents were never together, yet I would see my father most weekends... Through my teenage years my headphones were a sanctuary. I would listen to lots of alternative rock music mainly. the more emotional, the better. I was like a mix between an emo and hippie. At around 16-27 my interest in bands like Pink Floyd, The Doors and most notably Tool sparked a philosophical tick in my brain. It also led me to Bill Hicks who seems a bit of an unstudied left-libertarian, but that sparked my deeper interest in politics and how the world should work. Which ultimately led me here.I am now a singer-songwriter and guitarist and I earn a tax free living from busking and gigging. But in the process of developing my voice I learned that I am more of a mid range crooner, not a super high pop or rock wailer..... I'm probably more of a baritone, which often play darker, emotionally complex, villainous or comedic roles in opera. They were very popular in 80s new wave and gothic rock bands that I have taken a deep liking to recently. I would consider my style a mix of The Cure, Tool, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Tea Party. People often call this music depressing, but I think it's essential, deep, and the biggest artistic expression of romantic realism. It's great to feel the intensity, cry to, and even work out to... How do I know If I'm working through trauma, or just wallowing in melancholy? Here are some of the sounds I love right now, followed by my own music. https://soundcloud.com/will-wyatt-4/reveal-william-wyatt-original

Totally man, this is why I'm learning to bridge between registers and use my head voice and falsetto wavering through a light croon, occasionally doing some lows in jazzy or dark sections, then comfortable belts up top.

It's not about better, I have developed a good tecnique and range. I' just more of a baritone than a tenor, meaning the my voice is more of a mid range voice somewhere between jim morrison and bono..

This is the same with me. used to be a nasal king, now I busk for a living and can make between 400 - 1200 AUD from it per week. you should definitely keep at it, I need someone to be the libertarian rockstar incase I get hit by a bus or something... I still don't have the perfect breathing technique as I'm trying to build my core strength whilst overcoming the tension held in my gut from previous trauma. But I can sometimes get a lovely vibrato on an extended notes. My question to you is do you think a high tenor voice will have more appeal than a baritone voice? In opera, tenors are often the lovers, heroes or catchy roles. Wheras Baritones often take on the role of more complex emotion characters with an emphasis on dramaticism such as Villains, Fallen Heroes, Slaves, Prisoners and sometimes comics or jesters.In rock music a higher pitched Tenor voice will generally mix better with heavy mid range guitars often seen in bands like black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin. This is primarily why I doubt myself, I will never hold that same pop appeal. Yet I still think I have developed a anthemic sound that can still catch some appeal, at least in my local scene, and draw some more attention to the libertarian movement. But not as much as a Tenor what are your thoughts?

Recently Stefan has said in a few podcasts that some certain physical abilities are inherently natural. He says that even if he was to practice for an extended period of time he would never acheive the vocal range of somebody like beyonce or miriah carey. I think Stefan and I have a similar standard baritone vocal range from what I've heard of him sing. The thing is that women naturally have larger vocal ranges and more subtle blending between registers due to the fact that they are always resonating in the treble range. whereas a man can sound quite middy or bassy, then his switching to falsetto is blatantly obvious. I have only been been working on my singing technique for about a 2 years now. You can check out my music in my chat I had with Stefan in the silver files under 'breaking bad habits, the universe and a live concert'. I also have some videos on youtube, the link to which is below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB9RAMzbZF0So as you can tell I have more of a mid range voice, to which the stupid mixer at this gig made too muddy sounding. I always prefer more treble and clarity with a bit of bass response for a bit of morrison style gloom. The thing is most pop singers are tenors with high light vocal ranges. My ambition is to express my libertarian ideas through big progressive rock production. Think Pink Floyd and Tool with a bit of U2 thrown in for that earthy anthemic vibe. But I haven't had much vocal training so I can still increase my vocal range to add clarity to my high notes. A4 is the highest I can sing when I am nicely warmed up, but it's only a light belt for about a second... My main question is do you think that good singing ability is inherently natural, or do you think the good pop singers had parents who allowed them to express themselves more creatively, thus enabling more vocal training? I know Jeff Buckley was singing with his mother from a young age, but Jim Morrison didn't sing much until his 20s. not that he was technically a great singer anyway, I'm naturally a bit higher than him tonally, but a tad lower than Maynard(tool) or bono (U2). I just often feel self conscious and depressed about being a baritone, never being able to have that tenor appeal that people whistle on their way home after a concert... Could I still be the virtuous libertarian anthem rock singer to further expand the message across the world and secure my legacy?

Josh F, on 24 Sept 2014 - 12:17 AM, said: I replied to the above statement. It is said that since DMT is a very simple chemical compound found in most organic life, that the geometric structures one witnesses under these experiences are a mathematical foundation for the structure of the universe, or even just organic life. That fractal patterns formed from the Fibonacci sequence, mandala's and such are a form of spontaneous order than resonate within the human mind. And that following these natural patterns through art, music, dance can have therapeutic benefits to the mind. I believe that maybe mixing this somewhat Yungian, Tool (rock band) inspired ritualistic stuff with the Internal Family Systems Therapy could have great benefits in my life. Do you think that all pseudo scientific theories are nonsense? Even the ones that science seems to support? Are all ritualistic activities claptrap, even when approached by an atheist who is just seeing what works with the human mind? isn't any intuitive activity which leads to a progression a form of ritual, or does such a definition hold too much religious weight to be taken seriously? Another theory is that of cymatics, that certain audio frequencies resonate throughout the human body and playing at certain pitches can have different physiological and psychological effects. Bass rattles the chest, Treble chimes in the mind. Care to share your own theories or help clear this up for me? keep in mind that I'm a 20 year old layman with limited knowledge in philosophy, I'm not making any solid arguments, so please don't try and dissect everything I say for a flaw hat you can nitpick. I'm seeking advice here.

So is your service somewhat similar to therapy? do you help people heal psychological trauma, or is the coaching more suited to gaining work skills?

I'm looking for any therapist associated with FDR. even if you're still studying. I think we should make a list of FDR approved therapists....

I would say love in a holistic, collective sense is unconditional. Love and Empathy are essential. However on an individual Level it is one of the most conditional things their is In my mind this is a simple answer to quite a complex question and I hope it helps.

I'm a progressive rock singer songwriter from brisbane, australia. I busk and play gigs for a living and am in the process of starting my 3 piece band at the moment. Here is the link to some of my materialhttps://soundcloud.com/will-wyatt-4/reveal-william-wyatt-original

In my mind it all comes down to the western key and the eastern vibe. I have read a book called 'The Tao of Physics'. In which a physicist describes the movements of tribal dances being almost identical those of vibrating atoms and molecules. So it's not believing in things which violate the laws of science, psychologically tuning ones intuition to the natural patterns that occur in nature. We don't know what the future holds all we can do is keep ourselves open to the mystery.... This is my definition of mysticism.I feel if we presented this definition to stefan he would be open to these ideas. But he would probably prefer to use words like imagination, flow state, emotional expression. As opposed to a word that is commonly associated with dark magic, religion and spirituality.

My score is about 4-5 but I have difficulty answering the questions in a black and white way. My upbringing was more lazy and underclass than it was purely violently abusive. I was a one night stand teen pregnancy, my mother was 15, my father 17. They were never dating and both seem to have severe trauma themselves.My mother had been diagnosed ADHD and has a heavy history of emotional problems, extreme anger, alcohol abuse. She primarily raised me in front of a T.V screen. She would scream at me for not doing the dishes on a fairly regular basis, she hit me with a hairbrush on various occasions, but never before the age of 3 in my memory.My father was a snarky bogan no bullshit kind of guy. I mainly saw him during the weekends up until I was 13 when I moved in with him for 3 years during this time when I was 13-16 he cornered me and punched me on numerous occasions. During my childhood he would growl at me for making mistakes. When teaching me how to ride a bike or catch a ball, I would be met with intense growling, which would induce an extreme fear of failure.I was always a slow child, I had/have a mild lazy eye, was bad a sports. struggled to fit in socially, was always a few steps away from being regarded in a similar veign to the aspergic kids at my school. Got more popular when I was 16 due to getting in with the smoker and stoner crowd. But then was regarded by everyone as being a complete stoner, I wouldn't get stoned every day. But people thought that due to my slow nature.After I left high school Friends in this crowd later would manipulate me into doing crazy embarrassing things, and as I got involved with their family painting business. They would play pranks on me constantly and continue to manipulate me into doing embarrassing things on the work site. It was during this time that I developed a heavy urination shyness due to their invasion of privacy.I since dissociated from these people for the most part, work on my music, singing ability, and most recently poetry. I make a living off busking (not on any welfare) and I live in a creative warehouse near the Brisbane CBD. I am heading in the right direction but I still have difficulty with decision making,steeping into procrastination and self doubt. I am more of an INFP/ENFP personality type and I truly value the expression of my emotions. I have recently truly realized that I am going to die, so I really need to get moving fast if I want my art to have any sort of impact in the world. and any sort of promotion of the ideas of voluntarism and philosophy.I am considering calling in to Stefan's show to seek advice about an appropriate therapist in my area and how to get on board to change the world. But I still have a certain level of doubt, but I know that if I were to call in I would be able to express my emotions, which I know is something that people have difficulty doing when calling into the show.

Freedomain Radio and Stefan are not objectivists, though he is influenced by Rand, and some of the forum members may be. Stefan has stated that he is first and foremost an Empiricist, so his logic is based around that framework. Not the denial of emotion and altruism that is Objectivism, Because at the depths of all logical decisions and motivations is an emotion, a want, a desire. and even deeper is a legacy, wanting to have an impact on the humanity of the future and influence on your peers. There is no Individual without the collective, and no collective without he individual. Similar to light and dark, waves and particles etc.