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Podcast: Zo Williams: Voice of Reason
Episode: “Relationship Bots” “The Uncanny Valley-“ Are you Just going through the motions?”
Description: “A deeper inquiry at the potential negative effects of simply going through the motions in intimate relationships!” Questions: 1 Can “going through the motions” be considered a dissociated state of mind? What connections can be drawn between being on autopilot and CPTSD? Why is this phenomenon considered socially acceptable? 2 In what way does disconnection from our inner self mirror our disengagement with the external world (i.e. autopilot)? 3 What causes us to begin to see our partners as an extension of the trauma that we are seeking refuge from? Could this be the reason that we go on autopilot in the first pl...