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Interlude LXVI – Distortion | Trauma, Perception, Memory, Fear, Nervous System Psychology, Cognitive Bias
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey examines one of the most unsettling dimensions of human consciousness: distortion.
Human beings rarely experience reality directly. They experience interpretations shaped by pressure, fear, memory, trauma, emotional need, and survival architecture. Over time, these distortions can become so familiar that they no longer feel like interpretations at all. They feel like reality itself.
This episode explores how pressure reshapes perception.
Drawing on the work of Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, the discussion examines how…
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