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The universe sent power issues to interrupt this stream, check out pt. 2 of the VOD here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ggrjYl6tTV0.html

Dr. K is talking to Thor like an anthropologist meeting an isolated tribe and realizing they've figured out nuclear engineering

>"I'm okay with not having The Answer" >Stream ends without the answer poetic, peak cinema

"A safe environment to fail" I cannot overstate how important that single aspect is

the information was too powerful it had to be gatekept

Thor was spilling too much beans, God had to intervene. F.

This reminds me of how I trick myself into writing intimidating emails. I open up a word document and say to myself, "okay, we're not going to write this email right now. But if we did, what would we say?" And then I copy my draft into an email and send it.

For future reference 1:10:10 Think through your options 1:11:01 Think about the consequences 1:11:21 Self-reflection and processing

10:58 the Thor is on. Your welcome

2:03:35 "I guess I'm okay with not having the answer there, right?" and now we're all not having any answer as well

Wow the bit about perfectionism and so many choices really spoke to me It's so so important to persist through difficult times and come up with creative solutions to your problems rather than just run away and be so nitpicky that you fail or keep switching tasks

They were both close to discovering something big, lol. Universe pulled the plug.

This was such a blast to listen to. I am rn on day 8 of 10 of my first Game Jam. I felt quite nervous. but as soon the theme was revealed i had a dopamine rush lasting 6 days coding all the basic gamplay systems, graphics, sounds. Yesterday i was done with everything i wanted to, but had level design and some final polish to do.. Felt like exhausted. Even as i woke up. Mentally not on the state i need to be. I don't know if i could have done it at all, but especially not in the time. Just finished all sketches for the 20 levels i intended to build! While watching this. And this motivation charge feels like it will carry me through the last days! You're both amazing humans. Ty for sharing and make us all a bit more amazing and healthy. GG

Man, Thor's update at the beginning was great. He sounds like he's doing awesome.

Damn. Had a weird revelation when PirateSoftware said he agreed with something Dr. K said and he asked "How so?". I don't hear people often ask to clarify why u agree with them. Often people just want you to agree with them and that's their main goal for even interacting with you, they don't even care why you agree with them 🤔

This piratesoftware guy came out of nowhere. All of the sudden his videos kept getting pushed, by me as well as my friends.

Really glad you started doing interviews and 1 on 1 chats again. I think it's by far the best content HG has produced.

Your both such high level people. As a level 21 peasant I'm in awe.

This stream helped me have a more positive and hopeful outlook on life and people :) ty Dr K and Pirate guy

Normally I listen to everything on youtube at 2x speed. but both thor and drK has such soothing voices and insightful things to say I listen to the; normally so I have more to listen to

The third layer put a stop to things

These talks are so good, 2 hours just flown by. So glad there's a part 2.

I usually feel impatient when trying to watch things, and want to get to the helpful or entertaining part asap (the forward march of time and how limited it is causes me great stress) but the music and lead up to the vod felt so good that I didn't want to skip it... even though these two people's wisdom usually hold great value and help me handle things... I feel like there's healing going on.

1:37:07 "This feels greasy" is such a brilliant statement

I crave those quality talks between and with quality persons. Thank you both for sharing your time, wisdom, and experience!

Higher powers are at play here lmao

Hey, I just wanted to comment saying that I really appreciate your content. I’ve been watching shorts for a while but as I’m a big fan of Thor, I decided to watch this one full through. As someone with bipolar disorder and severe depression, I found much wisdom here. Thank you.

I think Thor is the first person I've encountered who has spoken about having a sense of something "other," being curious about it, but also being ok with perhaps never knowing exactly what it is. Any time I've tried to describe that sensation to someone, they either don't seem to be able to grasp it or they don't believe that I fully mean it. (It was also a little funny that that's exactly where the recording cut off, lol.) I love listening to these discussions with Thor. I hope there will be more in the future. ❤

This is one of the most positive and insightful conversations I’ve ever hear. Thank you

This is so fascinating. Its interesting to see how many of these things i noticed about myself and took control of. Through self analysis. I was able to break my perception down to view reality more objectively. I find sometimes i get pulled back into my subjective view, but i keep trying to remind myself of whats actually true.

*Intro & Disclaimer:* 03:41 *Mental Health Awareness Month & Community Challenge "Make It May":* 04:53 *Interview with PirateSoftware (Thor):* 10:39 *Catching up with Thor & Recent Accomplishments:* 13:09 *What is a Game Jam?:* 14:56 *What is Social Engineering?:* 18:30 *Social Engineering & Psychotherapy Similarities:* 19:41 *Intuition vs. Science & Experiential Learning:* 21:19 *Terminology, Gatekeeping, & Emotional Vocabulary:* 23:40 *Communication in Relationships & the Importance of Conflict:* 25:25 *Red Flags Early in Relationships:* 27:11 *The Ego, Identity, & Cultural Influences:* 31:59 *Perception, Social Media, & Emotional Oscillation:* 36:45 *Gaming & Real-Life Grind:* 41:01 *Intentional Binding & Its Impact on Behavior:* 1:08:41 *Adaptability & Infinite Choice:* 1:14:28 *Thor’s Homeless Experience & Its Impact:* 1:21:12 *Motivation, Emotional Fulfillment, & Dharma:* 1:30:54 *Transparency, Truthfulness, & "The Calling":* 1:50:24

Roleplay as a DM has the same vibe as "Cosplay as a person"

I haven’t even gotten to the actual video content yet, but the intro message of “AOE Healing starts with You” and I started crying like a small child.

I'm excited to hear two very intelligent person's conversation🙌. Looking forward to listen to it when I'll have time.

Press F to pay respects

Didn't even past the 3min and I already have chills! I can already feel this is going to be powerful.

Yes! Making lists is incredible. Been using it for years and its helped me finish my game

one thing to tie this whole thing together is that thors childhood of playing video games and being able to put aside his feelings to solve something in game. it helped him in life , when he was homeless he leaned into that side of himself he developed form playing video games. it changed him for the better , then on. he even describes the intentional binding processes he went though . and on a day to day basis if hes feeling any extreme emotion this kicks in. and helps balance himself.

1:48:20 I feel like that thrid thing comes from a realization and alignment of the first 2. So its not so much a separate third thing but a combination of the first two. What fees right and good combined with the knowledge that you have the skills, capabilities, or potential to further those things. Thor felt good about helping the ferret, he also just likes ferrets, then he realized he has the ability, the power to make the thing he likes even better. Like when you see someone digging a hole and feel like helping make it deeper or wider. Those who can should, with great power comes great responsibility, when those concepts align with a thing you actually want to do it feels like magic, like a calling, like you were born to do that thing.

2 of the most wholesome ppl on the internet right here right now. i protec

Thor the only guest to talk to Dr K and leave Dr K with a healthier mindset

I don't usually write comments, but now i just feel like I want to say I'm amazed about how insightful this conversation was.

Their so quick with tying all of these ideas and examples together. As a non native English speaker, it's very impressive.

For me getting into a habit of doing something consistently is as easy as stopping doing it consistently (with the exception of addictive substances or behaviours). It usually takes me 3 days of repeating a certain action at a certain time of day; if i buy a specific food item 3 days in a row i most likely will keep buying it. Same goes for working out, playing a certain video game, etc. My issue is the cycle can break just as easily, sometimes life happens and i can't do it, or i eat out, get sick etc.

Thor has to be my favourite guest, always entertaining, and insightful conversation.

“Any shift from cognition to action is almost always a good one”

These two together are some of my favorites.

God damn. Thor you are a mine of cool experiences and I’m blown away how insightful you are to relate all those to psychology.

Engaging in practical tasks like identifying strengths and writing elevator pitches not only fosters personal growth but also promotes a supportive community environment. Let's join in and support each other on this journey towards better mental health! 🌟

I have adhd I finished hvac in 51 days. Studied hard, but mainly because I also have a love for learning. I had a lot of immediate feedback from my instructor. And one day he started giving us review tests after studying an entire module, and I loved that! Was significantly more engaged compared to my only feedback being when I take my official test and getting a fail. Another way I give myself feedback in studying that's similar is by making close to every sentence or paragraph having at least 1 to 3 questions. These questions are to stay on topic, they must be found directly within the texts. So If the book says "this is centrifugal compressor, it does x" I will write "what is a centrifugal compressor? What does it do?" Or "what compressor does x?" If I want it to be harder. It's MUCH better I find then just summarizing the paragraphs into a single word (which still got me high passing scores on all my tests) but I find this much much more amusing and fun. Interesting. So long as my ego drops and isn't afraid of failure and accepts getting the questions wrong. Which I generally don't. But that's the issue with cognition. Sometimes it's like that somedays sometimes it's not lol

I haven't even started the video, and lemme tell you. Dr. K AND Thor together?? I've never clicked a thumbnail so fast in my life. These are my top two favourite people on the internet to watch right now, I'm considering today blessed and lucky now lmao. I hope y'all find everything you're looking for in your day when you read this, other nerdy folks! We progress!

MASSIVE CLIFFHANGER

These dudes have more deep level insights in an hour than I've independently had in a year, what the hell

One Love! Always forward, never ever backward!! ☀☀☀ 💚💛❤ 🙏🏿🙏🙏🏼

These interviews with Thor are absolutely massive for me, perhaps in part due to my existing background with you in these topics!

Ok... that timing was too perfect 😆 That said, this was another insightful and engaging conversation. It seems that I rarely have the opportunity to engage in this type of exploratory intellectual conversation, and it is one of the things that I value most.

Listening to Thor talk about how he deals with disarming his emotions reminds me of the Soviet spy in the movie "Bridge of Spies" which I kind of use myself. Whenever the character is placed in a situation where he people expect him to be freaking out and they ask him why he isn't, he simply responds "Would it help?" That, plus the idea of "the only thing you can control is your own reaction" really helps me personally. I wonder if Thor has seen that movie, I feel like he would like it

Maldavius, it was fun running in Pochven with ya way back when. Good to see your killing it o7

18:18 it’s more so I understand what it takes, it’s just that failing has always had a negative outcome in my experience; so I fell into accepting the bare minimum because that’s easier than the looming thought of no good occurring through hard work in the past.

Wow, Thor's business acumen is amazing!

I help cats that die of nasty disease and it felt exactly as Thor described. I lost my first ever cat and he was just a small kitten. The way we met was like from the unrealistic fairy tale, yet he left me after just 6 weeks in nasty way in my arms. Part of my soul died that day with him. Yet, weeks later option opened up to really help different cats with the same disease and I knew I had to do it. There never was choice involved. While I get joy out of it, I also get lots of pain as I saw many of them in their last moments. But it does not matter, it just feels like it has to be done so it will be done. I wonder where this comes from, for me it honestly feels like when character in Storm-light Archive says their words. It feels like universe issues a challenge your way, chance to do something and you can respond if you are ready. But that act of response happens in your soul, not your mind. Mind is there just to execute.

39:38 As an athlete, this is extremely similar to the drive of nailing a new trick. There's so much work, effort and failure, but when you get that one, it's such a huge payoff 40:40 This too! Everyone who has that trick or has tried it knows what kind of mountain you climbed

I started doing this behavior when I deny myself the behavior of engaging in thoughts that paint myself in a negative perception. I acknowledge the feelings, but I deny myself the ability to think negative thoughts. What I didn’t know is that I was denying my ego my perception.

Best conversation duo, always loads of fun

Holy shit that live soon remix is fireeee

On perception: 33:00 48:00 55:00 Increase the likelihood of repeating a behavior independent of outcome: 1:09:30

Thanks for sharing this ivetrview. Thor is a very likeable person, wish him the best.

Intentional binding is a great concept. I'm going to use it

The segment about league was so funny to me. Back when I used to really care about playing ranked, I could always trace back to the moment my mentality lost us the game as an adc main. If for some reason at level 9, 14 minutes in, if I didn’t actively buy the blue trinket to replace the yellow one, that’s how I knew that I mentally gave up. It has nothing to do with the impact and everything to do with its implication. Blue trinket can be used at farther distances to ensure that I can walk a certain way without dying to something preventable. Whether I was ahead, but tilted or behind and hopeless, there was around an 85% correlation between my losses having a yellow trinket in my inventory.

Fnord! what awesome beauty..... thanks this was a great interview!

OMG such a perfect cliffhanger could not have been made even on purpose... We’ll never know what the end of the Thor’s train of thought was and weirdly I’m actually fine with that 😅 Such a great combo to listen to, makes one seriously think about life and decision making. Thank you, guys!

"I really do think we can learn just about everything we need irl from video games" you tell em Doc!

1:04:47 How to Grind in real life like games. 1:09:20 Intentional binding: Increasing the likelihood of repeating a behavior

THAT THING ABOUT THE WHIRLWIND. I always think about the same thing: How on earth are you supposed to get or discover "easter eggs" without devs telling you about it or someone spoiling it or showcasing it in a video (nowadays) or back in the day without a magazine. It is one of the reasons why I don't like easter eggs very much (of that kind) and I also respect speedrunners a little bit in that sense.

They got too close to that third layer, some external force had to step in and stop everything from progressing further

3:42 is the start

Hey does anyone know where I can listen to that intro music? I used to listen to a lot of "Alan Watts Step", (chillstep music but spliced in with Alan Watts phillosphy recordings)

Yes was waiting for this!

I honestly feel blessed for never installing tiktok i stick to youtube shorts after a while they just start again like literally the same 30 short sequence will replay in the same exact order so it gets boring fast and forces me to stop so i feel like i have less and less need for this short form content

I just got to the part mentioning how perception is one of the core issues in todays mindsets. Since this is HG, I have to mention Superliminal, a very unique and short game that revolves around just that! I don't know if Dr.K played it yet, but if not I think he would really enjoy the topic and way of presentation the game achieves.

Ive just discovered this man Thor,but i feel like ive known him my entire life. I hope i can grow in similar ways aswell

I’m learning so much from this!

The intro music just keeps getting better yo.

When you started talking about finding that esoteric third element, I couldn’t help but wonder if it’s something like flow state but on a much grander scale.

Unexpected, ultimate collaboration.

This is the only thing on RU-vid that I put notifications on for and I missed it but here I am.

Holy shit.. the overlays are clean AF

1:58:56 If you stop trying to avoid and escape consequences, if in fact you lean into and engage with life and consequence, you open your eyes and ears to do so. You maximize the conditions for learning. This is the choice of Faith; it's not particular to a religion, but it aligns you with Truth as a living ideal, and engenders interconnectedness and health within and without, though it may involve a period of suffering and disintegration. We have to forge ourselves anew in cooperation with the side of reality that nourishes growth but also reveals and burns chaff. So goes the theory, not that I'm close to a finalized example by any means. Best wishes to fellow strugglers. Let's try to make something of ourselves and each other.

46:10 Dr K talking about this is why I just completed my first half marathon. Once completed I felt ALL the stress of the things I could not control, like a wave. It's such a great concept I am going to keep putting myself in half marathons until I can do a full one. It's honestly been the ticket to allowing me to function in my life

What? I caught up on their last stream yesterday!🎉🎉🎉

23:04 NO. It is also being able to test the results and see if they are the same, (if not what’s different?) and get objective truth. Not “oh it’s objective truth”.

I oddly relate to Thor in many ways that I never knew, and would love to see more interactions in the future.

Okay here's my problem. Mindset absolutely matters. I was bronze and wanted to climb. I modified my mindset, I started asking myself how *I* messed up when I died, or when my team lost. I did get better. I did climb. I climbed from bronze to platinum, even! Over a few months, sure, but I eventually made it... And then immediately went on a losing streak. And i kept trying to isolate *my* problems, to see what *I* could do better, to see how I could improve... But I sill kept losing. And I'm sure somewhere in there I stopped looking at myself and came to the conclusion that there had to to be something the rest of the team wasn't doing right. So how do you keep doing that even when after looking at everything you could do, resolving to do things better, you still end up losing? Losing so bad you fall all the way back down? How do you break the glass ceiling of that cycle?

45:14 is something I need to keep in mind. I get overwhelmed so easily. It feels counter-intuitive to pile more on my plate to get over it, but it does make sense that having a balance would be helpful.

The greatest crossover of funny+motivational creators on the English internet

This was the crossover I needed.

Literally joined AS it crashed. Laughing my ass off right now. F

This was a fantastic interview

Can’t wait to see how this ages 😊

1:57:30 Thor’s talk of the peace of mind that comes from being able to see your pet’s surgery seems a bit similar to the earlier conversation about real-time feedback and homework.